Guidester, Inc. today announced its re-launch as Searchandise Commerce, shifting the company’s focus from navigational tools to search-based merchandising services. The company has added to its executive team with key appointments from ATG and Google and secured $7.5 million in Series C funding. Searchandise Commerce provides the first eCommerce ad network for product manufacturers. The […]
Less
More
LivingSocial.com, a developer of apps that help friends share recommendations for stuff like beer and books, has raised a $5 million first round. The Washington, DC-based company distributes such apps as ReadingSocial, BrewSocial and TuneSocial, each of which seems fairly self explanatory. Since launching in February, the company has booked over 6 million users, though […]
Alerts.com, Inc. secured $1.2 million in capital. Information overload. That’s the problem that Alerts.com founder Pascal Stolz is looking to solve with a free online service that helps people receive stock quotes, horoscopes, sports scores, gas prices, flight plans and other information alerts in a timely and efficient manner. In an interview earlier this year, […]
BuzzFeed, a start-up trend-tracking site, has received $3.5 million in its first round of funding, the company said Tuesday. New York-based BuzzFeed tracks and delivers the content that is grabbing the most eyeballs on the Internet. Sure, the company sounds like another Digg clone. What’s different about BuzzFeed is that it doesn’t rely on votes […]
Nimbuzz, the comprehensive mobile VoIP and IM provider based in the Netherlands that also brings IM and voice to social networks, has raised $15 million Second Round funding. “Nimbuzz brings IM and voice to social networks,” adds Lugt. “By incorporating our applications, social networks can offer their users fully integrated real-time communication services like voice […]
Lithium Technologies Inc., market-leading provider of on-demand solutions for enterprise communities, announced today that it has raised $12 million in a Series B equity funding. Lithium Technologies powers some of the largest online communities in the world for some of the largest companies in the world, including AT&T, Dell, Sony Playstation, Univision, PayPal, and others. […]
Yoono Inc., the social network browser plugin that relaunched in May, has entered public beta. The company has also announced a $4 million extension to their Series A funding round. Yoono has existed for a number of years but has recently reinvented itself, offering a retooled browser sidebar for Firefox that serves as both a […]
Bazaarvoice Inc. has raised $7.1 million in a Series C round of funding. Austin-based Bazaarvoice provides social commerce technology to companies in industries such as retail, media and manufacturing. “Bazaarvoice brings the power of social commerce to the world’s best brands. Social commerce happens when you connect customers to one another in ways that drive […]
TextDigger Inc., a Morgan Hill, Calif.-based semantic search startup, has raised $3.8 million in first-round funding. TextDigger helps web publishers improve the findability of their web-based content by providing scalable solutions for related search, automatic tagging, and keyword generation. These solutions leverage our proprietary semantic technology to make web pages easier to find and navigate. […]
i2we Inc. - More money for Facebook apps, this time going to an ex-Facebook employee’s startup. i2we, a social apps maker started by ex-Facebooker Karel Baloun has raised a $750,000 first round led by IDG Ventures, says peHUB, citing a regulatory filing. The Berkeley, CA-based company claims 1.52 million Facebook members have installed apps like […]
Web 2.0
Internet Related