Funding continues to heat up for social media and mobile startups

Funding news for a Monday: Via Mashable: Syncapse Raises $3.3M for SocialTALK Social Media Management Platform Via VentureBeat: Demdex raises…

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BookRenter—an idea whose time has come

This is a cool idea—BookRenter is a startup in the business of renting textbooks (both hard copy and electronic) to…

14 years ago

Big funding round for bandwidth management co. Infineta; Another online marketing firm raises significant $$

Some startup funding news for the end of the week: Via VentureBeat: Infineta raises $15M to help bandwidth-hungry businesses Via…

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Tinychat—not your standard chat/conferencing client

Just when you thought there was limited innovation in chat, an interesting startup is proving you wrong.  Tinychat allows users…

14 years ago

Newsy raises $2 million for mobile news “analysis”; Iron Key gets much more for beefed-up USB drives

Some startup funding news of note for this week so far: Via VentureBeat: Newsy raises $2M for honest-to-God mobile video…

14 years ago

Threadsy bets it can unify the social web

Threadsy is a startup that is trying to accomplish what no company has yet been able to do—make all of…

14 years ago

Competition between Apple and Google heats up—a boon for tech startups?

Based on recent activity, including the recent acquisitions of mobile ad networks AdMob (acquired by Google) and Quattro Wireless (acquired…

14 years ago

Featured Pitch: Coincident TV

Company: Coincident TV Website: www.coincident.tv Twitter: @coincident_tv Headquarters: San Francisco Year Founded: 2008 Founders: David Kaiser and Bruce Schwartz Investors:…

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New Funding for LivingSocial and Thinking Screen Media

Some funding notes for today: Via Mashable: Groupon Competitor LivingSocial Has Now Raised $44 Million This YearVia TechCrunch: Thinking Screen…

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Zombie batteries! Battizer claims to bring batteries back from the dead

Talk about a startup that offers a solution to a practical problem.  Singapore-based Battizer offers a recharger for standard alkaline…

14 years ago

Is there future in gift cards?

Here is an interesting overview on startup Plastic Jungle, which is trying to make the gift card business more liquid…

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Ad technology startups raising big $$

It has been a big fundraising week for companies in the marketing/ad technology space.: Wildfire, a social media viral marketing…

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