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Experience Recommendation Service Stamped Launches An iPhone App

Amit Chowdhry | November 22, 2011 | 275 views | Add a Comment
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Stamped is a recommendation experiences company that has launched an iPhone application. Stamped is backed by Google Ventures. Stamped connects to your Facebook and Twitter network and uses these social networking services to provide experience recommendations in an organized way.

Accounting Software Company MYOB Gets Acquired For $1.2 Billion From Bain, Archer, and HarbourVest

Amit Chowdhry | August 25, 2011 | 456 views | Add a Comment
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MYOB is a financial and business software company that has been acquired for $1.2 billion by Bain Capital, Archer Capital, and HarbourVest. MYOB A/NZ corporate affairs general manager Julian Smith said that they do not expect jobs to be cut.

Zynga Acquires Social Game Studio DNA Games

Amit Chowdhry | May 18, 2011 | 746 views | Add a Comment
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Social gaming company Zynga is acquiring DNA Games. This is Zynga’s 14th acquisition since the last year. Zynga is interested in both the talent and the company. DNA Games developed several hit social games such as Casino City, Slot City, and Bar World. DNA reaches about 2.4 million monthly active users on Facebook. Casino City has about 1.5 million monthly active users, Slot City has about 438,000 actives, and Bar World has about 382,000 actives.

Color.com Raises $41 Million For Building Location Photo- and Video-Sharing Social Network

Amit Chowdhry | March 25, 2011 | 1,824 views | 3 Comments
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Color.com is a service that came out of nowhere this week and shocked the press. The company has developed an application for smartphones that automatically lets you share photos with the people around you. Essentially they are calling it photo sharing with an “implied social network.”

TargetSpot Raises $8 Million From Union Square, Bain, CBS, and Milestone

Amit Chowdhry | January 13, 2011 | 532 views | Add a Comment
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TargetSpot is the largest digital audio advertising company. TargetSpot has recently announced $8 million in equity financing from Union Square Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, CBS Radio, and Milestone Ventures.

TokBox Raises $12 Million In Third Round Of Funding

Amit Chowdhry | November 15, 2010 | 720 views | Add a Comment
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TokBox is a web-based video conferencing service that has raised $12 million in a third round of funding. TokBox is also releasing a new set of APIs for embedding a video conference into other websites and services.

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