Amit Chowdhry | November 22, 2011 | 275 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Bain Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, Google Ventures, Rich Miner, Stamped

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.

Amit Chowdhry | August 25, 2011 | 456 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Archer Capital, Bain Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, HarbourVest, MYOB

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.

Amit Chowdhry | May 18, 2011 | 746 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Bain Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, Battery Ventures, DNA Games, Facebook, Jon Lee, Zynga

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.

Amit Chowdhry | March 25, 2011 | 1,824 views | 3 Comments
Categorized under Bain Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, Bill Nguyen, Color.com, DJ Patil, Lala, Peter Pham, Sequoia Capital, Silicon Valley Bank

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.”

Amit Chowdhry | January 13, 2011 | 532 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Bain Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, CBS Radio, Fred Wilson, Milestone Ventures, TargetSpot, Union Square Ventures

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.

Amit Chowdhry | November 15, 2010 | 720 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Bain Capital, DAG Ventures, Micky O’Brien, Sequoia Capital, TokBox

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.
