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Experience Recommendation Service Stamped Launches An iPhone App

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Amit Chowdhry

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.
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Categories Bain Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, Google Ventures, Rich Miner, Stamped | Leave a comment

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

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Amit Chowdhry

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.
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Zynga Acquires Social Game Studio DNA Games

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Amit Chowdhry

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.
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Categories Bain Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, Battery Ventures, DNA Games, Facebook, Jon Lee, Zynga | Leave a comment

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

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Amit Chowdhry

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.”
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Categories Bain Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, Bill Nguyen, Color.com, DJ Patil, Lala, Peter Pham, Sequoia Capital, Silicon Valley Bank | 3 Comments

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

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Amit Chowdhry

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.
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Categories Bain Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, CBS Radio, Fred Wilson, Milestone Ventures, TargetSpot, Union Square Ventures | Leave a comment

TokBox Raises $12 Million In Third Round Of Funding

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Amit Chowdhry

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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