Pulse2 Technology and Social Media News » Crosscut Ventures http://pulse2.com Sat, 26 May 2012 21:27:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Social Media Marketing Company GraphEffect Raises $2 Million http://pulse2.com/2011/02/03/social-media-marketing-company-grapheffect-raises-2-million/ http://pulse2.com/2011/02/03/social-media-marketing-company-grapheffect-raises-2-million/#comments Thu, 03 Feb 2011 21:17:13 +0000 Amit Chowdhry http://pulse2.com/?p=43011 Continue reading →]]>
Focused Labs is a social media marketing services company that is being rebranded as GraphEffect. The company has raised $2 million in funding from CrossCut Ventures, Rincon Venture Partners, Founder Collective, Baroda Ventures, Lerer Ventures, Thrive Capital, Matt Coffin, and Stephano Kim. GraphEffect is a part of the Facebook Advertising API beta program. They help companies and brand agencies increase the number of “Likes” and helps acquire new customers through social media. GraphEffect was co-founded by Clark Landry and James Borow.

]]> http://pulse2.com/2011/02/03/social-media-marketing-company-grapheffect-raises-2-million/feed/ 1 Online Mailing Label Company Zadspace Raises $4.2 Million http://pulse2.com/2011/01/26/online-mailing-label-company-zadspace-raises-4-2-million/ http://pulse2.com/2011/01/26/online-mailing-label-company-zadspace-raises-4-2-million/#comments Wed, 26 Jan 2011 17:49:13 +0000 Amit Chowdhry http://pulse2.com/?p=42146 Continue reading →]]>
Zadspace is an online mailing label advertising and packaging company that has raised $4.2 million. It is unknown who the investors are, but we do know that DFJ Frontier and Crosscut Ventures are existing investors in the company. Zadspace is led by Todd Outten.

]]> http://pulse2.com/2011/01/26/online-mailing-label-company-zadspace-raises-4-2-million/feed/ 0 The Associated Press, Iron Capital, And Crosscut Ventures Invest $3 Million Into Verve Wireless http://pulse2.com/2008/07/27/the-associated-press-iron-capital-and-crosscut-ventures-invest-3-million-into-verve-wireless/ http://pulse2.com/2008/07/27/the-associated-press-iron-capital-and-crosscut-ventures-invest-3-million-into-verve-wireless/#comments Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:07:55 +0000 Amit Chowdhry http://pulse2.com/?p=4080 Continue reading →]]>
“Mobile is actually a better way to reach people than print or even Web. It’s versatile, immediate, travels and is just as compelling–if it’s done right–as a Web site or a printed page,” stated Art Howe, CEO of Verve Wireless Inc.

Verve Wireless Inc. provides mobile software called Verve Publishing Platform.  This platform is used heavily by online newspaper companies such as The Associated Press, the New York Times, The Boston Globe, etc.  These online newspaper companies have used Verve’s platform to create iPhone versions of their sites.  Verve currently powers 4,000 newspapers across 140 publishers with their software.

The Associated Press signed on with Verve this past May and decided that they were going to invest in the company since they were happy with the platform.  Iron Capital and Crosscut Ventures joined Associated Press in the $3 million Series B investment in Verve Wireless.

The founders of Verve Wireless are Tom Kenney and Art Howe.  Both of them raised $2.5 million in seed funding to get the company up and running.  The Verve Publishing Platform is available for free to the newspaper publishing companies, but they take a cut out of advertising revenue.  Verve competes with Crisp Wireless.  Crisp represents Hearst, Gannett, and Tribune Interactive.

Related Links:
1. Verve Wireless
2. NYT
3. Associated Press

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