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Former MySpace Music CTO Dmitry Shapiro Raises Funding To Launch A Facebook Alternative
Dmitry Shapiro is the former MySpace Music CTO. Shapiro has raised funding from investors that include Draper Fisher Jurvetson to launch an alternative to Facebook called Altly. Altly will be a social network that has strong privacy controls and data ownership.
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Categories Altly, DFJ, Dmitry Shapiro, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Facebook, Josh Stein, MySpace, MySpace Music
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Do@ Raises $7 Million From DFJ
Do@ is a mobile search company that has raised $7 million from Draper Fisher Jurvetson. Do@ co-founder Ami Ben-David said that the current way of searching on mobile devices is too inconvenient since it involves typing words and scrolling to find a good link.
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Categories Ami Ben-David, DFJ, Do@, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Tim Draper
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JiWire Raises $20 Million In New Round Of Funding
JiWire is a mobile ad company that has raised $20 million in a round of funding made by Trident Capital, Comcast Interactive Capital, DFJ, Panorama Capital, and Norwest Venture Partners. JiWire has raised a total of $45 million in funding thus far. JiWire has a location-based ad platform that runs on WiFi through 40 public WiFi networks. Last year JiWire acquired location based mobile shopping company NearbyNow. [TechCrunch]
Gilt Groupe Raises $138 Million From Several Investors and Is Valued At $1 Billion
New York based discount flash sales website Gilt Groupe has raised $138 million in venture capital funding. Investors in this fifth round of funding include Softbank Group, General Atlantic, Matrix Partners, Goldman Sachs, NEA, DFJ Growth, Pinnacle Ventures, TriplePoint Capital, and Eastward Capital.
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Mobile Q&A Service Opinionaided Raises $1 Million
Opinionaided is a mobile Q&A service that has raised $1 million in funding several venture capital companies and angel investors. The investors include General Catalyst, SoftBank Capital, DFJ, ENIAC Ventures, Mark Wachen, Jonah Goodhart, Karl Jacob, and Vince Monical.
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Real Estate Community Website RentJuice Raises $6.2 Million In Series B
RentJuice is a real estate community website where real estate agents and brokers can view real estate data. RentJuice raised $6.2 million in Series B funding led by Highland Capital and Tim Draper of DFJ. RentJuice automates administrative tasks for real estate professionals, brokerages, and landlords. RentJuice helps brokers capitalize on predictions that 10 million new renters will enter the U.S. market in the enxt 5 years. RentJuice was founded in 2009 by CEO David Vivero and CTO Kunal Shah.
Meebo Raises $27.5 Million In Series D
Meebo announced earlier this week that they have raised $27.5 million in Series D. The funding was led by Khosla Ventures with participation from Sequoia Capital, DFJ, Time Warner, and JAFCO. Meebo said that they plan on using the funds to continue expanding upon their platform. Thus far the company has raised $70 million total.
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TMS Buys Online Video Search Company CastTV
Tribune Media Services has acquired online video search services company CastTV. CastTV was founded in 2006 by Edwin Ong and Alex Vikati and they raised $3.1 million from DFJ, Ron Conway, and Marc Andreessen. “CastTV was profitable so we weren’t forced to make any decisions,” said Vikati. CastTV receives about 4 million monthly unique visitors. TMS plans on combining CastTV’s databases with their own metadata service. [AllThingsD]
Mobile Analytics Company Flurry Raises $15 Million In Series C
Flurry Inc. is a mobile analytics and monetization solutions company that has raised $15 million in Series C funding. This round of funding was led by Menlo Ventures. Other investors include DFJ, InterWest, First Round Capital, and Union Square Ventures. Menlo Ventures Managing Director Sonja Hoel Perkins will join the board of directors at Flurry. Flurry plans to use the funding to expand their Flurry Analytics and AppCircle services across iOS and Android. Below is the full press release:
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JiWire Buys Location-Based Shopping Mobile Company NearbyNow
Mobile advertising company JiWire has announced that they have acquired location-based mobile shopping company NearbyNow. The financial details were undisclosed.
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Categories DFJ, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, JiWire, NearbyNow
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