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STUDY: How Facebook Is Helping E-Commerce Startups


Social media powerhouse Facebook.com initially started out as a way to stay in touch with friends, but as the company started collecting more data, they have found ways to help e-commerce companies capitalize on their platform. So much so that analysts are predicting that Facebook could make as much of an impact on the e-commerce industry as companies like eBay and Amazon.com. The term of e-commerce on Facebook is “f-commerce.”
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Stealth E-Commerce Company BeachMint Raises $10 Million


BeachMint.com is a social commerce company that has raised $10 million in funding. The investment was led by Trinity Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Anthem Ventures, and Stanford University. BeachMint was founded by MySpace co-founder Josh Berman. Diego Berdakin is the other co-founder of BeachMint. Below is the full press release:
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BeachMint Raises $5 Million


BeachMint is a social commerce service founded by Diego Berdakin and Josh Berman.  The two left News Corp’s Slingshot Labs about two months ago.  BeachMint is currently in stealth mode.  The investors include New Enterprise Associates and Anthem Venture Partners.  More information about BeachMint after it launches. [VentureBeat]

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