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Socialcam Raises Funding From 46 Angel Investors
Socialcam is an iPhone app that spun off of video sharing website Justin.tv last year as part of Y Combinators winter 2012 class. Socialcam has raised seed funding from 46 well known angel investors. Socialcam’s fiercest competitor is Viddy. They have been fighting back and forth as the top Photo & Video app recently. Socialcam has reportedly surpassed the 20 million user mark. Below is a list of all of the investors involved as compiled by TechCrunch.
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Categories Alexis Ohanian, Allison Streuter, Andreessen Horowitz, Ari Emmanuel, Ashton Kutcher, Atom Factory, Brian Chesky, Chris Hollod, CrunchPad Inc., Emmett Shear, Erik Moore, Felix Shpilman, Garry Tan, Guy Oseary, Harj Taggar, Jason Johnson, Jason Lublin, Jeff Kapel, Jessica Livingston, Jonathan Abrams, Justin Caldbeck, Justin Kan, Kyle Vogt, Laurene Jobs, Laurene Powell Jobs, Matt Ocko, Michael Abrams, Michael Levit, Michael Rapino, Paul Buchheit, Paul Graham, Ram Shiram, Ronny Conway, Shane Battier, Shervin Pishevar, Socialcam, Stacey Rubin, Stewart Alsop, SV Angel, Tim Draper, Trajan Langdon, Troy Carter, Yuri Milner, Zachary Bogue
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Posterous Co-Founder Garry Tan Stepping Down To Join Y Combinator
Garry Tan, the co-founder of Posterous, is stepping down from the blog company to join Y Combinator as the designer-in-residence. “Though my day-to-day may change, my faith in the team and the product is unchanged and unwavering. Posterous is in good hands and on the right track to fulfilling its potential. I am proud of what we’ve built together and look forward to the future,” said Tan in a blog post. He will continue his involvement in Posterous as an adviser.
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Categories Garry Tan, Posterous, Y Combinator
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Posterous Raises $4 Million From Redpoint Ventures
Posterous is a blog publishing service that has raised $4.4 million from Redpoint Ventures. Satish Dharmaraj, Partner at Redpoint is also on the company’s board of directors. Posterous was founded by Sachin Agarwal, Garry Tan, and Brett Gibson in 2008 as a Y-Combinator company. Posterous profiles have no restrictions on usage and custom CSS can be added to blogs. Posterous has about 12 million unique visitors and 25 million page views per month. [TechCrunch]