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Kixeye Raises $18 Million, Adds Zynga Co-Founder to Board
Game developer Kixeye, formerly The Casual Collective, has raised $18 million in new funding. The investment comes from Jafco Ventures, Trinity Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners. Kixeye also boasts two additions to the company’s board: Jafco partner Joe Horowitz and Zynga co-founder Andrew Trader. [TechCrunch]
Inkling Raises $17 Million for iPad Textbooks
Digital textbook startup Inkling has raised $17 million in funding to grow their company, which works with textbook publishers to create interactive iPad versions of their books. The funding comes from Tenaya Capital, Jafco Ventures, Sequoia Capital and Pearson Education. Inkling is already working with publishers like McGraw Hill and Pearson. [GigaOM]
Reputation.com Raises $41 Million
Reputation.com is an online privacy start-up company that has raised $41 million in funding. The new round of funding was led by August Capital. Insight Capital, Jafco Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, and Bessemer Venture Partners also participated in this round. This brings the company revenues to over $65 million. This is the company’s fourth round of funding.
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SocialVibe Raises $20 Million
SocialVibe is a Los Angeles, California based social advertising software and technology company that has raised $20 million in equity funding. This round of funding was led by Norwest Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures, Jafco Ventures, and Pinacle Ventures. Jeff Crowe (Norwest) will be joining the company board of directors as part of the funding. SocialVibe is led by Jay Samit and they plan on using the funding for growth. SocialVibe provides technology that invites consumers to participate in offers with brands in exchange for virtual goods. [SoCalTech]
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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Online Gift Card Website Plastic Jungle Raises $10 Million
Plastic Jungle is an online marketplace for gift cards. The company has announced that they have raised $10 million in funding led by Jafco Ventures. Other investors include Redpoint Ventures, Shasta Ventures, First Round Capital, and Bay Partners. This brings their total funding to $23 million.
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TRUSTe Raises $12 Million Series B
Internet privacy company TRUSTe has raised $12 million in Series B funding. This funding round was led by Jafco Ventures. Other investors include DAG Ventures, Accel Partners, and Baseline Ventures. Full press release below.
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Clicker Raises $11 Million For Consolidating Web TV
Clicker.com is a website that collects TV shows from the web and consolidates them in one place. Clicker launched about three months ago and they have raised $11 million in Series B from JAFCO Ventures, Benchmark Capital, and Redpoint Ventures.
[GigaOM]
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SocialVibe Raises $8 Million Series B From JAFCO And Redpoint
SocialVibe announced earlier yesterday that they have raised $8 milion Series B in funding from JAFCO Ventures and Redpoint Ventures. SocialVibe is a social media company that has social network users create advertising badges on social networks. Advertisers using the badges include Sprint, Adobe, and Coca-Cola.
“SocialVibe has brought soul to the intersection of social media and online advertising with a solution that resonates with advertisers, publishers and members,” stated Greg Martin, Partner of Redpoint Ventures. “SocialVibe is more than a great business, they are a force for good.”
Through this round of funding, Managing General Partner of JAFCO Ventures Joe Horowitz will be joining SocialVibe’s board of directors. SocialVibe has grown to about 500,000 members. These members are sharing brand badges with about 10 million of their friends on social networks. In turn this creates 100 million endorsed impressions.
“Today’s funding round represents a tremendous vote of confidence in our team, vision and business model,” stated SocialVibe CEO Kurt Johnson. “JAFCO and Redpoint Ventures are quality venture firms that understand our business and have the experience to help us grow into a leading advertising and monetization solution for social media.”
Yodle Raises $10 Million Series C From JAFCO, DFJ, and Bessemer Venture Partners
Yodle is a startup that provides local online advertising across search engines and other web real estate. Yodle is based in New York and has raised $10 million Series C from JAFCO Ventures, the DFJ Growth fund, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and Bessemer Venture Partners.
Yodle started in 2005 and reports that they have increased 700% in annual revenue compared to 2007. The run rate for their fourth quarter in 2008 was about $30 million. Yodle has about 9 people in staff in 2006 and now they have 250 people. The company has over 5,000 customers. They had 125 in 2006. The company expects to make a profit in about six months.
Yodle helps small businesses advertise their products on search engines and Yodle will track and optimize the ads. This includes the clickthrough rates, phone calls, and click per action rates. Yodle has their customers grouped into different sectors such as Beauty & Personal Care, Business & Professional, Health & Medical, Home & Garden, and Travel & Lifestyle.
Yodle was founded by Nathaniel Stevens. He currently serves as the VP of Media Operations. Stevens started the company while he was attending Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania. Stevens was accepted into the Venture Initiation Program, UPenn’s incubation initiative. Yodle’s first round of funding was $3 million by Bessemer Venture Partners. Yodle’s second round of funding was $12 million and provided by Bessemer Venture Partners and DFJ. This gives Yodle a total of $15 million.
[via TechCrunch]