Pulse2 Technology and Social Media News » James Hong http://pulse2.com Sat, 26 May 2012 21:27:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Quid Raises $10 Million In Series C http://pulse2.com/2011/07/25/quid-raises-10-million-in-series-c/ http://pulse2.com/2011/07/25/quid-raises-10-million-in-series-c/#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:53:58 +0000 Amit Chowdhry http://pulse2.com/?p=48930 Continue reading →]]>
Quid is a quantitive analysis startup company that has raised $10 million in Series C funding from Atomico Ventures, SV Angel (Ron Conway’s investor fund), Founders Fund, Endeavour Vision, Infocomm Investments, and Charles Lho. PayPal co-founder Max Levchin joined Quid’s board of directors.

Quid previously raised $4 million from Founders Fund, Charles Lho, Max Levchin, Gordon Crovitz, Allen Morgan, James Hong, and Niko Dounchis.

“We are generating more information each year then the rest of human history put together,” stated Quid CEO Bob Goodson. “Data is one of the most important trends of the time we live in. Imagine the insights in the world that are now possible with this information, which hasn’t been available before? We’re building the tools to mine these insights, and help people make more informed decisions.”

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Listia is a website where people trade in their stuff for credits and receive trade it in for other stuff. Listia raised $1.75 million in a round of funding led by Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angel, Founder Collective, High Line Venture Partners, Max Levchin, Naval Ravikant, Alex Zubillage, and James Hong.

Listia previously raised $400,000 in an angel round. Listia makes sure that the person who gets the item actually wants it. Listia also helps you find stuff that people want to give away near you. Listia was founded by Gee Chuang and James Fong.

[TechCrunch]

]]> http://pulse2.com/2011/04/19/listia-raises-1-75-million/feed/ 0 SimplyHired Raises $4.6 Million From IDG and Foundation http://pulse2.com/2009/08/12/simplyhired-raises-46-million-from-idg-and-foundation/ http://pulse2.com/2009/08/12/simplyhired-raises-46-million-from-idg-and-foundation/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:30:54 +0000 Amit Chowdhry http://pulse2.com/?p=18692 Continue reading →]]> simplyhired-logo
SimplyHired is a job search engine that aggregates listings from various websites.  SimplyHired is based in Mountain View, California and has raised an additional round of funding at $4.6 million, led by IDG Ventures and Foundation Capital.  This brings SimplyHired to a total funding amount of $22.3 million.

Previous investors include Gautam Godhwani, Peter Weck, Anil Godhwani, Jerry Crowley, the late Rajeev Motwani, Kanwal Rekhi, Ron Conway, Dave McClure, James Hong, Guy Kawasaki, Garage Technology Ventures, Foundation Capital, Fox Interactive Media, IDG Ventures, and Foundation Capital.

Fox Interactive Media launched a classifieds website through MySpace since they made their investment in SimplyHired.  SimplyHired stated that they have had positive operating cash flow over the past four quarters.  The company had revenue growth for 16 consecutive quarters.

The additional funding will be used to hire additional employees and for international expansion.  SimplyHired syndicates their technology to LinkedIn, The Washington Post, BusinessWeek, Plaxo, and CNNMoney.

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