Amit Chowdhry | February 18, 2012 | 436 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Amazon, Amazon.com, Andrew Miner, Barcode Hero, Blake Scholl, Doug Petkanics, Groupon, Hyperpublic, Jason Crawford, Jordan Cooper, Kima Labs, Naval Ravikant, Owen Van Natta, Ron Conway, Tapbuy, The Washington Post Company

Groupon has acquired mobile payments company Kima Labs and geolocation technology company Hyperpublic. Kima Labs is known for building the mobile barcode reading app called Barcode Hero and mobile payment app TapBuy. Groupon acquired a New York City based startup company called Hyperpublic, which is a geolocation service with layers of information on it like deals and events.

Amit Chowdhry | October 20, 2011 | 451 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under 500 Startups, Crosslink Capital, Giza Venture Capital, Giza Ventures, Josh James, Kapor Capital, Mark Goines, Naval Ravikant, SoftTech VC, visual.ly

Visual.ly is an infographics design company that has raised $2 million in seed funding. The investors in this round includes Crosslink Capital, SoftTech, 500 Startups, Kapor Capital, Giza Ventures, Naval Ravikant, Mark Goines, Josh James, etc. Visual.ly had about 26,000 users sign up as part of their beta. Over 300,000 infographics have been created and they receive about one million pageviews per month. Some of the companies that Visual.ly works with include BuzzFeed, AskMen, CNNMoney, GOOD, NASDAQ, Skype, the Wall Street Journal, and National Geographic. Visual.ly plans on using the funding for building their development team and hire additional data visualization specialists.
Amit Chowdhry | August 10, 2011 | 419 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Allen DeBevoise, Camille Hearst, First Round Capital, Gordon Rubenstein, Jeff Clavier, Jeff Kearl, MK Capital, MovieClips.com, Naval Ravikant, Richmond Park Partners, Shasta Ventures, Tom McInerney, YouTube

Movieclips.com is an online movie clips search engine website that launched in 2009. It has over 20,000 different clips across libraries from 20th Century Fox, MGM, Paramount, Sony Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, and Universal Pictures. Miniclips has raised $7 million in funding led by MK Capital. Shasta Ventures, First Round Capital, Richmond Park Partners, Jeff Clavier, Naval Ravikant, Jeff Kearl, Tom McInerney, Allen DeBevoise and Gordon Rubenstein also participated in this round.

Amit Chowdhry | April 19, 2011 | 545 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Alex Zubillage, Andreessen Horowitz, Founder Collective, Gee Chuang, High Line Venture Partners, James Fong, James Hong, Listia, Max Levchin, Naval Ravikant, SV Angel

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.

Amit Chowdhry | January 28, 2011 | 983 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Ashton Kutcher, Dan Blake, Guy Oseary, Naval Ravikant, P. Diddy, Ron Burkle, Tinychat

Video and messaging company Tinychat was initially known for creating chat-rooms on the fly. The company has raised $1.5 million in funding in the form of a convertible note from some high-profile investors. Some of the investors include Naval Ravikant, Guy Oseary, Ashton Kutcher, Ron Burkle, P. Diddy,

Amit Chowdhry | November 15, 2010 | 1,019 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Founders Fund, Jeff Clavier, Keith Rabois, Naval Ravikant, Peter Thiel, Ron Conway, The Founders Fund, Topguest

Topguest is a mobile check-in loyalty service that was founded five months ago. The service has raised $2 million in Series A funding and has added Peter Thiel as an advisor. The investors in this round of funding include Founders Fund, Ron Conway, Keith Rabois, Jeff Clavier, and Naval Ravikant. Topguest is also exiting beta today.

Amit Chowdhry | November 9, 2010 | 632 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Aydin Senkut, Babak Nivi, First Round Capital, Jeff Clavier, Jeff Kearl, MovieClips.com, Naval Ravikant, Rich Raddon, Richmond Park Partners, Shasta Ventures, Tom McInerney, Zach James
Movieclips.com has raised $3 million in Series A from Shasta Ventures, First Round Capital, and several angel investors. MovieClips.com stores popular clips from movies launched a new service called Movieclips Mashups. Movieclips Mashups lets you create a montage of two minute movie clips.

Amit Chowdhry | September 24, 2010 | 721 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Capital Factory, Dave McClure, GMail, Joshua Baer, Naval Ravikant, OtherInbox, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

OtherInbox is a startup based in Austin, Texas that has just raised $1.5 million in funding from angel investors Dave McClure, Naval Ravikant, and the law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.
