Amit Chowdhry | November 30, 2011 | 253 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Adobe Systems Inc, Cambrian Ventures, Efficient Frontier, Mitsui Ventures, Omniture Inc., Redpoint Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures

Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ:ADBE) has acquired digital marketing company Efficient Frontier. The acquisition will help Adobe add multi-channel ad campaign forecasting, execution, and optimization capabilities to their Digital Marketing solutions.

Amit Chowdhry | May 11, 2011 | 802 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Accel Partners, BranchOut, Floodgate Fund LP, Norwest Venture Partners, Redpoint Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures, Rick Marini

BranchOut is a professional social network application for Facebook that has raised $18 million in Series B funding led by Redpoint Ventures. Accel Partners, Norwest Venture Partners, and Floodgate also participated in this round. BranchOut now has a total of $24 million in funding.

Amit Chowdhry | May 8, 2011 | 692 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under AllianceBernstein, General Catalsyt, Jumptap, Redpoint Ventures, Summerhill Ventures, Valhalla Partners, WPP

Jumptap is a mobile ad network that has raised $25 million. Previous investors AllianceBernstein, General Catalsyt, Redpoint Ventures, Valhalla Partners, Summerhill Ventures, and WPP participated in this new round of funding. The new investors in this round were unnamed. [AllThingsD]
Amit Chowdhry | May 3, 2011 | 569 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Lightspeed Venture Partners, Peel, Ravi Mhatre, Redpoint Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures

Peel is a start-up company that has raised $16.7 million in Series B funding to turn your iOS device into a universal remote. Ravi Mhatre of Lightspeed Venture Partners led this round of funding. Redpoint Ventures and other seed investors participated in this round.

Amit Chowdhry | March 28, 2011 | 852 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Adap.tv, Bessemer Venture Partners, Bessemer Ventures, Gemini Israel Funds, Redpoint Ventures, Spark Capital

Adap.tv has raised $20 million in funding from Bessemer Venture Partners, Gemini Israel Funds, Redpoint Ventures, and Spark Capital. Adap.tv has raised a total of $43 million thus far. Adap.tv’s platform lets advertising companies manage their online video ads. Publishers use Adap.tv to monetize their websites with the video content. Adap.tv currently sees about 60 million unique visitors and they deliver about 1.8 billion video ad views per month. [TechCrunch]
Amit Chowdhry | March 22, 2011 | 595 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under JAFCO Ventures, Jay Samit, Norwest Venture Partners, Pinacle Ventures, Redpoint Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures, SocialVibe

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]
Amit Chowdhry | March 16, 2011 | 930 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Greylock Partners, Index Ventures, Just-Eat, Redpoint Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures

Just-Eat is a local online takeaway menu aggregator service that has raised $48 million in a second round of funding. The company plans to use the funding to expand internationally. Just-Eat says they are expecting to generate over $500 million in revenue for partner restaurants in 2011. Just-Eat is available across 10 countries and has 15,000 restaurants listed. Greylock Partners, Index Ventures, and Redpoint provided this round of investment. Just-Eat formed in Denmark in 2001 and moved to London in 2008. The company raised $17.9 million in 2009. [paidContent]
Amit Chowdhry | March 15, 2011 | 652 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under 2tor, Bessemer Venture Partners, Bessemer Ventures, City Light Capital, Georgetown University, Highland Capital, Highland Capital Partners, Novak Biddle Venture Partners, Redpoint Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, University of Southern California

2tor is an online education website that is based in New York City. The company has raised $32 million in Series C funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners. Previous investors that participated in this round include Highland Capital, Redpoint, City Light, and Novak Biddle. 2tor has raised a total of $65 million. 2tor is pursuing the higher education market and is partnering with graduate programs. 2tor plans on providing a technology platform for higher graduate programs to offer classes online.
