Pulse2 Technology and Social Media News » Reed Elsevier http://pulse2.com Sun, 27 May 2012 18:03:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Martini Media Network Raises $6 Million http://pulse2.com/2010/06/08/martini-media-network-raises-6-million/ http://pulse2.com/2010/06/08/martini-media-network-raises-6-million/#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:14:52 +0000 Amit Chowdhry http://pulse2.com/?p=32348 Continue reading →]]>
San Francisco based online advertising company Martini Media has raised $6 million in funding.  Martini Media ads are targeted towards wealthy people.  Ads sold through Martini Media include yachts, private jets, golf events, etc.  Invite only publishers are asked to be part of Martini Media.  The investors behind this round of funding include publisher Reed Elsevier Ventures, Granite Ventures, and Venrock.  Kevin Brown of Reed and Chris McKay of Granite joined the board of directors as part of the funding deal.  They join Brian Ascher of Venrock, who is already on the board.  Martini Media is led by CEO Skip Brand, a former Yahoo! and Pudding Media exec. [BizJournals]

]]> http://pulse2.com/2010/06/08/martini-media-network-raises-6-million/feed/ 0 Microsoft Investment In Facebook Giving Hope To Jobster http://pulse2.com/2007/10/27/microsoft-investment-in-facebook-giving-hope-to-jobster/ http://pulse2.com/2007/10/27/microsoft-investment-in-facebook-giving-hope-to-jobster/#comments Sat, 27 Oct 2007 20:19:35 +0000 Amit Chowdhry http://pulse2.com/2007/10/27/microsoft-investment-in-facebook-giving-hope-to-jobster/ Continue reading →]]> Jobster Logo“It is actually interesting. Microsoft and Facebook, one thing that they have in common, is they both recruit using Jobster,”
-Jobster CEO, Jason Goldberg.

Jobster Inc., the Seattle, Wash. based company focused on the recruiter-candidate relationship has some high hopes for their partnership with Facebook and Microsoft.  Microsoft and Facebook both recruit candidates with Jobster. 

As a matter of fact, in February 2007, Jobster announced that they will have an official deal with Facebook [Source: GigaOM].  Since the partnership between Jobster and Facebook happened 5 months ago, I have not heard of any major milestones for Jobster. 

According to CrunchBase, Jobster has raised $8 million Series A from Ignition and Trinity, $19.5 million Series B from Ignition/Mayfield/Trinity, and $18 million Series C from Ignition/Mayfield/Trinity and Reed Elsevier.  This brings Jobster’s total investment at $45 million. 

Jobster’s Silicon Valley competitor, Simply Hired has about one-third in funding.  Simply Hired has about $16.5 million in funding.

Goldberg showed his optimism for Jobster on the FOX Business Network.  [Note: the video is down for now, if I get a fixed link, I'll update this post].

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