Amit Chowdhry | January 11, 2012 | 346 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Alex Iskold, GetGlue, Rho Ventures, RRE Ventures, Time Warner, Union Square Ventures

GetGlue is a mobile social networking company that has raised $12 million in a new round of funding led by Rho Ventures. Existing investors Time Warner, RRE Ventures, and Union Square Ventures also participated in this round of funding. GetGlue previously raised $6 million in November 2010. GetGlue launched in 2008 and has been constantly evolving. Currently GetGlue is a “check-in” application for TV shows, books, movies, etc. Users can interact with other people that are reading, watching, thinking about the same thing.

Riley Kennysmith | July 7, 2011 | 352 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Battery Ventures, Clean Urban Energy, Jason Matloft, Joshua Ruch, Rho Ventures

Chicago-based Clean Urban Energy has raised $7 million for their energy-efficient office buildings. CUE claims their technology can lower a building’s energy expenses by 15-30%. The company’s funding for this round comes from Battery Ventures and Rho Ventures. Battery’s Jason Matloft and Rho’s Joshua Ruch are now joining CUE’s board of directors. [TechCrunch]
Amit Chowdhry | March 14, 2011 | 416 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Lightspeed Ventures, MyBuys, Palomar Ventures, Rho Ventures, Robert Cell

MyBuys is a a service that helps online retailers based on past preferences and behaviors. MyBuys gives product recommendations across multiple channels on websites, display ads, product alerts, direct mail, and mobile devices. MyBuys has raised a $20 million third round of funding led by Rho Ventures and participation from Lightspeed Ventures and Palomar Ventures. MyBuys plans on using the funding to accelerate the adoption and development of its personalization services.

Amit Chowdhry | January 12, 2011 | 584 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Offerpal Media, Rho Ventures, Tapjoy

Tapjoy, the company formerly known as Offerpal, has raised $21 million in funding from Rho Ventures. Tapjoy is recouping from bad PR after TechCrunch exposed them for misleading users to fill out online offers in exchange for virtual currency. Tapjoy recently announced a new product to help developers distribute applications across multiple platforms. Tapulous, Glu, and Playdom are a few of Tapjoy’s 5,000 develop partners. Tapjoy now has a total of $40 million in funding. [paidContent]
Amit Chowdhry | December 2, 2010 | 1,033 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Christophe Garnier, Danny Schultz, DFJ Gotham, Guillaume Gauthereau, Rho Ventures, TOTSY

TOTSY is a private sales website made for moms of younger children. The website has raised $5 million in Series A funding from DFJ Gotham and Rho Ventures. TOTSY recently acquired the member base of their competitor bTrendie. Below is the full press release:

Amit Chowdhry | October 20, 2010 | 624 views | 1 Comment
Categorized under Hawaii.com, Lonely Planet, Rho Ventures, StarVest Partners, Travel Ad Network, Village Ventures

Travel Ad Network is an advertising network that focuses on travel content. Travel Ad Network works with about 300 travel websites including Lonely Planet and Hawaii.com. Their network reaches about 20 million unique U.S. visitors per month. Travel Ad Network’s revenue has increased 30% over this past year. To keep growing their network, the company has raised $15 million in a third round of funding. This round was led by StarVest Partners. Other investors in this round include Rho Venture and Village Ventures. [paidContent]
Amit Chowdhry | October 19, 2010 | 541 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under ChaCha, Rho Ventures, VantagePoint Venture Partners

ChaCha is a mobile Q&A service that has raised $20 million. This brings the company’s total funding to about $72 million. This round of funding was led by Rho Ventures and VantagePoint. This money will be used for additional company growth. ChaCha receives about 15 million monthly unique visitors per month between their online and mobile platforms. [AllThingsD]
Amit Chowdhry | October 14, 2010 | 715 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under 7 Degrees, Parkview Ventures, Rho Ventures, Timothy Sheehan, vSpring Capital

7 Degrees is a start-up company that builds social business applications. One of their flagship products is called PeopleMaps. 7 Degrees has raised $6.8 million in Series B funding from Rho Ventures, vSpring Capital, and Parkview Ventures. The company has raised a total of $8 million thus far.
