Bislr is a marketing startup that makes it easier to run digital campaigns for small and medium-sized businesses. The company has raised $3.5 million in a round of funding led by Southern Cross Venture Partners with participation from Tim Draper and Katrina Garnett.
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isocket is a company that serves as a direct sales platform for premium online advertising. isocket has received $8 million in Series A financing, led by Foundry Group. Costanoa is a new investor in this round and they are joining existing investors like Tim Draper of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Jeff Clavier (SoftTech VC), Accelerator Ventures, Quest Venture Partners, and Blumberg Capital.
Technology is the most important economical component to help a nation advance and make life better for people every day. Techonomy is a conference company that was created to drive social progress with a focus on technology and the economy. When I found out that the conference was coming to Detroit, I knew that I had to be there.
Socialcam is an iPhone app that spun off of video sharing website Justin.tv last year as part of Y Combinators winter 2012 class. Socialcam has raised seed funding from 46 well known angel investors. Socialcam’s fiercest competitor is Viddy. They have been fighting back and forth as the top Photo & Video app recently. Socialcam has reportedly surpassed the 20 million user mark. Below is a list of all of the investors involved as compiled by TechCrunch.
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Do@ is a mobile search company that has raised $7 million from Draper Fisher Jurvetson. Do@ co-founder Ami Ben-David said that the current way of searching on mobile devices is too inconvenient since it involves typing words and scrolling to find a good link.
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Instructure is a company that has developed an open source learning management system. Instructure has raised $8 million in Series B funding from OpenView Venture Partners, EPIC Ventures, Eric Schmidt’s venture capital company Tomorrow Ventures, and Tim Draper. Instructure raised a total of $9.2 million. Instructure’s software called Canvas includes assessment tools, discussions, web chat, multiple assignment submission types, drag-and-drop file uploads, HTML5 video, and speech-to-text conversion.
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Ranker is a consumer web services company that has raised $1.3 million in Series A funding led by Tim Draper. Other investors that are participating in this round include Rincon Venture Partners, Newport Coast Investments, Gil Elbaz, Pasadena Angels, and Siemer Venture Capital. Ranker uses lists to provide answers to questions to users, such as “what are the best beers from around the world?” Visitors can vote or rank the lists. Ranker had raised $1.8 million in two seed funding rounds with participation from several angel investors and Ranker founder and CEO Clark Benson. [TechCrunch]
RentJuice is a real estate community website where real estate agents and brokers can view real estate data. RentJuice raised $6.2 million in Series B funding led by Highland Capital and Tim Draper of DFJ. RentJuice automates administrative tasks for real estate professionals, brokerages, and landlords. RentJuice helps brokers capitalize on predictions that 10 million new renters will enter the U.S. market in the enxt 5 years. RentJuice was founded in 2009 by CEO David Vivero and CTO Kunal Shah.
