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Enflick Raises $1 Million In Seed Funding

Amit Chowdhry | October 19, 2011 | 310 views | 52171Add a Comment2011-10-19+20%3A48%3A52Amit+Chowdhry
Categorized under Derek Ting, Enflick, Freestyle Capital, Jon Lerner, Menlo Ventures, PingChat, Scooter Braun, TextNow, Troy Carter

Enflick is a company that has developed the applications TextNow and PingChat. Enflick has raised $1 million in seed funding. Freestyle Capital was the lead investor in this round. Menlo Ventures Talent Fund, Troy Carter (Lady Gaga’s manager), and Scooter Braun (Justin Bieber’s manager) also participated in this round.

Shaker Raises $15 Million

Amit Chowdhry | October 9, 2011 | 533 views | 51836Add a CommentShaker+Raises+%2415+Million2011-10-10+01%3A26%3A10Amit+Chowdhry
Categorized under CrunchFund, Eric Schmidt, Gad Maor, Innovation Endeavors, Menlo Ventures, Michael Arrington, Ofer Rundstein, Pitango, Pitango Venture Capital, Rami Beracha, Shaker, Shervin Pishevar, Troy Carter, Yonatan Maor

Shaker is a virtual world startup based in Israel that has raised $15 million in a new round of funding. This round was led by Menlo Ventures’ Shervin Pishevar. Michael Arrington’s CrunchFund was already an investor in Shaker and they also participated in this round. Shaker was the champion at TechCrunch’s Disrupt conference.