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Foursquare Co-Founder Dennis Crowley Invests In Metamarkets
Metamarkets is a real-time data startup company that provides price data and analytics to global media companies. The company launched in late 2009 and is working towards solving the problem behind ad price discovery on mobile and web platforms. The company has raised $2.5 million from IA Ventures, Village Ventures, True Ventures, Founder Collective, Mike Maples, Stan Shuman, AOL Ventures, Josh Stylman, Jim Pallotta, Peter Hershberg, and Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley. IA Ventures led the round.
Gdgt.com Raises $3 Million From Multiple Investors
Gdgt.com has raised $3.165 million from several investors. Gdgt.com was founded by former Engadget writers Peter Rojas and Ryan Block. Their investors include Spark Capital, Jason Calacanis, True Ventures, Betaworks, AOL Ventures, Lerer Media Ventures, and several other angel investors.
Gdgt.com previously raised $500,000 from Betaworks and True Ventures. Gdgt currently has about 17,000 products in their database. [paidContent]
Socialcast Raises $8 Million From Menlo and True Ventures
Socialcast is a service that combines the activity stream from large companies and integrates them with social bookmarking sites, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Sharepoint, mobile devices, and Adobe AIR applications. Socialcast has recently raised $8 million Series B from Menlo Ventures and True Ventures.
Last year Socialcast raised $1.4 million from True Ventures and other angel investors. Om Malik of GigaOm.com joined the board of directors at Socialcast as well. Sonja Hoel Perkins of Menlo is now on the board of directors at Socialcast too. [TechCrunch]
Categories Menlo Ventures, Om Malik, Socialcast, Sonja Hoel Perkins, True Ventures
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FitBit Inc. Raises $2 Million From True Ventures, SoftTech VC, and Angels
FitBit is a company that created a device and website to determine how much fitness and sleep you are getting. The device retails for about $99 and debuted at the TechCrunch50 conference. The device is wireless and comes with a recharging dock. The FitBit Tracker devices automatically uploads activities, calories burned, distance, and sleep quality to the website. This information is then presented to the device holder in an entertaining way.
True Ventures and SoftTech VC have decided to plug in about $2 million in funding into these companies. Through the round of funding, Jon Callaghan of True Ventures has joined the FitBit board. FitBit plans on using the funding to further the development and distribution of the device. The funding will also help develop additional products and services. Signing up for FitBit.com is free.
FitBit was started by Eric Friedman and James Park. Friedman has previously worked for Webshots and co-founded Windup Labs. Park was also a co-founded in Windup Labs.
Categories FitBit, SoftTech VC, True Ventures
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Om Malik Joins True Ventures As A Venture Partner
Om Malik, founder of Giga Omni Media and editor of GigaOM is not only an entrepreneur and a blogger, but now he is a venture partner. Earlier this summer, Jon Callaghan, Phil Black, and John Burke invited Om Malik to join True Ventures as a venture partner.
“The move will not take any time away from my work at GigaOM. What it will do, however, is give me a chance to closely observe the venture business, which could lead me to one day being a venture capitalist myself. And it is yet another way for me to indulge in my love of startups,” stated Malik. “Though I am extremely picky as to which startup I write about, I love meeting them all. Why? Because ideas fascinate me. People amaze me. So this is just an extension of the same enthusiasm, but from
a different dimension.”
Other board members of True Ventures includes Tony Conrad, CEO of Sphere and Toni Schneider, CEO of Automattic. True Ventures is also an investor in GigaOm.
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Categories GigaOM, True Ventures
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