YouTube Celebrity Ray William Johnson Signs Script Deal With FX

Ray William Johnson runs a popular YouTube channel that has around 8.75 million subscribers and hit around 2.3 billion views total. Ray William Johnson’s YouTube show is called “=3″ and due to his popularity, he has signed a script deal with FX Networks.  Johnson had the most subscribed channel on YouTube for a period last year.  He ran into a major contract dispute with Maker Studios and walked away from the multichannel network to set up his own production studio called Runaway Planet.
Continue reading →

Twitter and NBA Partner On In-Game Replays #NBARapidReplay

Twitter and the National Basketball Association have partnered with each as part of a plan for Twitter to expand beyond 140-character status updates.  NBA Digital, a joint venture between the NBA and TBS, is going to post game highlights on Twitter during the playoffs using the hashtag #NBARapidReplay, according to Twitter president of global revenue Adam Bain.  Short advertisements will appear side-by-side with the clips too.

Continue reading →

Winklevoss Twins Invest In Bitcoin Trading Platform Company BitInstant

We already knew that Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss were Bitcoin enthusiasts.  The brothers own around 1% of the Bitcoin currency, which is reportedly now worth about $11 million.  Recently the brothers have reaffirmed their commitment to the P2P open source currency by investing in a Bitcoin trading platform called BitInstant.  The investment was made through the Winklevoss Capital, a VC firm started by the two brothers.  BitInstant has raised a total of $1.5 million in seed funding led by Winklevoss Capital with participated from other investors including David Azar.

Continue reading →

Ringadoc Expands Doctor-Patient Communications Platform, Raises $700,000 In Seed Funding

Ringadoc is a doctor-patient communications company that strives to increase office efficiency and the simplification of doctor-patient engagement.  Ringadoc runs a cloud-based automated answering service that has handled over 100,000 calls for practices across the country.  Ringadoc has raised $700,000 in seed funding to fuel their growth.  The Founders Fund’s seed vehicle FF Angel led this round of funding.  Ringadoc has raised a total of $1.9 million in seed funding.

Continue reading →

Big Data Startup EdgeSpring Raises $11 Million In Series A

EdgeSpring is a startup that can help you make better decisions with the data across all of the lines of business.  EdgeSpring has raised $11 million in financing from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Lightspeed Ventures, according to VentureBeat.  EdgeSpring uses “big data” and analytics to make intelligence recommendations.  The analytics can assess improvements for businesses of any size.

Continue reading →

Y Combinator Names Andrew Mason, Kevin Hale, Michael Seibel, Steve Huffman, and Dalton Caldwell As Partners

Paul Graham, the co-founder of Y Combinator, wrote in a blog post that the seed accelerator program has hired Andrew Mason, Kevin Hale, Michael Seibel, Steve Huffman, and Dalton Caldwell as partners.  Kevin Hale will be a full partner and the others will be part-time partners.

Continue reading →

Business Process Management Company BonitaSoft Raises $13 Million

BonitaSoft is a business process management company that has raised $13 million in a third round of funding.  Bonita has three major solution products including process modeling, a workflow engine, and a breakthrough user interface to create process-based applications.  The company sells subscriptions in several tiers. BonitaSoft has raised $13 million in a Series C round of funding.

Continue reading →