Startups

Reply! Raises $4.5 Million Series C

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 2, 2007

Reply! has raised $4.5 million in Series C funding

Social Shopping Company ThisNext Hires Scott Morrow As President

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 2, 2007

Social shopping company ThisNext has hired Scott Morrow as the company's president

Internet Advertising Company The Rubicon Project Raises $6 Million Series A

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 2, 2007

The Rubicon Project has raised $6 million in Series A

Techmeme Launches A Leaderboard

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 1, 2007

Techmeme has launched a leaderboard

Adobe Buys Virtual Ubiquity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 1, 2007

Adobe has acquired Virtual Ubiquity

TuneSquare Offers Free Indie Music Without DRM

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 30, 2007

TuneSquare is now offering access to free indie music without DRM

NebuAd Raises $20 Million For Its Behavioral Targeting Network Services

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 29, 2007

NebuAd has raised $20 million in funding for its behavior targeting platform.

Joost Beta Version 1.0 Now Available

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 29, 2007

Joost has released beta version 1.0, but it has a number of problems.

Xoom Raises $20.29 Million In Series E Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 29, 2007

Xoom has raised $20.29 million in Series E funding

Armani Releases Luxury Items For Second Life Avatars

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 26, 2007

Armani is now selling luxury items for avatars in Second Life

RealNetworks Is Acquiring GameTrust For $50 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 25, 2007

RealNetworks is planning to acquire GameTrust for $50 million

Demand Media Raises $100 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 25, 2007

Demand Media has raised $100 million in funding.

Netvibes Relaunches Its Ecosystem Product

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 25, 2007

Netvibes has relaunched its Ecosystem product

Facebook App Company Acebucks Raises $1.5 Million In Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 23, 2007

Acebucks has raised $1.5 million in funding.

Mint: Productive Money Management Web 2.0 Application Walks Away With TechCrunch40 Grand Prize

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 19, 2007

Mint has been named as the TechCrunch40 Conference 2007 winner.

Q&A Community Qwizzy Opens Beta Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 19, 2007

Q&A community Qwizzy is now available in beta

Powerset Announces Powerset Labs: And The Hype Continues

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2007

Semantic search engine Powerset has announced Powerset Labs.

Yahoo! Acquires Zimbra For $350 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2007

Yahoo! has acquired Zimbra for $350 million in cash.

PureVideo Raises $2.85 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 13, 2007

PureVideo has raised $2.85 million in funding.

PowerReviews.com Brings In $15 Million For Product Review Software

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 10, 2007

PowerReviews.com has raised $15 million in funding.

Chinese Video Site Tudou.com Now Serves 360 Million Videos Per Week

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 9, 2007

Chinese video site Tudou.com is now hitting 360 million video clips per week.

ChasingGlaciers.com: Blogging From A Glacier

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 9, 2007

Zoe Hart and Alison Gannett posting daily vlogs on the ChasingGlaciers.com project.

The Rise And Decline Of Technorati

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 9, 2007

Technorati CEO David Sifry is leaving the company.

Multiply.com Raises $16.6 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 7, 2007

Multiply.com is a social network company that has raised $16.6 million in funding.

Zoho Business Announced At Office 2.0 Conference

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 6, 2007

At the Office 2.0 Conference, Zoho announced Zoho Business

AOL Acquires Tacoda For A Rumored Amount Of $200-$300 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 6, 2007

AOL is acquiring Tacoda for a rumored $200-$300 million

Groovle: Create Your Own Custom Google Homepage

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 6, 2007

Groovle is a service that allows you to customize homepages with Google as the default search engine.

Microsoft Acquiring Parlano As A Value-Add For Its Communications Software

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 30, 2007

Microsoft has acquired Parlano, a company that will improve the value of Microsoft Office Communications Server and Microsoft Office Communicator.

Recent Tech Funding: TheBig, iFamily, Veveo, Vadver, and Federated Media

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 28, 2007

TheBig, iFamily, Veveo, Vadver, and Federated Media have recently raised funding

Yahoo! Acquires Actionality

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 22, 2007

Yahoo! has acquired a German mobile ad company called Actionality.