Startups

A History of Google Acquisitions And Where They Are Today

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 4, 2008

Here is a history of Google's acquisitions and how they were integrated into the company.

Scrabulous Relaunches Under A New Facebook App Name Called Wordscraper

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 30, 2008

Scrabulous has been relaunched under a new name called Wordscraper.

National Lampoon and Capazoo Partner Up

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 25, 2007

National Lampoon and the Capazoo social network have partnered

Funny Or Die Raises $15 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 24, 2007

Funny Or Die has raised $15 million in venture capital funding.

Rumor: Wasserman In Talks About Sportnet Sale

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 24, 2007

Wasserman is reportedly in talks with a number of brands for a sale of Sportnet.

iLike And Qloud Find A Home On Hi5 Via OpenSocial

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 23, 2007

Hi5 launches music applications through a partnership with iLike and Qloud

Social Networks Bebo And Digg Hire Financial Brokers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 20, 2007

Digg and Bebo are have reportedly hired financial brokers to seek acquisition deals.

Amazon.com Invests In Bill Me Later

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 12, 2007

Amazon.com is investing in Bill Me Later

Classifieds Site Edgeio Auction Beginning At $250,000

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 11, 2007

Edgeio, a classifieds website co-founded by Michael Arrington, has been put up for sale with a starting bid of $250,000.

Professional Social Network NetHooks Look To Take LinkedIn Head-On

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 5, 2007

NetHooks is a new professional social network that is looking to compete again LinkedIn head-on.

TringMe: A Click-To-Call Widget Worth Checking Out

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 28, 2007

TringMe is a click-to-call widget that you should check out.

Snooth Raises $1 Million In A Second Round Of Angel Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 28, 2007

Wine database company Snooth has raised $1 million in angel funding.

Photo Storage Service Phanfare Raises $2.5 Million Third Round

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 28, 2007

Phanfare, a popular photo storage service, has raised $2.5 million in funding.

Intuit Acquires Homestead Technologies For $170 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 26, 2007

Intuit has announced that it has acquired Homestead Technologies for $170 million

Rumor: News Corp May Be Looking To Acquire LinkedIn

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 22, 2007

Rumor has it that News Corp is looking to acquire LinkedIn

South African Website Creation Company Synthasite Raises $5 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 21, 2007

Synthasite, a South Africa based website creation service, has raised $5 million in funding.

South Asian Video-on-Demand Company TinselVision Raises $3 Million Series B

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 21, 2007

TinselVision has raised $3 million in Series B funding.

Entertonement Secures $5 Million In Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 19, 2007

Entertonement (also known as Right Sized Media) has raised $5 million in funding.

Search Engine ChaCha Raises $10 Million Series B

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 15, 2007

ChaCha has raised $8 million in funding from several investors.

MediaNews Group And The Hearst Corporation Acquire 80% Of Kaango For $20 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 15, 2007

MediaNews Group and Hearst have acquired 80% of Kaango for $20 million.

Video Recommendation Company Taboola Is Raising $1.5 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2007

Video recommendation service Taboola is raising $1.5 million in funding.

Zillow Partnering With Major Newspaper Companies For Shared Ad Space

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2007

Zillow has partnered with several major newspaper companies.

Neighborhood Social Network Fatdoor Raises $5.5 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2007

Neighborhood social network company Fatdoor has raised $5.5 million in funding

Zero Comission Trading Site Zecco Receives $25 Million Series B Investment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2007

Zecco has raised $25 million from several new and current investors.

TAKKLE Raises $7 Million In Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 12, 2007

High school sports social network TAKKLE raises $7 million in funding.

Microsoft Acquiring Musiwave For Mobile Music Entertainment Purposes

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 12, 2007

Microsoft is acquiring Musiwave, a provider of mobile music entertainment services

Peacock Equity Invests In 4INFO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 1, 2007

Peacock Equity has invested in 4INFO, an SMS ad company.

PicksPal Raises $3 Million Series C

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 30, 2007

Fantasy sports company PicksPal has raised $3 million in Series C.

Real Estate Blog Network Curbed Raises $1.5 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 30, 2007

Curbed, a real estate blog network company, has raised $1.5 million in funding.

Champion Sound Opens In Limited Beta

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 30, 2007

Digital Telepathy's Champion Sound is now open in limited beta.