Startups

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.

Bonus.com Is Launching A New Design In September

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 20, 2007

Bonus.com is preparing to launch a new design in September.

Jive Raises $15 Million In First Round Of Funding From Sequoia Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 20, 2007

Jive has raised $15 million in the company's first round of funding from Sequoia Capital

ChaCha And Indiana University To Collaborate On Search Project

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 15, 2007

ChaCha and Indiana University have announced a search collaboration project.

In-Text Ad Company Kontera Raises $10.3 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2007

In-text ad company Kontera has raised $10.3 million in the second round of funding.

Classmates.com Has Filed For An IPO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2007

Classmates.com has filed for an IPO.

Batanga Raises $30 Million In Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 13, 2007

Latino entertainment and media company Batanga raises $30 million in Series C funding.

KickApps Has Raised $11 Million In Second Round Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 13, 2007

KickApps has raised $11 million in its second round of funding.

Veoh’s $25 Million Third Round Of Funding Is Confirmed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 9, 2007

A $25 million third round of funding for Veoh has been confirmed.

Universal Music Group Buys Stake In Loud.com

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 9, 2007

Universal Music Group has acquired an equity stake in Loud.com

Scripps Networks Acquires Incando For $4.7 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 8, 2007

Scripps Networks has acquires Pickle.com's parent company Incando for $4.7 million