Startups

Blockbuster Acquires Movielink LLC

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 8, 2007

Blockbuster has acquired Movielink LLC to offer customers access to thousands of movies online.

New York Times Acquires & Integrates The Freakonomics Blog

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 8, 2007

Jimmy Wales Continues Talks With Chinese Officials Over Wikipedia’s Ban

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 8, 2007

Jimmy Wales is continuing his conversations with high-level Chinese officials about Wikipedia's ban in China.

LiveJournal Founder Brad Fitzpatrick Is Reportedly Leaving Six Apart To Join Google

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 7, 2007

LiveJournal founder Brad Fitzpatrick is reportedly going to leave Six Apart to join Google.

Passenger Raises $12.5 Million Total In Series A And Series B Round

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 7, 2007

Passenger has raised $12.5 million total.

Clipmarks Is Reportedly In Talks With Forbes For A Potential Acquisition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 7, 2007

Forbes is reportedly in talks to buy Clipmarks

New Digital Entertainment Site Worldwide Biggies Raises $9 Million Series A

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 6, 2007

Worldwide Biggies has raised $9 million in Series A funding.

Accoona Files For An IPO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 5, 2007

Accoona has filed for an IPO.

AsianAvenue.com Now Features ‘Secret Asian Man’ Cartoon

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 3, 2007

AsianAvenue.com is now featuring a cartoon called 'Secret Asian Man.'

GoFish Cancels The Acquisition of Bolt.com

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 2, 2007

GoFish has canceled the acquisition of Bolt.com.

Discovery Channel Acquires TreeHugger.com Blog For $10-15 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 2, 2007

Disney Acquires Club Penguin For $350 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 1, 2007

Disney has officially acquired Club Penguin for $350 million

Dailymotion Hires Mark Zaleski As Executive Chairman

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 1, 2007

Paris-based video-sharing website Dailymotion has hired Mark Zaleski as the executive chairman.

Comedy Video Site MyDamnChannel Launches With Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2007

MyDamnChannel, a comedy video site founded by Rob Barnett, has launched and it is backed with an undisclosed amount of funding.

BuddyTV Raises $2.8 Million Series A

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 30, 2007

BuddyTV, an informative content website that covers major TV news, has raised $2.8 million in funding.

Digital Marketing Company iCrossing Has Raised $62 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2007

iCrossing is a digital marketing company that has raised $62 million in funding.

Sports Illustrated And NYCIF Invest Undisclosed Amount In TAKKLE

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 24, 2007

Sports Illustrated and NYCIF have invested an undisclosed amount of funding in TAKKLE

NationalBanana.com Raises $1 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 13, 2007

NationalBanana.com has raised $1 million in funding from U.S. Venture Partners.

Lionsgate Entertainment Buys 42% Of Break.com For $21 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 12, 2007

Lionsgate Entertainment has acquired 42% of Break.com for $21 million.

Zillow Launches A Customized Homepage, Discussions, And More Neighborhood Pages

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 12, 2007

Zillow has launched a customized homepage, more discussion pages, and 6,500 more neighborhood pages

TheMarkets.com Raises $30 Million From 11 Leading Investment Banks

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 12, 2007

TheMarkets.com has raised $30 million in Series S Rights Offering to its existing broker-owners, which is 11 leading investment banks.

PopShops: An Upcoming Web 2.0 Start-Up Offering Widget Store Building Features

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 12, 2007

Here is the Pulse 2.0 review of PopShops

Google Is Acquiring Communication Security Company Postini For $625 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 9, 2007

Google is acquiring a communication security company called Postini.

Former TechCrunch UK Writer Sam Sethi Launches Blognation And Receives Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 4, 2007

Former TechCrunch UK writer Sam Sethi has launched a new tech blog called Blognation and already raised funding for it.

Netvibes Co-CEO Pierre Chappaz Leaves To Work On Wikio

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 4, 2007

Netvibes Co-CEO Pierre Chappaz has left the company to work at Wikio.

Google Acquires Phone Number Consolidation Company GrandCentral

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 2, 2007

Google has acquired GrandCentral, a company that allows users to connect one phone number to all the mobile devices they own.

Shutterfly Acquires Make It About Me!

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2007

Shutterfly has announced that it has acquired Make It About Me!

Kevin Rose Launches Pownce

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 27, 2007

Kevin Rose has launched a new IM platform called Pownce.

FatFreeCart: Sell Products And Checkout The Fast Way

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 27, 2007

Here is the Pulse 2.0 review of FatFreeCart.

Wesabe Raises $4 Million In Series A

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2007

Wesabe has raised $4 million in Series A funding.