WorldFriends Networks Gets Funded
Shanghai-based Meta4 Group Ltd., which operates WorldFriends Networks, the world’s leading provider of private label multi-lingual online personals announced US$2.5 million in venture capital funding...
View ArticleGeni raised a $10 million
Seven week old Geni raised a $10 million second round of financing last week, led by Charles River Ventures with a post-money valuation of $100 million. George Zachary from CRV is joining the Geni...
View ArticleBecome a partner in a huge web 2.0 site
The huge contextual platform LinkedWords, we are covering and using since its launch back in July 2006, went out this Saturday (March the 10th) with an ad in the The Economist looking for...
View ArticleTop Free Press Release Sites
We have always been thinking that aside the well known web 2.0 influencers, web 2.0 start ups can also use free press release sites to get the word out for their innovations and technologies…Here we...
View ArticleViacom vs. YouTube
ReutersMedia conglomerate Viacom Inc. said on Tuesday it filed a $1 billion lawsuit against Google Inc. and its Internet video sharing site YouTube over unauthorized use of its copyrighted...
View ArticleYouTube lawsuit may help rivals
Viacom's billion-dollar legal gambit against Google could lead to more media industry lawsuits and give a boost to rival online video services in the emerging marketplace.Media executives and analysts...
View ArticleZopria was deleted from Wikipedia
Zopria was deleted from Wikipedia’s entry list sparking protest from Zorpia members. Press Release Body = Wikipedia have removed the entry ‘Zorpia’ from their site recently, sparking protest reactions...
View ArticleSynapse Life Sold for $60K
Synapse Life got acquired for $60,000 on ebay, yet another web 2.0 company sold on auction, the most famous sale on ebay was kiko.com. The latest eBayquisition: SynapseLife, a suite of web-based...
View ArticleDoubleClick to kill Right Media
The New York Times reported this morning that DoubleClick plans to launch an exchange for online advertisements. The system is described as follows:"DoubleClick, based in New York, views the exchange...
View ArticleTwitter's Buzz
If you ever fancied yourself a blogger but didn't have the time or energy to post thoughtful or silly missives at regular intervals, a new service called Twitter could set your inner blogger free....
View ArticleGoogle Spends 3.1B Cash for DoubleClick
NYT: Google Buys DoubleClick for $3.1 BillionGoogle reached an agreement today to acquire DoubleClick, the online advertising company, from two private equity firms for $3.1 billion in cash, the...
View ArticleAxis Open Source and Kaboodle Team Up
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, March 8, 2007 – Axis Open Source, a leading developer of Linux, PHP and MySql solutions and Kaboodle Ventures LLC a Web Technologies holding company announced today a partnership...
View ArticleMinglebox Gets $7M from Sequoia
Minglebox, the India-based social network for college campuses, raised $7 million in funding, backed by Sequoia Capital India. Minglebox started with a concept similar to facebook (though less...
View ArticleDeals within the web 2.0 sector for May 9 - 14
CBS Acquires WallStrip for $5 millionJossip is reporting that corporate focused video blog WallStrip has been acquired by CBS News for $5 million. The report states that an announcement is expected...
View ArticleDeals within the Web 2.0 sector from May 15
Kyte Gets More Funding from Swiss Telecom ProviderKyte , the online video-sharing and broadcasting website, has just announced new investors, telecommunications provider Swisscom and Holtzbrinck...
View ArticleDeals within the web 2.0 sector for May 16
MySpace To Acquire FlektorMySpace will acquire Flektor , a just-launched service that allows users to create widgets from photos, video and text, according to two sources with knowledge of the deal....
View ArticleDeals within the web 2.0 sector for May 17 - 18
Rumour: Google to buy FeedburnerI have just heard from a VERY trusted source that Google is buying Feedburner in order to get into the rapidly evolving RSS Ad market. The delay in announcing the...
View ArticleDeals within the web 2.0 sector for May 17 - 23
Clupedia gets $1.3 millionSanta Ana, CA, based startup Clupedia announced that it has raised $1.3 million in funding from Tech Coast Angels, a group of 270 investors in Orange County. Clupedia’s...
View ArticleDeals within the web 2.0 sector for June 5 - 13
Lijit to Close on $3.3M in Second Round of FundingLijit , the personal network search tool, reportedly has plans to close on a $3.3 million venture round this month. The company had already raised...
View ArticlePromising start-up search engines according to NYT
NYT has just published a comprehensive article focused on a dozen of innovative and promising start up search engines that may loosen Google’s grip.According New York Times the next Google could...
View ArticleDeals within the web 2.0 sector for the first half of July
$15 Million For Shopping Search TheFindMountain View based shopping search site TheFind has raised another $15 million in a third round of venture capital , bringing their total capital raised to $26...
View ArticleHot end of July on the web 2.0 scene
Action Engine Raises $20 MillionMobile applications developer Action Engine has raised $20 million in new round led by Baker Capital. Previous investors Northwest Venture Associates and The Spangler...
View ArticleIs NosyJoe.com the next Clusty.com?
Clusty.com is a well known search engine project basically a spin off from Vivisimo. Vivisimo on the other hand was founded in 2000 by three Carnegie Mellon University scientists who decided to tackle...
View ArticleReview of the August 2007 Web 2.0 Deals
LinkedIn Competitor Viadeo Raises €5 MillionViadeo, a European social network for business contacts which is quite similar in idea and execution to LinkedIn, has raised a further €5 million in funding...
View ArticleThe Quest for the 3rd Generation Search Engine Continues!
A few months ago New York Times probed a bunch of start-up search engines as possible way to go in beating Google's dominance on the search market. These days yet another influential media giant...
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