- YouTube Aiming To Buy Twitch, Report Says
Around the Net in Video, P.J. Bednarski - Monday, May 19, 2014
YouTube has a deal to buy Twitch, a fast-growing videogame-streaming company, f ...
- Pinterest Raises Additional $200M To Turn Site Into Discovery Platform
Online Media Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Friday, May 16, 2014
Despite aggressive monetization efforts, Pinterest has decided to take another $200 milli ...
- Social Commerce Platform Soldsie Raises $4 Million In Funding, Looks To Expand
Social Media & Marketing Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Thursday, May 15, 2014
Social commerce platform Soldsie just raised $4 million in Series A fundi ...
- Music Labels Take Small Stakes In Shazam
Around the Net in Mobile, Gavin O'Malley - Thursday, May 15, 2014
Top music labels like Shazam Entertainment have reportedly attracted investments in t ...
- WordPress Parent Automattic Takes $160M
Around the Net In Media, Gavin O'Malley - Tuesday, May 6, 2014
WordPress parent Automattic just raised $160 million at a valuation of $1. ...
- BuzzFeed Clone PolicyMic Gets $10M
Around the Net In Media, Gavin O'Malley - Tuesday, April 29, 2014
PolicyMic -- which CNNMoney.com describers as a “BuzzFeed-like online startup” -- ju ...
- Connectivity Closes $6.35M Funding, Helps Businesses Monitor Social Media
Social Media & Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, April 24, 2014
Connectivity has secured a $6.35 million Series A funding round led ...
- XappMedia Raises $3 Million For Launch Of Interactive Audio Ads For Mobile Apps
MediaDailyNews, Erik Sass - Wednesday, April 23, 2014
XappMedia has raised $3 million for its debut of interactive audio a ...
- AdRoll Rolls With $70M Series C Funding
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, April 21, 2014
AdRoll has raised $70 million in a Series C investment round, wi ...
- AdRoll Raises $70M, Places Bets On Mobile, International Expansion
Real-Time Daily, Tyler Loechner - Monday, April 21, 2014
Retargeting firm AdRoll on Monday announced it has closed a $70 milli ...
- Venture Capital Flowing Like It's 1999
Around the Net In Media, Gavin O'Malley - Thursday, April 17, 2014
Fostering competition (and making the emergence of the next Facebook more likely ...
- Marketing Start-up Beckon Raises $8 Million, Ups Product Development
MediaDailyNews, Mark Walsh - Thursday, April 17, 2014
Marketing analytics start-up Beckon on Thursday announced closing $8 million in ...
- Squarespace Gets Fresh $40M
Around the Net In Media, Gavin O'Malley - Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Web site platform Squarespace just raided $40 million from General Atlantic a ...
- Crittercism Gets $30M To Boost Mobile Apps
Around the Net in Mobile, Gavin O'Malley - Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Crittercism, which measures mobile app performance, scored $30 million in new fundi ...
- Jim Breyer Invests In Datalogix, Joins Board
Real-Time Daily, Tyler Loechner - Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Datalogix this week announced that Breyer Capital has made a "significant" investme ...
- Mobile Agency Somo Gets $5.5 Million In Funding
Mobile Marketing Daily, Mark Walsh - Wednesday, April 2, 2014
London-based mobile marketing agency Somo on Wednesday announced securing $5.5 million ...
- Image-Sharing Site Imgur Raises $40 Million, Ups Product Development
Social Media & Marketing Daily, Mark Walsh - Thursday, April 3, 2014
Get ready to see more memes and goofy photos popping up onlin ...
- CPXi Raises $30 Million, Promotes Hirsch To President
Real-Time Daily, Tyler Loechner - Thursday, March 27, 2014
CPXi, an ad tech company with a focus on applying programmatic technologi ...
- Grapeshot Raises $3.3 Million, Plans To Hire 6 In NY Office
Real-Time Daily, Tyler Loechner - Friday, March 28, 2014
Grapeshot, a UK-based digital ad tech company, on Friday announced it h ...
- Simply Measured Adds $20M In Funding, Plans To Double Workforce
Social Media & Marketing Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Social media analytics and measurement start-up Simply Measured has taken another $ ...
- Percolate Raises $24 Million, Expansion Planned
Social Media & Marketing Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Riding a wave of interest in related services, social marketing firm Percola ...
- Whisper Raises Another $30M
Around the Net In Social Media & Marketing, Gavin O'Malley - Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Whisper -- one of several poplar “anonymous” (or “anonymish”) social networks ...
- Native Ad Exchange TripleLift Raises $4 Million
Around the Net in Real-Time, Tyler Loechner - Wednesday, March 5, 2014
TechCrunch has reported that TripleLift, a company that last month unveiled ...
- Bezos Helps Business Insider Raise $12M
Around the Net In Social Media & Marketing, Gavin O'Malley - Thursday, March 6, 2014
Henry Blodget’s Business Insider just raised another $12 million led by Amaz ...
- News Of Wickr Raising $9M Will Self-Destruct In 10, 9, ...
Around the Net in Mobile, Gavin O'Malley - Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Messaging app Wickr announced just closed $9 million in a series ...
- Zefr Raises $30M, Pushes Social, Video Brand Connections
Social Media & Marketing Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Thursday, February 27, 2014
For brands and publishers, managing their video assets across social media channe ...
- The Trade Desk Closes $20 Million Round
Real-Time Daily, Tyler Loechner - Tuesday, February 25, 2014
The Trade Desk, a demand-side platform (DSP), on Tuesday announced it h ...
- Sprinklr/Dachis Deal Signals Social Marketing Consolidation
Social Media & Marketing Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Adding to a spate of consolidation in the social-analytics space, social med ...
- Socialbakers Raises $26M, Focuses On Aggressive U.S. Sales/Marketing
Social Media & Marketing Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Socialbakers has raised $26 million in a Series C funding, the Prague-bas ...
- Vaynerchuk Gets $25M To Find Next Facebook
Around the Net In Social Media & Marketing, Gavin O'Malley - Thursday, February 13, 2014
Social media wunderkind Gary Vaynerchuk is ready to find the next Faceboo ...