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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/rss2enclosuresfull.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><rss xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><title>Web 2.0 Venture Capital Update : Internet &amp; New Media</title><link>http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com</link><description>Web 2.0 venture capital update, Internet and new media. Weekly show and daily website updates. Over 800 funding articles.</description><language>en</language><generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1</generator><sy:updatePeriod xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/">hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/">1</sy:updateFrequency><thespringbox:skin xmlns:thespringbox="http://www.thespringbox.com/dtds/thespringbox-1.0.dtd">http://feeds.feedburner.com/vcu?format=skin</thespringbox:skin><media:copyright>Copyright Brian Longest 2006, 2007</media:copyright><media:thumbnail url="http://venturecapitalupdate.com/images/vcu-logo-itunes-jpg.jpg" /><media:keywords>web,2,0,venture,capital,firms,founders,vcu,banking,investing,venture,capital,vc,angel</media:keywords><media:category scheme="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">Technology/Tech News</media:category><itunes:owner><itunes:email>brian@longest.com</itunes:email><itunes:name>Brian Longest</itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author>Brian Longest</itunes:author><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="http://venturecapitalupdate.com/images/vcu-logo-itunes-jpg.jpg" /><itunes:keywords>web,2,0,venture,capital,firms,founders,vcu,banking,investing,venture,capital,vc,angel</itunes:keywords><itunes:subtitle>Web 2.0 Venture Fundings</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary>Web 2.0 Internet and new media venture capital update. Weekly show and daily website updates.</itunes:summary><itunes:category text="Technology"><itunes:category text="Tech News" /></itunes:category><image><link>http://venturecapitalupdate.com/</link><url>http://venturecapitalupdate.com/index.php</url><title>VentureCapitalUpdate.com</title></image><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/vcu" type="application/rss+xml" /><feedburner:emailServiceId>vcu</feedburner:emailServiceId><feedburner:feedburnerHostname>http://feedburner.google.com</feedburner:feedburnerHostname><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><item><title>AdMeld Receives $8 Million in Series B Funding for Ad Optimization</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/vcu/~3/heian8eK44A/admeld-receives-8-million-in-series-b-funding-for-ad-optimization.html</link><category>Funding</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">brian@longest.com (Brian Longest)</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 13:00:00 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false"></guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<div id="company-information">
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<h4 class="summary-title"><a href="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/company/06/25/admeld.html">AdMeld</a></h4>
<p><strong>B Round:</strong> $8,000,000</p>
<p>            <strong>Founded:</strong> 01/2007<br />
            <strong>Industry:</strong> Advertising Networks
<p><a href="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/company/06/25/admeld.html">More Here</a></p>
</p></div>
<p class="funding-story">AdMeld assist publishers in optimizing their revenue.  AdMeld takes over the advertising inventory on a website, pulls ads from various sources, and optimizes the sites revenue.</p>
<p>With their publisher-centric approach they also pay close attention to the ads being served so as to not damage the publishers brand with ads they may not want to be associated with.  They also focus on premium publishers.  Over the past six months, AdMeld’s customer base has grown five-fold and it expanded into Europe by opening a London-based office and data center.</p>
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<h5>Funding</h5>
<p>            <span>Funding Total:</span> $8,000,000 </p>
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<th scope="col" width="20%">Round</th>
<th scope="col" width="20%">Date</th>
<th scope="col" width="20%">Amount</th>
<th scope="col" width="20%">Pre Amount</th>
<th scope="col" width="20%">Post Amount</th>
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<td>B</td>
<td>06/2009</td>
<td>$8,000,000</td>
<td>&#8211;</td>
<td>&#8211;</td>
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<td colspan="5" class="bottom"><span>Investors:</span> <a href="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/investor/06/03/foundry-group.html">Foundry Group</a>, <a href="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/investor/06/03/spark-capital.html">Spark Capital</a></td>
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<p><a href="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/company/06/25/admeld.html">See all fundings here</a></p>
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<h5>Founders</h5>
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</div>]]></content:encoded><description>AdMeld
B Round: $8,000,000
            Founded: 01/2007
            Industry: Advertising Networks
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AdMeld assist publishers in optimizing [...]</description><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/funding/06/25/admeld-receives-8-million-in-series-b-funding-for-ad-optimization.html/feed</wfw:commentRss><feedburner:origLink>http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/funding/06/25/admeld-receives-8-million-in-series-b-funding-for-ad-optimization.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Presidium Receives $2 Million in Follow on Funding</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/vcu/~3/S91INYRd8HE/presidium-receives-2-million-in-follow-on-funding.html</link><category>Funding</category><category>education</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">brian@longest.com (Brian Longest)</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 13:00:00 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false"></guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<div id="company-information">
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<h4 class="summary-title"><a href="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/company/06/23/presidium.html">Presidium</a></h4>
<p><strong>A Round:</strong> $2,000,000</p>
<p>            <strong>Founded:</strong><br />
            <strong>Industry:</strong> Education
<p><a href="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/company/06/23/presidium.html">More Here</a></p>
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<p class="funding-story">Presidium provides managed services in the education industry.  Specifically a fully managed multi channel contact center for Education Services Management.</p>
<p>The managed services are meant to improve the student experience and support academic technology and learning based enterprises.   </p>
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<h5>Funding</h5>
<p>            <span>Funding Total:</span> $2,000,000 </p>
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<th scope="col" width="20%">Round</th>
<th scope="col" width="20%">Date</th>
<th scope="col" width="20%">Amount</th>
<th scope="col" width="20%">Pre Amount</th>
<th scope="col" width="20%">Post Amount</th>
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<td>A</td>
<td>06/2009</td>
<td>$2,000,000</td>
<td>&#8211;</td>
<td>&#8211;</td>
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<td colspan="5" class="bottom"><span>Investors:</span> <a href="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/investor/06/03/edison-venture.html">Edison Venture</a></td>
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<p><a href="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/company/06/23/presidium.html">See all fundings here</a></p>
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<h5>Founders</h5>
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A Round: $2,000,000
            Founded:
            Industry: Education
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Presidium provides managed services in the education [...]</description><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/funding/06/23/presidium-receives-2-million-in-follow-on-funding.html/feed</wfw:commentRss><feedburner:origLink>http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/funding/06/23/presidium-receives-2-million-in-follow-on-funding.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>AdWhirl Received $1 Million in Seed Funding</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/vcu/~3/HBX5usC58jE/adwhirl-received-1-million-in-seed-funding.html</link><category>Funding</category><category>iphone</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">brian@longest.com (Brian Longest)</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 13:00:00 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false"></guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<div id="company-information">
<div class="company-logo"><img title="AdWhirl" src="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-venture/uploads/picture_41.png" border="0" alt="AdWhirl" /></div>
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<h4 class="summary-title"><a href="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/company/06/17/adwhirl.html">AdWhirl</a></h4>
<p><strong>Seed:</strong> $1,000,000</p>
<p><strong>Founded:</strong> 04/2009<br />
<strong>Industry:</strong> Advertising Networks</p>
<p><a href="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/company/06/17/adwhirl.html">More Here</a></div>
<p class="funding-story">AdWhirl is an iPhone advertising network rotator.  While there are multiple advertising networks for iPhone advertisements you may not know which is best for your iPhone application.  Instead of using each one at a time you can use AdWhirl to rotate ads from each network to optimize the ads and compare them.</p>
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<h5>Funding</h5>
<p><span>Funding Total:</span> $1,000,000</p>
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<th width="20%" scope="col">Round</th>
<th width="20%" scope="col">Date</th>
<th width="20%" scope="col">Amount</th>
<th width="20%" scope="col">Pre Amount</th>
<th width="20%" scope="col">Post Amount</th>
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<tr>
<td>Seed</td>
<td>06/2009</td>
<td>$1,000,000</td>
<td>&#8211;</td>
<td>&#8211;</td>
</tr>
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<td class="bottom" colspan="5"><span>Investors:</span> <a href="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/investor/06/17/foundation-capital.html">Foundation Capital</a></td>
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<p><a href="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/company/06/17/adwhirl.html">See all fundings here</a></div>
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<h5>Founders</h5>
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</div>]]></content:encoded><description>AdWhirl
Seed: $1,000,000
Founded: 04/2009
Industry: Advertising Networks
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AdWhirl is an iPhone advertising network rotator.  While there are multiple advertising networks for iPhone advertisements you may not know which is best for your iPhone application.  Instead of using each one at a time you can use AdWhirl to rotate ads from each network to optimize the [...]</description><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/funding/06/16/adwhirl-received-1-million-in-seed-funding.html/feed</wfw:commentRss><feedburner:origLink>http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/funding/06/16/adwhirl-received-1-million-in-seed-funding.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Zoosk Social Dating Network Receives $6 Million</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/vcu/~3/SH5ka7y2nLI/zoosk-social-dating-network-receives-6-million.html</link><category>Funding</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">brian@longest.com (Brian Longest)</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 13:00:00 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false"></guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<div id="company-information">
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<h4 class="summary-title"><a href="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/company/06/14/zoosk.html">Zoosk</a></h4>
<p><strong>Seed:</strong> $4,100,000<br /><strong>B Round:</strong> $6,000,000</p>
<p>            <strong>Founded:</strong><br />
            <strong>Industry:</strong> Community
<p><a href="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/company/06/14/zoosk.html">More Here</a></p>
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<p class="funding-story">Zoosk is a social dating network.  This social online dating destination is for singles to interact and search for their matches. Zoosk integrates with the most popular social networking sites including Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, and Hi5.</p>
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<h5>Funding</h5>
<p>            <span>Funding Total:</span> $6,000,000 </p>
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<th scope="col" width="20%">Round</th>
<th scope="col" width="20%">Date</th>
<th scope="col" width="20%">Amount</th>
<th scope="col" width="20%">Pre Amount</th>
<th scope="col" width="20%">Post Amount</th>
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<td>B</td>
<td>06/2009</td>
<td>$6,000,000</td>
<td>&#8211;</td>
<td>&#8211;</td>
</tr>
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<td colspan="5" class="bottom"><span>Investors:</span> <a href="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/investor/06/03/canaan-partners.html">Canaan Partners</a>, <a href="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/investor/06/03/ata-ventures.html">ATA Ventures</a></td>
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<p><a href="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/company/06/14/zoosk.html">See all fundings here</a></p>
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<h5>Founders</h5>
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<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?a=SH5ka7y2nLI:Ro2eosQjYao:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?a=SH5ka7y2nLI:Ro2eosQjYao:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?a=SH5ka7y2nLI:Ro2eosQjYao:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?i=SH5ka7y2nLI:Ro2eosQjYao:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?a=SH5ka7y2nLI:Ro2eosQjYao:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?a=SH5ka7y2nLI:Ro2eosQjYao:wF9xT3WuBAs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?i=SH5ka7y2nLI:Ro2eosQjYao:wF9xT3WuBAs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?a=SH5ka7y2nLI:Ro2eosQjYao:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?i=SH5ka7y2nLI:Ro2eosQjYao:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?a=SH5ka7y2nLI:Ro2eosQjYao:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?a=SH5ka7y2nLI:Ro2eosQjYao:KwTdNBX3Jqk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?i=SH5ka7y2nLI:Ro2eosQjYao:KwTdNBX3Jqk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?a=SH5ka7y2nLI:Ro2eosQjYao:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?i=SH5ka7y2nLI:Ro2eosQjYao:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?a=SH5ka7y2nLI:Ro2eosQjYao:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a>
</div>]]></content:encoded><description>Zoosk
Seed: $4,100,000B Round: $6,000,000
            Founded:
            Industry: Community
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Zoosk is a social dating network. [...]</description><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/funding/06/12/zoosk-social-dating-network-receives-6-million.html/feed</wfw:commentRss><feedburner:origLink>http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/funding/06/12/zoosk-social-dating-network-receives-6-million.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>YuMe Receives $2.9 Million</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/vcu/~3/tjXLBWvzLJk/yume-receives-29-million.html</link><category>Funding</category><category>video network</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">brian@longest.com (Brian Longest)</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false"></guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<div id="company-information">
<div class="company-logo"><img title="YuMe" src="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-venture/uploads/yume.gif" border="0" alt="YuMe" /></div>
<div class="summary">
<h4 class="summary-title"><a href="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/company/05/21/yume.html">YuMe</a></h4>
<p><strong>Seed:</strong> $9<br />
<strong>B Round:</strong> $2</p>
<p><strong>Founded:</strong><br />
<strong>Industry:</strong> Advertising Networks</p>
<p><a href="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/company/05/21/yume.html">More Here</a></div>
<p class="funding-story">YuMe is a video advertising network, particularly web video.  They state they have the <em>ability to identify, classify and track content to ensure brand safety, contextual relevance, controlled syndication and consistent delivery across all screens - PC, Mobile, TV - whether streamed or downloaded.</em></p>
<div class="clear"></div>
<div class="dbdata-box dbdata-middle">
<h5>Funding</h5>
<p><span>Funding Total:</span> $2,900,000</p>
<table class="tabledata" border="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th width="20%" scope="col">Round</th>
<th width="20%" scope="col">Date</th>
<th width="20%" scope="col">Amount</th>
<th width="20%" scope="col">Pre Amount</th>
<th width="20%" scope="col">Post Amount</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>B</td>
<td>06/2009</td>
<td>$2,900,000</td>
<td>&#8211;</td>
<td>&#8211;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="bottom" colspan="5"><span>Investors:</span> <a href="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/investor/06/03/accel-partners.html">Accel Partners</a>, <a href="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/investor/06/03/bv-capital.html">BV Capital</a>, <a href="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/investor/06/03/dag-ventures.html">DAG Ventures</a>, <a href="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/investor/06/03/khosla-ventures.html">Khosla Ventures</a></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p><a href="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/company/05/21/yume.html">See all fundings here</a></div>
<div class="clear"></div>
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<h5>Founders</h5>
</div>
</div>
<div class="feedflare">
<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?a=tjXLBWvzLJk:Ro2eosQjYao:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?a=tjXLBWvzLJk:Ro2eosQjYao:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?a=tjXLBWvzLJk:Ro2eosQjYao:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?i=tjXLBWvzLJk:Ro2eosQjYao:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?a=tjXLBWvzLJk:Ro2eosQjYao:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?a=tjXLBWvzLJk:Ro2eosQjYao:wF9xT3WuBAs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?i=tjXLBWvzLJk:Ro2eosQjYao:wF9xT3WuBAs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?a=tjXLBWvzLJk:Ro2eosQjYao:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?i=tjXLBWvzLJk:Ro2eosQjYao:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?a=tjXLBWvzLJk:Ro2eosQjYao:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?a=tjXLBWvzLJk:Ro2eosQjYao:KwTdNBX3Jqk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?i=tjXLBWvzLJk:Ro2eosQjYao:KwTdNBX3Jqk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?a=tjXLBWvzLJk:Ro2eosQjYao:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?i=tjXLBWvzLJk:Ro2eosQjYao:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?a=tjXLBWvzLJk:Ro2eosQjYao:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a>
</div>]]></content:encoded><description>YuMe
Seed: $9
B Round: $2
Founded:
Industry: Advertising Networks
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YuMe is a video advertising network, particularly web video.  They state they have the ability to identify, classify and track content to ensure brand safety, contextual relevance, controlled syndication and consistent delivery across all screens - PC, Mobile, TV - whether streamed or downloaded.


Funding
Funding Total: $2,900,000



Round
Date
Amount
Pre Amount
Post Amount


B
06/2009
$2,900,000
&amp;#8211;
&amp;#8211;


Investors: [...]</description><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/funding/06/12/yume-receives-29-million.html/feed</wfw:commentRss><feedburner:origLink>http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/funding/06/12/yume-receives-29-million.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>InStream Media Raises Undisclosed Amount of Series A Funding</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/vcu/~3/oKmEgxn7VZc/instream-media-raises-undisclosed-amount-of-series-a-funding.html</link><category>Funding</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">brian@longest.com (Brian Longest)</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 13:00:00 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false"></guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<div id="company-information">
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            <img src="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-venture/uploads/picture_90.png" title="InStream Media" alt="InStream Media" border="0" />
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<div class="summary">
<h4 class="summary-title"><a href="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/company/03/30/instream-media.html">InStream Media</a></h4>
<p><strong>A Round:</strong> $0</p>
<p>            <strong>Founded:</strong><br />
            <strong>Industry:</strong> Advertising Networks
<p><a href="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/company/03/30/instream-media.html">More Here</a></p>
</p></div>
<p class="funding-story">InStream&#8217;s 1 to 1 advertising solution allows an advertisement to be placed on a receipt at a retailer.  You are probably familiar with the coupons that are attached to your receipt at the grocery store.  This solution does just that, places targeted marketing messages at the bottom of receipts at brick and mortar retailers at the point of sale.</p>
<p>Their marketing solution is patent-pending.</p>
<div class="clear">&nbsp;</div>
<div class="dbdata-box dbdata-middle">
<h5>Funding</h5>
<p>            <span>Funding Total:</span> $0 </p>
<table class="tabledata">
<tr>
<th scope="col" width="20%">Round</th>
<th scope="col" width="20%">Date</th>
<th scope="col" width="20%">Amount</th>
<th scope="col" width="20%">Pre Amount</th>
<th scope="col" width="20%">Post Amount</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A</td>
<td>03/2009</td>
<td>$0</td>
<td>&#8211;</td>
<td>&#8211;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="5" class="bottom"><span>Investors:</span> <a href="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/investor/06/03/commonangels.html">CommonAngels</a>, <a href="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/investor/03/30/stage-1-ventures.html">Stage 1 Ventures</a></td>
</tr>
</table>
<p><a href="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/company/03/30/instream-media.html">See all fundings here</a></p>
</p></div>
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<div class="dbdata-box dbdata-middle">
<h5>Founders</h5>
</div></div>
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<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?a=oKmEgxn7VZc:Ro2eosQjYao:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?a=oKmEgxn7VZc:Ro2eosQjYao:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?a=oKmEgxn7VZc:Ro2eosQjYao:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?i=oKmEgxn7VZc:Ro2eosQjYao:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?a=oKmEgxn7VZc:Ro2eosQjYao:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?a=oKmEgxn7VZc:Ro2eosQjYao:wF9xT3WuBAs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?i=oKmEgxn7VZc:Ro2eosQjYao:wF9xT3WuBAs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?a=oKmEgxn7VZc:Ro2eosQjYao:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?i=oKmEgxn7VZc:Ro2eosQjYao:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?a=oKmEgxn7VZc:Ro2eosQjYao:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?a=oKmEgxn7VZc:Ro2eosQjYao:KwTdNBX3Jqk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?i=oKmEgxn7VZc:Ro2eosQjYao:KwTdNBX3Jqk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?a=oKmEgxn7VZc:Ro2eosQjYao:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?i=oKmEgxn7VZc:Ro2eosQjYao:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?a=oKmEgxn7VZc:Ro2eosQjYao:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a>
</div>]]></content:encoded><description>InStream Media
A Round: $0
            Founded:
            Industry: Advertising Networks
More Here

InStream&amp;#8217;s 1 to 1 advertising [...]</description><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/funding/03/30/instream-media-raises-undisclosed-amount-of-series-a-funding.html/feed</wfw:commentRss><feedburner:origLink>http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/funding/03/30/instream-media-raises-undisclosed-amount-of-series-a-funding.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>RotoHog Received $2 Million for Their Fantasy Sports</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/vcu/~3/VQFkDH4aMBk/rotohog-received-2-million-for-their-fantasy-sports.html</link><category>Funding</category><category>fantasy games</category><category>gaming</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">brian@longest.com (Brian Longest)</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 13:00:00 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false"></guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<div id="company-information">
<div class="company-logo">
            <img src="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-venture/uploads/picture_6.png" title="RotoHog" alt="RotoHog" border="0" />
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<div class="summary">
<h4 class="summary-title"><a href="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/company/03/11/rotohog.html">RotoHog</a></h4>
<p><strong>A Round:</strong> $6,000,000<br /><strong>B Round:</strong> $2,000,000</p>
<p>            <strong>Founded:</strong> 01/2006<br />
            <strong>Industry:</strong> Gaming
<p><a href="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/company/03/11/rotohog.html">More Here</a></p>
</p></div>
<p class="funding-story">RotoHog is a software developer and operator of fantasy sports games. RotoHog has developed fantasy games for NBA.com, LG Electronics, GoDaddy.com, Pro Football Weekly, Fathead and Grupo RBS and others.</p>
<p>They not only create fantasy games, but casual games and social network applications as well.  They have a stock exchange game which has a traditional points scoring system with a stock market-style trading floor to make a very exciting and addictive game.</p>
<div class="clear">&nbsp;</div>
<div class="dbdata-box dbdata-middle">
<h5>Funding</h5>
<p>            <span>Funding Total:</span> $2,000,000 </p>
<table class="tabledata">
<tr>
<th scope="col" width="20%">Round</th>
<th scope="col" width="20%">Date</th>
<th scope="col" width="20%">Amount</th>
<th scope="col" width="20%">Pre Amount</th>
<th scope="col" width="20%">Post Amount</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>B</td>
<td>03/2009</td>
<td>$2,000,000</td>
<td>&#8211;</td>
<td>&#8211;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="5" class="bottom"><span>Investors:</span> <a href="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/investor/06/03/mission-ventures.html">Mission Ventures</a>, <a href="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/investor/03/11/dfj-dragonfund.html">DFJ DragonFund</a></td>
</tr>
</table>
<p><a href="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/company/03/11/rotohog.html">See all fundings here</a></p>
</p></div>
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<div class="dbdata-box dbdata-middle">
<h5>Founders</h5>
</div></div>
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<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?a=VQFkDH4aMBk:Ro2eosQjYao:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?a=VQFkDH4aMBk:Ro2eosQjYao:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?a=VQFkDH4aMBk:Ro2eosQjYao:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?i=VQFkDH4aMBk:Ro2eosQjYao:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?a=VQFkDH4aMBk:Ro2eosQjYao:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?a=VQFkDH4aMBk:Ro2eosQjYao:wF9xT3WuBAs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?i=VQFkDH4aMBk:Ro2eosQjYao:wF9xT3WuBAs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?a=VQFkDH4aMBk:Ro2eosQjYao:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?i=VQFkDH4aMBk:Ro2eosQjYao:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?a=VQFkDH4aMBk:Ro2eosQjYao:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?a=VQFkDH4aMBk:Ro2eosQjYao:KwTdNBX3Jqk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?i=VQFkDH4aMBk:Ro2eosQjYao:KwTdNBX3Jqk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?a=VQFkDH4aMBk:Ro2eosQjYao:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?i=VQFkDH4aMBk:Ro2eosQjYao:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?a=VQFkDH4aMBk:Ro2eosQjYao:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a>
</div>]]></content:encoded><description>RotoHog
A Round: $6,000,000B Round: $2,000,000
            Founded: 01/2006
            Industry: Gaming
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RotoHog is a software [...]</description><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/funding/03/11/rotohog-received-2-million-for-their-fantasy-sports.html/feed</wfw:commentRss><feedburner:origLink>http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/funding/03/11/rotohog-received-2-million-for-their-fantasy-sports.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>TongXue Received $6 Million for their Chinese Social Networking Site</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/vcu/~3/H5qUPJJi4AY/tongxue-received-6-million-for-their-chinese-social-networking-site.html</link><category>Funding</category><category>chinese social network</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">brian@longest.com (Brian Longest)</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 13:00:00 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false"></guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<div id="company-information">
<div class="company-logo">
            <img src="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-venture/uploads/picture_3.png" title="TongXue" alt="TongXue" border="0" />
        </div>
<div class="summary">
<h4 class="summary-title"><a href="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/company/03/09/tongxue.html">TongXue</a></h4>
<p><strong>A Round:</strong> $6,000,000</p>
<p>            <strong>Founded:</strong><br />
            <strong>Industry:</strong> Social Networking
<p><a href="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/company/03/09/tongxue.html">More Here</a></p>
</p></div>
<p class="funding-story">TongXue means &#8220;classmates&#8221;.  TongXue is a social networking site, a global one, focusing on Chinese students.  Originally it was created for Chinese students studying in the U.S., however it has grown to over 10,000,000 registered members.</p>
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<h5>Funding</h5>
<p>            <span>Funding Total:</span> $6,000,000 </p>
<table class="tabledata">
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<th scope="col" width="20%">Round</th>
<th scope="col" width="20%">Date</th>
<th scope="col" width="20%">Amount</th>
<th scope="col" width="20%">Pre Amount</th>
<th scope="col" width="20%">Post Amount</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A</td>
<td>03/2009</td>
<td>$6,000,000</td>
<td>&#8211;</td>
<td>&#8211;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="5" class="bottom"><span>Investors:</span> <a href="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/investor/03/09/tano-capital.html">Tano Capital</a></td>
</tr>
</table>
<p><a href="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/company/03/09/tongxue.html">See all fundings here</a></p>
</p></div>
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<h5>Founders</h5>
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A Round: $6,000,000
            Founded:
            Industry: Social Networking
More Here

TongXue means &amp;#8220;classmates&amp;#8221;.  TongXue is [...]</description><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/funding/03/09/tongxue-received-6-million-for-their-chinese-social-networking-site.html/feed</wfw:commentRss><feedburner:origLink>http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/funding/03/09/tongxue-received-6-million-for-their-chinese-social-networking-site.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>SendMe Mobile Received $12 Million for Mobile Subscription Services</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/vcu/~3/e4HsEsF1VsQ/sendme-mobile-received-12-million-for-mobile-subscription-services.html</link><category>Funding</category><category>sendme mobile</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">brian@longest.com (Brian Longest)</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:00:00 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false"></guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<div id="company-information">
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<h4 class="summary-title"><a href="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/company/05/21/sendme-mobile.html">SendMe Mobile</a></h4>
<p><strong>C Round:</strong> $15,000,000<br /><strong>D Round:</strong> $12,000,000</p>
<p>            <strong>Founded:</strong> 06/2006<br />
            <strong>Industry:</strong>
<p><a href="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/company/05/21/sendme-mobile.html">More Here</a></p>
</p></div>
<p class="funding-story">SendMe mobile received another round of funding.  Originally SendMe appeared to link to other mobile services and now it looks like, unless I am wrong, that they are now providing mobile services themselves.  This is round D with a large amount of money being raised.  </p>
<p>Someone believes there is a business here. </p>
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<h5>Funding</h5>
<p>            <span>Funding Total:</span> $12,000,000 </p>
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<th scope="col" width="20%">Round</th>
<th scope="col" width="20%">Date</th>
<th scope="col" width="20%">Amount</th>
<th scope="col" width="20%">Pre Amount</th>
<th scope="col" width="20%">Post Amount</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>D</td>
<td>03/2009</td>
<td>$12,000,000</td>
<td>&#8211;</td>
<td>&#8211;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="5" class="bottom"><span>Investors:</span> <a href="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/investor/06/03/true-ventures.html">True Ventures</a>, <a href="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/investor/06/03/spark-capital.html">Spark Capital</a>, <a href="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/investor/06/03/grandbanks-capital.html">GrandBanks Capital</a>, <a href="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/investor/03/06/amicus-capital.html">Amicus Capital</a>, <a href="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/investor/03/06/triangle-peak-partners.html">Triangle Peak Partners</a></td>
</tr>
</table>
<p><a href="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/company/05/21/sendme-mobile.html">See all fundings here</a></p>
</p></div>
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<h5>Founders</h5>
</div></div>
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<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?a=e4HsEsF1VsQ:Ro2eosQjYao:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?a=e4HsEsF1VsQ:Ro2eosQjYao:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?a=e4HsEsF1VsQ:Ro2eosQjYao:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?i=e4HsEsF1VsQ:Ro2eosQjYao:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?a=e4HsEsF1VsQ:Ro2eosQjYao:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?a=e4HsEsF1VsQ:Ro2eosQjYao:wF9xT3WuBAs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?i=e4HsEsF1VsQ:Ro2eosQjYao:wF9xT3WuBAs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?a=e4HsEsF1VsQ:Ro2eosQjYao:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?i=e4HsEsF1VsQ:Ro2eosQjYao:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?a=e4HsEsF1VsQ:Ro2eosQjYao:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?a=e4HsEsF1VsQ:Ro2eosQjYao:KwTdNBX3Jqk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?i=e4HsEsF1VsQ:Ro2eosQjYao:KwTdNBX3Jqk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?a=e4HsEsF1VsQ:Ro2eosQjYao:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?i=e4HsEsF1VsQ:Ro2eosQjYao:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?a=e4HsEsF1VsQ:Ro2eosQjYao:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/vcu?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a>
</div>]]></content:encoded><description>SendMe Mobile
C Round: $15,000,000D Round: $12,000,000
            Founded: 06/2006
            Industry:
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SendMe mobile received another [...]</description><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/funding/03/06/sendme-mobile-received-12-million-for-mobile-subscription-services.html/feed</wfw:commentRss><feedburner:origLink>http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/funding/03/06/sendme-mobile-received-12-million-for-mobile-subscription-services.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>RazorGator Receives $7.5 Million for Hard to Get Tickets</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/vcu/~3/P1k5udCHqZg/razorgator-receives-75-million-for-hard-to-get-tickets.html</link><category>Funding</category><category>tickets</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">brian@longest.com (Brian Longest)</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 13:00:00 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false"></guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<div id="company-information">
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<div class="summary">
<h4 class="summary-title"><a href="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/company/03/05/razorgator.html">RazorGator</a></h4>
<p><strong>A Round:</strong> $26,000,000<br /><strong>B Round:</strong> $22,800,000<br /><strong>C Round:</strong> $7,500,000</p>
<p>            <strong>Founded:</strong><br />
            <strong>Industry:</strong>
<p><a href="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/company/03/05/razorgator.html">More Here</a></p>
</p></div>
<p class="funding-story">Provides a platform for buying and selling hard to get tickets.  This was a quiet funding, finding additional information was difficult.</p>
<div class="clear">&nbsp;</div>
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<h5>Funding</h5>
<p>            <span>Funding Total:</span> $7,500,000 </p>
<table class="tabledata">
<tr>
<th scope="col" width="20%">Round</th>
<th scope="col" width="20%">Date</th>
<th scope="col" width="20%">Amount</th>
<th scope="col" width="20%">Pre Amount</th>
<th scope="col" width="20%">Post Amount</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>C</td>
<td>03/2009</td>
<td>$7,500,000</td>
<td>&#8211;</td>
<td>&#8211;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="5" class="bottom"></td>
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</table>
<p><a href="http://www.venturecapitalupdate.com/company/03/05/razorgator.html">See all fundings here</a></p>
</p></div>
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<h5>Founders</h5>
</div></div>
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A Round: $26,000,000B Round: $22,800,000C Round: $7,500,000
            Founded:
            Industry:
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