Extole, a startup which offers a suite of social media marketing has raised $10 million in Series C round funding, led by Shasta Ventures with participation from existing investors Norwest Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures, and Trident Capital. This brings the company’s...Social Marketing Platform Extole Raises $10 Million
Extole, a startup which offers a suite of social media marketing has raised $10 million in Series C round funding, led by Shasta Ventures with participation from existing investors Norwest Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures, and Trident Capital. This brings the company’s...Spreecast Extends Reach Of Social Video Platform With Embed Feature
Spreecast, a social video platform that lets people broadcast together, is adding the ability to embed 'spreecasts' on their blogs, free of charge.
The brainchild of StubHub co-founder and investor Jeff Fluhr, Spreecast can be used publicly or privately to...
Conglomerate Honeywell, which develops thermostats, has Hunch Takes A Deep Data Dive On The Tastes And Interests Of eBay Users
In November, eBay acquired Hunch, a service that provides a “taste graph” of personalized recommendations based on users’ interests. eBay wants to use Hunch's technology to used to drive more personalized, relevant shopping experiences on the marketplace through data analysis. And...Wealthfront Allows Tech Company Stock Holders To Test Share Sale Strategies Post-IPO
One of the challenges that many post-IPO tech company employees will face is when to sell stock and how much stock to sell once the their stock lockups conclude.Financial advisors can help with this, but some aren't experienced enough with the specific...Andreessen Horowitz-Backed Nicira Pulls The Curtains Back On Disruptive Network Virtualization Platform
The enterprise is moving towards simplicity, and this extends to the data center. Nicira, a stealthy virtualization startup with backing from big-name investors, is pulling the curtains back on its disruptive platform that hopes to change the way server and storage...
Travel and expense management company Concur Payments Are A $557M Business For Facebook — That Could Expand From Games To Apps
Within Facebook's S-1, the social network revealed that its Payments business is bringing in $557 million in revenue per year. As the company explains, it currently requires Payments integration in games on Facebook. But according to the filing, Facebook is considering...Google Mobile Search Ad Requests More Than Doubled In 2011
As more and more consumers user their smartphones for search, Google's mobile search and display ads are growing like crazy. As we reported a few weeks ago, Google’s mobile ad revenues are expected to more than double from an estimated $2.5...AOL Beats The Street, Q4 Revenue Down 3 Percent To $577M
AOL reported better than expected fourth quarter earnings this morning. The company, which owns TechCrunch, reported revenue of $576.8 million, which is down 3 percent from Q4 2010 revenue of $596 million. Earnings came in at $0.23 per share, or $22.8...Ecommerce Platform Shopify Acquires Mobile App Development Studio Select Start
Shopify, which provides a turnkey e-commerce technology that lets anyone create a storefront online, has acquired mobile app and game studio Select Start Studios.
The acquisition will be used to further Shopify's mobile commerce initiatives. While all Shopify stores already...Omniture Co-Founder’s Business Intelligence SaaS Company Domo Lands $20M From IVP
Domo, the SaaS business intelligence startup launched by Omniture founder Josh James, has raised $20 million in new funding from Institutional Venture Partners (IVP). This round brings total investment in Domo to $63 million. Previous investors include Benchmark...