TechCrunch:
P2P money lending service Lending Club has closed a $12 million Series B round with Morgenthaler Ventures as the lead and joined by existing investors Norwest Venture Partners and Canaan Partners. The total capital invested i (Read More)
Finextra Research news:
Fynanz, a US person-to-person social lending Web site aimed at college students, is to stop accepting new loans due to tough "market conditions" and has now turned its attentions to offering its platform to financial institut (Read More)
Mashable!:
This post is part of Mashable’s Startup Review series, which highlights great unsung startups. The series is made possible by Sun Startup Essentials.Company NameiTrackmine 20-Word DescriptioniTrackmine.com is a collecti (Read More)
Mashable!:
Want to see if your friends, family, or colleagues are on Twitter? Now you can through the microblogging tool’s re-launched people search, which lets you query the service by username or first/last name to find other users. (Read More)
Submitted by sarahintampa
from Google Reader:
Every year we do a review of the top Internet companies, to identify the ones that had the biggest impact. Last week we announced that Apple was our choice for Best BigCo of 2008. Today we're announcing Best LittleCo and Most (Read More)
Submitted by matthewSBOC
from Google Reader:
If you are a regular reader of CN, you know that there are few companies I love more than Technorati. Yesterday the service was down for a period of time (apparently the monster escaped) and previously I wondered if Technorat (Read More)
Submitted by ukstevieb
from Google Reader:
Snaplog is a new Brooklyn-based startup looking to create a better iPhone photo application than comes with the phone itself. After taking a photo using the Snaplog app, you can change a variety of settings for each photo inc (Read More)
Submitted by ukstevieb
from Google Reader:
Just a month after the public launch of the Flock 2.0 browser, Flock has announced the addition of OpenID to the Flock 2.0 browser today. I've been saying for a long time that if OpenID wants to succeed, they have to get it i (Read More)
Submitted by michaelfidler:
Video search provider blinkx has publicly announced its proposal to (once again) acquire online advertising company Miva today. Back in August, blinkx offered $1.20 for each Miva share for the company but the deal never went (Read More)
CenterNetworks:
We've got a couple updates on the social lending front this morning. First, Prosper has entered a quiet period which they note, "Prosper has started a process to register, with the appropriate securities authorities, promisso (Read More)
Shotguns and Penguins:
(Jump right to the list.)This "global economic crisis" isn't all bad. If you've got some cash piled up, like Warren Buffet--even if it's not quite the $44 billion he started this year with--you're in a great position to be hu (Read More)
Mashable!:
RentMineOnline is a recently launched search and recommendation tool that pairs landlords and lessees by leveraging online social media. One core component of this site is its referral system, which enables users to earn cas (Read More)