VentureBeat:
TV ad company Spot Runner has launched Project Malibu, their much anticipated web-based platform for buying and selling television advertising. The move comes after nearly two years of development, massive layoffs, a heated l (Read More)
alarm:clock:
Google has bought San Mateo-based Teracent for an undisclosed amount. Teracent has developed a platform for dynamic ad optimization and enables dynamic offer management for direct response and brand marketers who want to turn (Read More)
mocoNews.net:
Mobile commerce app developer ROAM Data has raised $6.5 million in a second round of funding, per an SEC filing. The new round was led by Ingenico Ventures, the new VC arm of gl (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Rumors are swirling today that Tesla Motors is seriously considering an initial public offering sometime soon. The talk has been tracked to two anonymous sources, who say the six-year-old company could cash in big on the batt (Read More)
paidContent.org:
Business-to-business community site Zubican has been purchased by performance-based online marketer Inuvo. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, although Inuvo says it wi (Read More)
CNN:
The Iraqi parliament passed an amended election law Monday, but it failed to address concerns of the country's Sunni Arab vice president. That raised doubts about whether nationwide elections will take place as constitutional (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Next Island is the latest company to launch an ambitious virtual world. But this sci-fi adventure paradise comes with an interesting twist: time travel. The company is announcing today that it is building a world in the Entro (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Google is growing its display advertising dominance, today with the acquisition of Teracent, a startup that provides companies with the tools they need to customize display ads like web banners and interactive modules. Still (Read More)
Xconomy:
Venture Capital, startups, innovation Bruce V. Bigelow wrote: OnTech, a San Diego venture that makes self-heating beverage containers sold under the Hillside Beverages brand, went out of business Nov. 8, according to a b (Read More)
paidContent.org:
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is on a shopping spree. The company just announced it has purchased Teracent, which sells machine learning technology used to create display ads that are optimized based on factors like the geographic loc (Read More)
paidContent.org:
WinBuyer, an Israeli startup which makes a comparative pricing app for online retailers, has raised $6.9 million in a first round of funding. The round was led by Pitango Ventur (Read More)
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WinBuyer has just announced that it has raised institutional funding for the first time, to the tune of $6.9 million, in a Series A round led by Pitango Venture Capital and joined by. (Read More)
VC Circle:
HTW Looking At Acquisitions In South India - Metal container manufacturer, Hindustan Tin Works (HTW), plans to acquire smaller firms in South India and is currently in talks with a host of potential targets. The company, whic (Read More)
TODAY ON FOUND3R - Venture Capital STORIES:
CDC Software Corp. (Nasdaq: CDCS) has agreed to acquire Truition Inc., a Toronto-based provider of an SaaS ecommerce platform for retailers and brand manufacturers. No financial terms were disclosed. Truition has raised VC fu (Read More)
TODAY ON FOUND3R - Venture Capital STORIES:
DigitalBridge Communications Corp., an Ashburn, Va.-based provider of WiMax broadband service to underserved communities, has raised an undisclosed amount of new venture capital funding. Schurz Communications was joined by re (Read More)
TechCrunch:
WinBuyer has just announced that it has raised institutional funding for the first time, to the tune of $6.9 million, in a Series A round led by Pitango Venture Capital and joined by Giza Venture Capital.The young Israeli com (Read More)
Vatornews.tv:
BookRenter and Chegg.com raise $6 million and $112 million, respectivelyPoor college students rejoice! The textbook renting market is mounting a serious buildup in the name of lowering costs of textbooks by renting them out i (Read More)
VC Circle:
CoOptions Technologies Ltd, a Hyderabad-based technology solutions company, has raised $10 million in series B funding. In this round, the company has got new investor in Walden International, along with its existing partner (Read More)
VC Circle:
Three foreign insurance firms have approached Reliance Capital about buying a stake in its life insurance business before a planned listing, the financial services firm's chief executive said on Monday.The firm, which has ope (Read More)
Submitted by mogston
from blog:
Another big, albeit much more down to earth bet on the online book rental market from VCs. Online book rental service BookRenter is announcing it has brought in $6 million in a first round, less than a week after rival servic (Read More)