Tag Archives : venture capital

One of the most mysterious entities on the Internet, Decide.com has now finally lifted the veil of secrecy over its highly anticipated service that has now been revealed to be an all-new online comparison shopping service. Decide had been mulling about this service for a some time now and the markets were quite intrigued to get a sneak peek at the [...]

One of the leading names in mobile application platform, Snaptu, has now reportedly been acquired by the social networking behemoth, Facebook Inc. for an estimated $70 million, though some reports suggest that the acquisition could be as a low as $40 million. Founded in the year 2007, Snaptu, with its headquarters in London and offices in Tel Aviv [...]

The SXSW Accelerator competition, which is a part of the annual South by Southwest (SXSW) event, is one of the biggest and most vibrant platforms for start-ups and seed stage companies, who though might have brilliant idea for a successful business, yet are marred by financial restraints. The SXSWi, that is comprised of some 14,000 attendees  has [...]

One of the most renowned question and answers service, Opinionaided, has now raised an impressive $1 million in venture capital, to expand its mobile platform reach that is currently limited to only Apple iOS powered devices. This latest round of venture capital funding was comprised of General Catalyst, SoftBank Capital, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, [...]

One of the foremost and highly successful members only online retailers for luxury brands, the Gilt Groupe has reportedly raise a whopping $15 million in venture capital from debt financing firm, TriplePoint Capital in effort to help Gilt Groupe create an equilibrium between the company’ demand and supply ratio. The deal between thee two entities [...]

As the year 2010 comes to an end and the new year knocks on our doors, the world of technology is already preparing itself for an eventful year 2011 ahead, as even before the new year ushers in, one of the biggest auction portals on the web, eBay is now making headlines with the acquisition of the shopping search engine, Milo.com, for a substantial [...]

Nearly all teenagers and just about everyone is quite familiar with the concept of a dating portal, the websites specifically designed to carry out the work of the Cupid in the realms of the Internet, where two strangers can meet, get to know each other in the virtual world, before getting to know each other in the real world. However, most of the dating [...]

One of the foremost lifestyle television channels, Plum TV, that was launched in the year 2002, has now reportedly appointed Nick Lehman as the company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), whilst promoting its multi million dollar expansion plan, where in the company plans to reach out to various other levels of media such as print, TV and online. Mr. [...]

One of the biggest online retailers in the United States, Amazon.com is now all set to acquire Diapers.com for a reported $540 million in a surprising move, that can only be attributed to Amazon’s desire for an expansion in the e-commerce industry. Diapers.com, which is a subsidiary of Quidst Inc. is known to be a highly lucrative, with an estimated [...]

The Foursquare is a kind of social network based on geotagged, which lets people make check-ins in certain places, accumulate points and symbolic insignia. Its users can publish information about the places where they are, in real time. The company is negotiating with Internet giants including Google, Microsoft and Yahoo to provide this information. According [...]