Category Archives: funding
Occipital To Create 2nd-Generation Augmented Reality on Mobile Devices
Boulder-based computer vision startup Occipital has raised $7 million in Series A funding, and aims to leverage the investment to develop a nex… Continue reading
d.fund: The Startup Seed Fund For Designers
Dave McClure’s 500 Startups has unveiled d.fund, a seed fund dedicated to mentoring and funding designers who want to start their own comp… Continue reading
Music Subscription Service Rdio Gets an Influx of Cash
Rdio, a uniquely social music subscription service, reportedly just garnered financial support from Mangrove Capital Partners. According to Paid Content, the news first surfaced via a tweet from Mangrove partner Mark Tluszcz to MC Hammer (awesome), reading: “@MCHammer check out the company I just financed….www.rdio.com. Hope to see you at our Jamboree this year in […] Continue reading
Q&A Search Engine ChaCha Raises $3 Million from Qualcomm
Q&A search engine ChaCha has just announced it has raised an additional $3 million in supplemental funding from new investor Qualcomm Ventures. The self-described “human search engine” has now raised a grand total of $75 million through five rounds of funding. They most recently raised $20 million in a Series F led by Rho Ventures […] Continue reading
Another Fan Page Tool Gets a Boost — Will Facebook Grow Into a Place For Bands?
In the wake of MySpace’s massive wave of layoffs, yet another fan management tool for bands has received a boost. Damntheradio (a platform for creating Facebook fan pages), was just acquired by FanBridge, who recently secured $2 million in Series A funding. FanBridge, a service that helps musicians grow, track and engage their fanbase, decided […] Continue reading
iPhone App Lets Users Share While They Shop
The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: Pose Quick Pitch: Pose is an iPhone app that allows users to share photos while they shop. Genius Idea: If […] Continue reading
Scribd Closes $13M Round of Funding
Scribd, the popular service for embedding and sharing documents around the web, has just inked a deal with investors for a $13 million Series C. The round was led by MLC Investments and SVB Capital, with Redpoint Ventures, Charles River Ventures and Kinsey Hills Group participating. This is the first money the four-year-old startup has […] Continue reading