Betaworks

HotPotato Lands $1 Million for Real-Time Event Messaging

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 23, 2009 - 9:35am.

New York - HotPotato, the developer of a real-time communication service geared towards events, has raised around $1 million in funding, led by First Round Capital and RRE Ventures, All Things D reports.

DailyBooth Gets $1 Million for Photo Blog Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 19, 2009 - 8:50am.

New York - DailyBooth, a photo-based blogging service with similar features to Twitter, has raised $1 million in venture capital financing, The Wall Street Journal Online reported.

Betaworks, TAG Acquire Majority Stake in Twitterfeed

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 10, 2009 - 8:13am.

New York - Twitterfeed, a service that publishes RSS news feeds on the Twitter microblogging service, has sold a majority stake in the company to investing and development group Betaworks and TAG, Silicon Alley Insider reported.

TweetDeck Gets Angel Funding for Twitter Organizational Tool

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 16, 2009 - 9:15am.

London - TweetDeck, a start-up developing tools to help users organize content streams on the Twitter microblogging service, is raising an angel round of funding led by Betaworks, All Things D reported.

Outside.in Raises Funds for Personalized Hyperlocal News

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 15, 2008 - 1:35pm.

Brooklyn, N.Y. - Outside.in, a personalized, hyperlocal news and conversation site, announced on Monday that it has raised an undisclosed sum of new funding, from existing venture and angel investors including Union Square Ventures, the New York City Investment Fund and Betaworks.

Neighborhood News Social Net Outside.in Raises $3 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 20, 2008 - 6:47am.

Brooklyn, N.Y. - Outside.in, the provider of a Web platform for neighborhood news and social networking, has raised $3 million in a round of venture capital, which included investments from Union Square Ventures, Milestone Venture Partners, New York City Investment Fund, Betaworks, and a group of angel investors led by George Crowley.

Someecards Gets $350,000 Seed Funding for Irreverent E-cards

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 11, 2008 - 7:13am.

New York - Someecards, a provider of irreverent, humorous online greeting cards, has raised $350,000 in seed financing from Betaworks and angel investor Chris Sacca, VentureBeat reported.

Social Media Behavioral Ad Network Lotame Raises Funds

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 11, 2008 - 7:52am.

New York - Lotame Solutions, a provider of behavioral targeted advertising for social media services, announced on Monday that it has raised a "multi-million" first round of financing, led by Battery Ventures.