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Facebook Names Winners of App Funding Contest

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 29, 2009 - 8:49am.
Palo Alto, Calif. - Facebook this week announced the applications that have been awarded investments through its fbFund program, and will participate in a summer incubator workshop.

Facebook Names Winners of fbFund App Competition

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 10, 2008 - 1:43pm.

Palo Alto, Calif. - Online social network Facebook on Wednesday named the five grade prize winners of its fbFund competition, which is providing $250,000 grants to developers of the best submitted applications. More than 600 developers initially applied, and Facebook users cast more than 180,000 votes. Details on the winners -- Groupcard, MouseHunt, Weddingbook, Wildfire and Kontagent -- are available from the link below.

Facebook Grants $2 Million to Application Developers

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 15, 2008 - 10:56am.

Palo Alto, Calif. - Online social network Facebook on Wednesday announced that twenty-five teams developing applications for its platform will each receive $25,000 grants from its $10 million fbFund to help build businesses on Facebook or around the Web with Facebook Connect.