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Mobile Video Ad Firm Transpera Lands $8.25 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 14, 2008 - 10:20am.

Santa Monica, Calif. - Transpera, a provider of mobile video advertising technology, announced that it has raised $8.25 million in its second round of financing, led by Flybridge Capital Partners.

GumGum Gets $1.2 Million in Funding

Authored by Jay Baage on August 1, 2008 - 12:02pm.

Santa Monica, CA - Start-up web image analytics technology company GumGum announced on Friday that it has completed a first round of $1.2 million in funding from First Round Capital and Crosscut Ventures.

MyYearbook.com Gets $13 Million for Social Network for Teens

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 30, 2008 - 6:24am.

New Hope, Penn. - MyYearbook.com, a social network targeting the teen demographic, announced on Wednesday that it has secured a $13 million second round of financing, led by Norwest Venture Partners.

Content Licensing Service GumGum Raising $1.2 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 21, 2008 - 8:25am.

Santa Monica, Calif. - GumGum, the provider of a licensing and distribution platform for online content, is raising a $1.2 million first round of financing from investors including First Round Capital, VentureBeat reported.

API Management Platform Mashery Secures $2 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 30, 2008 - 10:29am.

San Francisco - Mashery, a provider of services that help companies create APIs that open their content for use across the Web, announced that it has raised $2 million in new financing, led by .406 Ventures.

Pinch Media Nabs Seed Funding for iPhone Developer Tools

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 30, 2008 - 7:11am.

Hoboken, N.J. - Pinch Media, a provider of free tools for developers creating applications for Apple's iPhone, has raised an undisclosed sum of seed funding, PEHub.com reported.

KidZui Raises $8 Million for Kid-Friendly Web Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 19, 2008 - 6:21am.

San Diego - KidZui, a kid-friendly, filtered Web browser and online service that includes some 500,000 websites, on Wednesday announced its launch with $8 million in financing from Maveron, Emergence Capital Partners and First Round Capital.

Widget Distribution, Tracking Service Gigya Raises $9.5 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 10, 2008 - 10:33am.

Palo Alto, Calif. - Gigya, a developer of technology for distributing, tracking and analyzing widgets, said on Monday that it has raised $9.5 million in its second round of funding, led by Mayfield Fund.

Openads Gets $15.5 Million for Open Source Ad Server Software

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 16, 2008 - 7:41am.

London - Openads, a developer of free, open source ad server software, announced on Wednesday that it has raised $15.5 million in its second round of financing, led by Accel Partners.

Web Mashups Firm Mashery Raises Funds

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 28, 2007 - 6:26am.

San Francisco - Mashery, a San Francisco-based provider of services and software designed to help clients build "mashup" Web services, said on Thursday that it has raised an undisclosed amount of funding in a new round led by Formative Ventures.

Mobile Video Firm Transpera Secures First Round Funding

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 24, 2007 - 11:19am.

Santa Monica, Calif. - Transpera, a developer of mobile video technology, announced on Tuesday that it has raised an undisclosed sum in its first round of venture capital financing, from First Round Capital, IDG Ventures and Intel Capital.

Free, Open-Source Advertising Tools Provider Openads Gets $5 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 13, 2007 - 10:21am.

London - Openads, the developer of a free, open-source ad server for online publishers, announced on Wednesday that it has raised $5 million in its first round of financing, led by Index Ventures.

Teen Social Networking Site myYearbook.com Raises $4.1 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 26, 2007 - 8:15am.

New Hope, Pa. - myYearbook.com, a social networking site for teens, announced on Friday that it has raised $4.1 million in its first round of venture capital financing, from U.S. Venture Partners and First Round Capital.