Polaris Venture PartnersPolitical Parody Firm JibJab Lands $7.5 MillionAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on January 8, 2009 - 8:25am.
Venice, Calif. - JibJab, a producer of digital parody cartoons, will continue to turn out its popular political spoofs after landing $7.5 million in its third round of funding. tags: Deals | VC | Video | Comedy | JibJab | Sony Pictures Entertainment | Polaris Venture Partners | Overbrook Entertainment |
Roundbox Raises $20 Million for Mobile Broadcast SoftwareAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on December 15, 2008 - 8:29am.
Florham Park, N.J. - RoundBox, a provider of mobile broadcast software, announced on Monday that it has raised over $20 million in its third round of venture capital funding, led by Montagu Newhall Associates. tags: Deals | Mobile | VC | Video | Roundbox | Core Capital Partners | Polaris Venture Partners | RRE Ventures | Montagu Newhall Associates | Itochu |
BlackArrow Gets $20 Million for Video Ad Management PlatformAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 6, 2008 - 7:39am.
San Mateo, Calif. - BlackArrow, an independent provider of multiplatform ad management systems for viewer-controlled video, announced on Monday that is has secured $20 million in new funding. tags: Deals | VC | Video | Advertising | Intel Capital | Cisco | Mayfield Fund | Comcast Interactive Capital | BlackArrow | Polaris Venture Partners |
Sprout Raises $5 Million for Web Content Creation PlatformAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 13, 2008 - 7:00am.
San Francisco - Sprout, the provider of a Web-based platform for the creation of Flash-based widgets, mashups, mini-sites, banners and other forms of distributable Web content, announced on Tuesday that it has closed a $5 million second round of financing, led by Polaris Venture Partners. Multiplayer Game Publisher Turbine Raising $40 MillionAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on April 30, 2008 - 7:33am.
Westwood, Mass. - Turbine, a developer and publisher of multiplayer online games, is raising a $40 million third round of venture capital financing, led by Granite Global Ventures, PEHub.com reported. tags: Games | Deals | VC | Turbine | Columbia Capital | MMOG | Tudor Ventures | Polaris Venture Partners | Granite Global Ventures |
Supermodel Site Modelina Secures $5 MillionAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on April 10, 2008 - 7:49am.
Los Angeles - Modelina, a stealth-mode site that will focus on supermodels, has received around $5 million in financing from Polaris Venture Partners, PaidContent.org reported. WordPress Developer Automattic Gets $29.5 MillionAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on January 23, 2008 - 8:03am.
New York - Automattic, the developer of the WordPress blog publishing software, has raised $29.5 million in new financing from Polaris Venture Partners, True Ventures, Radar Partners and The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT), The Times reported. tags: Deals | VC | Blogs | Automattic | WordPress | Publishing | True Ventures | Polaris Venture Partners | The New York Times Co. | Rader Partners |
Quantcast Raises $20 Million for Open Internet Ratings ServiceAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on January 22, 2008 - 8:13am.
San Francisco - Quantcast, a provider of open Internet ratings for websites, widgets and videos, has raised $20 million in its second round of funding, led by Founders Fund and Polaris Venture Partners. tags: Deals | VC | Advertising | Reports | Metrics | Quantcast | Polaris Venture Partners | Founders Fund |
Online Ad Firm ARPU Raises $8.7 MillionAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on January 7, 2008 - 7:59am.
Washington - ARPU, the developer of a point-of-sale advertising network, has raised $8.7 million in its third round of funding, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). tags: Deals | VC | Advertising | Retail | Polaris Venture Partners | Grotech Capital Group | ARPU | New Atlantic Ventures |
Digital Comedy Studio JibJab Raises $3 MillionAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 24, 2007 - 11:53am.
Santa Monica, Calif. - JibJab, the digital entertainment studio behind such viral comedy videos as "This Land Is Your Land," has raised $3 million in its second round of venture capital financing, from Polaris Venture Partners, PEHub.com reported. |
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