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Slide Raises Astounding $50M in Series D

January 18th, 2008 · No Comments

 It was confirmed that Slide finalized a deal for $50M lead by Wall Street behemoths Fidelity and T-Rowe Price.  It is reported that Allen & Co helped craft the deal.  Aside from the $550M valuation the company is reportedly worth, it is the fourth round for the company that took in $20M back in November […]

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Tags: Facebook App · New Funds · Series D Financing · Software · Venture Capital · Venture Financing · social networking

Zynga Raises $10M in Series A

January 15th, 2008 · No Comments

 Zynga (San Francisco, CA) just hauled in $10M for their first round lead by Union Square Ventures with other backers including Foundry Group, Avalon, Peter Thiel (PayPal), Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn) and Bob Pittman (AOL fame).  The company was founded by Mark Pincus who created Tribe.net and Support.com whose vision it is to develop and put games […]

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Tags: Facebook App · Series A Financing · Venture Capital · Venture Financing · social networking