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WeGame Got Game With $3M in Series A

March 13th, 2008 · No Comments

WeGame (San Francisco, CA) just reported that they have pulled in $3M in Series A financing for its video based gaming site that allows users to upload screencasts of their favorite in-game moments.  Think of it as a YouTube like interface that lets you brag about your mad gaming skills to others in a video […]

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Tags: Gaming · New Funds · Series A Financing · Video

Zivity Pulls in $7M for Adult Content Social Network

March 10th, 2008 · No Comments

Zivity (San Francisco, CA) seems to have broken the barrier between mainstream and adult by securing $7M in VC money from some very reputable sources for an online adult content social network.  The Series A Round led by BlueRun Ventures and FoundersFund (Peter Theil of PayPal fame and co.) comes on the heals of a […]

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Tags: New Funds · Series A Financing · Venture Capital · social networking

FriendFeed Opens its Doors with $5M in Series A

February 26th, 2008 · No Comments

FriendFeed, the social feed aggregator, is finally our of beta and open to the public with a fresh round of funding.  Most of this Series A was invested by the founders, - ex-Googlers (AKA Google Mafia) Paul Buchheit and Sanjeev Singh but also included Benchmark Capital loot. 
The concept of FriendFeed is pretty cool in that […]

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Tags: Series A Financing · Venture Capital · social networking

Comedy.com Launches With Series A Funding

February 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Comedy.com (Santa Monica, CA) led by veteran media executive Dean Valentine, announced that he has raised an undisclosed sum of funding from Walden Venture Capital to launch his new venture, Comedy.com.
Valentine currently heads media investment fund Symbolic Action, and was previously president and CEO of United Paramount Network. Before that, he was president of Walt […]

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Tags: Series A Financing · Venture Capital