Capital Chaos

 GlobalScholar (Bellevue, WA) pulled in a hefty Series B of $27M led by previous investors Ignition Partners and Knowledge Universe Education.  This brings the total raise to date at $42.5M which is a hefty amount for a site that is a WebEx for tutors. 
The company offers a valuable tool to both parents and students who […]

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 ThisNext (Santa Monica, CA), the social shopping network, finalized $5M in Series B led by their Series A financiers Anthem Venture Partners and Clearstone Venture Partners.  The site offers users a creative way of recommending products and giving feedback on them which will hopefully translate into a sale.
This social shopping space will expand throughout the […]

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 The Rubicon Project (Los Angeles, CA) just took in $15M on the heels of their Series A round of $6M which they just raised six months ago!  Scary that they company may be burning so much money so soon but didnt seem to scare Mayfield who led the round with participation from A-rounders IDG Ventures […]

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 Visible Measures (Boston, MA) is the latest “eaves dropping” software company to garner significant funding.  Lead by Mohr Davidow Ventures, with participation from Series A investor General Catalyst, the company has now secured $18.85M in less than a year. 
Visible Measures has created a data-application software tool (VisibleSuite) that measures audience behavior for how users interact […]

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