Featured Pitch: Knewton

 Company: Knewton Website: www.knewton.com Headquarters: New York City Year Founded: 2008 Founder: Jose Ferreira Investors: FirstMark Capital, Accel Partners, Bessemer…

14 years ago

Funding and Acquisitions: HP’s latest strategic move is purchase of music service for $30 million

Today’s funding and acquisitions roundup: HP Goes NuTsie For Melodeo, Pays $30 Million For Music Streaming Service (via TechCrunch) PapayaMobile raises…

14 years ago

Funding and Acquisitions: Playdom’s $33M funding shows that social gaming is hot

Today’s funding roundup: Playdom raises $33M in funding to fuel social gaming acquisition spree (via GamesBeat) Online Privacy Startup ReputationDefender…

14 years ago

Funding and Acquisitions: Opscode raises more funding to take on industry giants

Today’s funding and acquisitions roundup: Opscode Gets $11M to Take on IBM and HP Management Software (via gigaom) Semantic Web Startup…

14 years ago

Airbnb CEO decides to literally make his business his life (at least until the end of the year)

The CEO of Airbnb, a startup website that connects travelers with bed-and-breakfasts, rooms in private homes, and short-term rental apartments,…

14 years ago

Funding and Acquisitions: Tesla Motors looks for big boost from its IPO

Funding and acquisitions roundup for a Friday: Tesla Motors hopes to raise at least $178M in much-anticipated IPO (via San…

14 years ago

Funding and Acquisitions: AOL unloads Bebo

Today’s funding and acquisitions roundup: It’s Official: AOL Sells Bebo to Criterion Capital Partners (via Mashable) Apptera Raises Another $10…

14 years ago

Funding and Acquisitions: Bill.com raises big money to help individuals manage theirs

Today’s funding and acquisitions roundup: Bill.com Raises Another $8.5 Million To Streamline Business Bill Payments (via TechCrunch) BaseKit raises $2.6m for…

14 years ago

Funding and Acquisitions: FarmVille’s parent gets another big chunk of funding

Today’s funding and acquisitions roundup: FarmVille Maker Zynga Has Now Raised a Whopping $366 Million (via Mashable) Custom chip maker…

14 years ago

Funding and Acquisitions: News Corp. announces some big investments in digital journalism

Today’s funding and acquisitions roundup: Gogobot Unveils Plans To Evolve Online Travel, Takes $4 Million From Battery Ventures (via TechCrunch News…

14 years ago

Microsoft Kinect: The startup behind the technology

The web is abuzz this morning about Microsoft’s Kinect launch event (or should we call it a “hype event”) last…

14 years ago