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Motionbox Closes $7M Series B Funding with Constellation Ventures

epicenterforums — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:23:55 GMT

Motionbox (www.motionbox.com), the family video site that makes it easy for consumers to store, mix and share their personal videos, today announced that it has closed a $7 million Series B round of funding, led by new investor Constellation Ventures, a unit of Bear Stearns Asset Management. Also participating were Motionbox Series A investors Canaan Partners and SAS Investors. - Cohn & Wolfe on behalf of Motionbox Tori Pugliese, 212-798-9860 tori_pugliese@motionbox.com

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Consorte Media Secures $7 Million in Funding from Sutter Hill Ventures and Mayfield Fund

epicenterforums — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:23:55 GMT

December 3, 2007 Via PRWEB Consorte Media, the leading provider of online marketing solutions targeting the Hispanic market, today announced that it has secured $7 million in Series B funding. The round was led by new investor Sutter Hill Ventures and included a follow-on investment from existing investor Mayfield Fund

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Venture Capital Investment in India Skyrockets in First Nine Months of 2007, Reaching $777 Million

epicenterforums — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:23:55 GMT

BANGALORE, MUMBAI and NEW DELHI, India, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Venture capitalists invested more than $777 million in 57 deals for entrepreneurial companies in India during the first three quarters of 2007, according to the Quarterly India Venture Capital Report published for the first time today by Dow Jones VentureOne and Ernst & Young. This was nearly five times the $158 million invested during the first nine months of 2006 and more than twice the annual investment record of $320 million set in 2005. Also of note, venture capitalists committed $95 million in eight deals for Communications and Networks companies in India during the first three quarters of the year, the most deals and investment for the sector on record.

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RadPharm Announces $10 million Series B Financing, led by Siemens Venture Capital

epicenterforums — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:23:55 GMT

RadPharm, Inc., a leading provider of medical image review services for clinical research, announced the completion of a $10 million Series B financing led by Siemens Venture Capital ("SVC"). Existing investors Ampersand Ventures, Adams Street Partners and Tang Capital Management participated in the financing.

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VisualOn Received $2.1 Million for High Quality Mobile Video

epicenterforums — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:23:55 GMT

VisualOn raised $2.1 Million from AsiaTech Management and EXA Ventures. VisualOn creates software to view high quality video for mobile devices optimized for quality, performance while maintaining minimal power consumption. They have multiple products such as Mobile TV which turns your handset into a high quality mobile TV set. Take a look at Kyte.tv here.

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Memeo Raises $8.1M Series B Funding

epicenterforums — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:23:55 GMT

Aliso Viejo-based Memeo, a company which develops a backup and recovery software for photos, music, and other digital files, said Monday that it has raised $8.1M in a Series B round of funding.

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"a first step in whatever Yahoo’s grand plans are around the future of their music service"

epicenterforums — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:23:55 GMT

Most people have installed browser plugins that automatically play files linked from web pages. And many sites also have flash players embedded into the site (Yahoo has a Flash player too, built on the same code base). Both, though, require software downloads, even if it’s just Flash. So while this is a very simple solution offered by Yahoo, it does not require any software on the PC beyond a browser. That’s a good thing.

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MFG.com Raises $26Million From Fidelity Ventures, Goes After Alibaba

epicenterforums — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:23:55 GMT

You can find nearly $50 million worth of requests for manufacturing quotes per day on the site, complete with CAD diagrams and other specifications. Manufacturers bid on the requests. MFG.com makes money by selling yearly subscriptions of several thousand dollars each to suppliers who want access to MFG.com’s community of purchasing mangers and engineers at buying companies (who get to use the site for for no charge). Free learned that in the manufacturing world suppliers are much more willing to pay a flat fee than to give a cut of each transaction.

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