The Washington Post Company acquired CourseAdvisor.com

Published in January 31st, 2008
Posted by Web 2.0 Innovations in ABS Capital Partners, Acquisitions, Business, Education, Funding, Internet, Investments, Media, Money, Public Companies, Search Engines, Society, Software, Technology
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The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO) has acquired the education site CourseAdvisor.com, which is an online lead generator serving the education industry. However, the financial details and terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
The Wakefield, MA.-based company matches up students with suitable degree or certificate-granting programs across 800 institutions. CourseAdvisor founder and CEO Greg Titus […]

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The Founders Fund creates Founders Fund II

Published in January 30th, 2008
Posted by Web 2.0 Innovations in Business, Facebook, Founders Fund, Founders Fund II, Funding, Internet, Investments, Money, Peter Thiel, Semantic Web, Social Networking, Software, Technology, The Founder's Fund, Venture Capital, Web 2.0
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Founders Fund, a non-traditional investment group, has raised an institutional fund in the amount of $220 million. The new fund, Founders Fund II, will allow this team of four managing partners, who themselves are founders and entrepreneurs, to leverage their individual expertise and deliver their unique business model, which puts the entrepreneurs first. Founders Fund […]

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After Internet Brands, LogMeIn, now Al Gore’s Current TV files for an IPO and plans to go public

Published in January 29th, 2008
Posted by Web 2.0 Innovations in Advertising, Blum Capital Partners, Business, Entertainment, Funding, IPO, Internet, Investments, Marketing, Media, Money, Multimedia, Public Companies, Social Networking, Software, TV, Technology, Web 2.0, Yucaipa Corporate Initiatives Fund, video
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It seems it is time for small-sized Internet and technology IPOs. After Internet Brands, Inc. went public on NASDAQ, LogMeIn, Inc. filed to do so now Al Gore’s Current is looking forward to do the same. Unlike Internet Brands Inc and LogMeIn, Inc, Current TV is purely from the web 2.0 age, so it would […]

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A big question: is Alibaba.com overvalued or Yahoo is seriously undervalued?

Published in January 28th, 2008
Posted by Web 2.0 Innovations in Alibaba, Business, Cisco, Funding, IPO, Internet, Investments, Money, Public Companies, Technology, Yahoo
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Let’s put it that way Alibaba lost $13B from its market cap in just one month, yet the company’s market value is close to 50% from what Yahoo!’s current value is!
When Alibaba went public on the Honk Hong Stock Exchange a couple of months ago everything was more than perfect and the company has raised […]

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Mobivox takes $11M series A round from IDG Ventures

Published in January 27th, 2008
Posted by Web 2.0 Innovations in Brightspark, Business, Charles River Ventures, Funding, IDG Venture China, IDG Ventures Boston, IDG Ventures Vietnam, Investments, Jesselson Capital, Khosla Ventures, Mobile, Money, Skypoint Capital, Software, Technology, Telecom, Venture Capital, Web 2.0, ZG Ventures
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A couple of months ago IDG Ventures Boston led an $11 million series A round of funding for a Canadian company called Mobivox, which lets registered members make cheap or free phone calls around the world. The Montreal-based company is essentially letting members call to a number of countrieres free of charge and to other […]

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Yet another seed round, this time for MyLifeBrand

Published in January 26th, 2008
Posted by Web 2.0 Innovations in Internet, Investments, Money, Social Networking, Society, Software, Technology, Web 2.0, angel investors
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MyLifeBrand, the social network that offers private label solutions for online community-building, has received $750,000 in seed money. However, the angel investors were not disclosed. We have also read on a few blogs the company is still looking to raise more in another round, for an unspecified amount. In addition to creating online communities for […]

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Secretive video site has raised $800,000 seed round

Published in January 25th, 2008
Posted by Web 2.0 Innovations in Concept Ventures, Funding, Internet, Investments, Money, Software, Technology, Venture Capital, Web 2.0, video
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A couple of months ago a secretive video site has raised $800,000 seed round from Concept Ventures and its founder and managing director, Julien Nguyen, according to multiple sources on Web. The company was rumored they were in quest for its series A round of funding for some time across the Silicon Valley.
The company name […]

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Inform receives $15 Million investment from Spark Capital

Published in January 24th, 2008
Posted by Web 2.0 Innovations in Business, Enterprise, Funding, Internet, Investments, Media, Money, Semantic Apps, Semantic Web, Software, Spark Capital, Technology, Venture Capital, Web 2.0
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Inform Technologies, a technology solution for established media brands, has received a $15 million investment from Spark Capital, a Boston-based venture fund focused on the intersection of the media, entertainment and technology industries.
The company said in their PR they are going to use the funds to accelerate growth. The company also claims nearly 100 media […]

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More deals in the enterprise search sector

Published in January 23rd, 2008
Posted by Web 2.0 Innovations in Ampersand Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Business, DN Capital, Enterprise, Granite Global Ventures, Intel Capital, Internet, Investments, Lehman Brothers, Money, SAP, SAP Ventures, Search Engines, Software, Technology, Venrock Associates, Venture Capital
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A couple of weeks after Microsoft announced its $1.2 billion acquisition of FAST Search & Transfer, enterprise search competitor Endeca is getting a $15 million cash infusion from both Intel Capital and SAP Ventures. This is on top of the $50 million Endeca has already raised in the past few years from Lehman Brothers, Granite […]

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Wall Street plunged but does it affect the Web 2.0

Published in January 22nd, 2008
Posted by Web 2.0 Innovations in AOL, Amazon, Business, Facebook, Google, IAC, Internet, Investments, Microsoft, Money, News Corporation, Public Companies, Venture Capital, Web 2.0, Yahoo, eBay
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Wall Street plunged at the opening of trading Tuesday, propelling the Dow Jones industrials down about 300 points after an interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve failed to assuage investors fearing a recession in the United States.
U.S. markets joined stock exchanges around the world that have fallen precipitously in recent days amid concerns that […]

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