Internet Fundings Exploding in January 2008?
It seems like that last three weeks of January 2008 I have seen a tremendous increase in the Internet and New Media fundings space. The week of January 14th I reported on 12 and this previous week, the week of January 21st I reported on 16, see below.
Also last week, Slide had a reported $500 million valuation when they took in $50 million, very impressive. See a short list of fundings below, the main Venture Capital News page has all the stories in detail and the most recent Venture Capital Podcast was released.
The previous weeks fundings, January 21st to 27th, 2008, in the Internet and New Media space.
- DesiHits! Received $5 Million for South Asian Entertainment Portal
- Inform Received $15 Million for Spreading News
- GoldSpot Media Received $3 Million to Insert Ads into Mobile Broadcast TV
- Conduit Received $8 Million for a Community Toolbar
- ActiveRain Received $2.5 Million for Real Estate Social Network
- IGA Worldwide Received $30 Million for In-Game Advertising Network
- HealthCentral Network Received $50 Million for Health Sites
- Ooyala Received $8.5 Million for Video Advertising and Analytics
- Adchemy Received $19 Million for Online Customer Acquisition Technology
- IMMI Received $25 Million for Media Measurement
- Box.net Received $16 Million for an Online File System
- Covario Received $16 Million for Interactive Marketing Analytics
- Automattic Received $29.5 Million for WordPress and More
- AdInfuse Received $12 Million for Personalized Mobile Advertising
- MixerCast Received $6 Million for Social Media Tools
- Quantcast Received $20 Million for Audience Measurement