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AppsSavvy Picks Up $7.1 Million From AOL Ventures

AppsSavvy Picks Up $7.1 Million From AOL Ventures

Social media advertising firm AppsSavvy announced on Tuesday that they have raised a new $7.1 million round of funding from AOL’s AOL Ventures group. News of the funding comes just one week after social ad network MediaBrix managed to secure […]

WeatherOnSale.com To Launch On December 13, Will Offer Unique Sales Opportunity

WeatherOnSale.com To Launch On December 13, Will Offer Unique Sales Opportunity

I’m a big fan of gimmicks that actually make sense and offer a bit of fun and the soon to launch WeatherOnSale.com is definitely catchy and fun. Using the tag line “It’s not cold enough for a sale this HOT” […]

Edmodo, Social Network For Teachers and Students, Raises $15M

Edmodo, Social Network For Teachers and Students, Raises $15M

Facebook is clearly the dominating force in social media to connect with everyone who you know or knew at some point in your life, and it works exceedingly well at what it does to allow people to interface with lots […]

Flavors.me Aims to Join the Social Network Fray

Flavors.me Aims to Join the Social Network Fray

What started as a content aggregator (albeit from mostly social sites) aims to achieve a spot alongside big players like Facebook, as Flavors.me rolls out some enhancements to compete on the social playing field. Today, a fresh design and a […]

Harvard Launches i-Lab Startup Incubator Program

Harvard Launches i-Lab Startup Incubator Program

Harvard University not only wants to provide their students with an ivy league education, they also want to be sure that each student who passes through their doors has the chance to become an entrepreneur and to accomplish that goal […]

Chill.com Brings Interactive Chat To Hulu Viewing Parties

Chill.com Brings Interactive Chat To Hulu Viewing Parties

Chill.com is attempting to make the TV viewing experience a whole lot more social by allowing Hulu viewers to watch popular shows with one another while chatting about those shows at the same time. The program works by setting a […]

HotelTonight Raises $9 Million In Series B Funding

HotelTonight Raises $9 Million In Series B Funding

Same-day hotel deals company HotelTonight has announced $9 million in Series B funding. The new capital funding was led Battery Ventures and included participation from Accel Partners and First Round Capital. Since launching in January 2011 HotelTonight has enjoyed more […]

Vidyard Raises $1.65 Million, Promises To Be “YouTube for Businesses”

Vidyard Raises $1.65 Million, Promises To Be “YouTube for Businesses”

Vidyard, a company that bills themselves as a “YouTube for businesses” raised $1.65 million this week from Softech VC, Jawed Karim (Co-Founder of YouTube), Y Combinator, SV Angel, Andreessen Horowitz, iNovia Capital, Paul Buchheit, Vivi Nevo, Dennis Kavelman, David Nizkad and […]