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Mobile Content Company SendMe Raises $12 Million In Fourth Round

Mar 5, 2009 6:00 AM

San Francisco-based SendMe has raised a $12 million round of capital to grow the company organically and through acquisitions. The company has three main products: SendMeMobile, which sells ringtones and other content through a subscription; SoLow, which allows people to play games with the chance of winning a prize for…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, amicus capital, grandbanks capital, sendme mobile, spark capital, true ventures

Twitter Closing its $15 Million Round With Spark; Bit Less Than $100M Valuation

May 29, 2008 12:26 PM

As has been reported and rumored for the last month or so, the much-hyped mobile messaging and community service Twitter is in the process of closing its $15 million round, and the investor is Spark Capital, we have confirmed through sources. Previous investor Union Square Ventures is also re-upping in…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, Twitter, spark capital

SendMe Mobile Raises $15 Million in Funding

Mar 17, 2008 11:00 PM

SendMe Mobile, an off-deck provider that sells ringtones and wallpapers and hosts mobile sweepstakes, plans to announce today that it has secured $15 million in a third round of capital. New investor GrandBanks Capital participated along side existing investors True Ventures and Spark Capital. SendMe has now raised $25 million…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, grandbanks capital, sendme mobile, spark capital, true ventures

Mobile Streaming Service Buzzwire Gets $8 Million Second Round Funding

Dec 5, 2007 2:42 AM

Buzzwire, the mobile audio and video streaming provider based in Bedford, MA and Denver, has received $8 million in second round of funding. The round was led by new investor Sequel Venture Partners, and also included existing investors Matrix Partners and Spark Capital. Buzzwire will use the new round to…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Music, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Social Media, Video, buzzwire, matrix partners, spark capital

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