Fund raising
YoungStartups 2011 venture summit
Submitted by startup on February 8, 2011 - 10:01YoungStartups 2011 (held in NYC on March 29-30th, 2011) is a Venture Summit that will bring together over 350 Venture Capitalists, Corporate VCs, Angel Investors, Investment Bankers, Incubator Managers and CEOs of cutting edge startups for collaboration and deal making; and will feature more than 40 leading VCs on interactive panels; presentations by more than 50 of Israel’s hottest early stage and emerging growth companies; and high-level networking opportunities.
Venture Funds Confirmed to Speak Include:
A new startup competition to give €25,000 and experts advice
Submitted by ron on April 20, 2010 - 14:46Promising new companies can compete for the chance to take part in a boot camp and win a €25,000 prize. Organisers, f3fundit, are calling for start-ups from across the world to apply via www.f3fundit.com by May 21st and are looking for just €120 from each entrant. Following a selection process, the top ten companies will gather in Barcelona, Spain, on June 16th and 17th. The entrepreneurs will work closely with a team of 25 experts who will both mentor them and decide which one will be crowned the next top start-up and walk away with the no-strings attached cash prize.
KaChing raised $7.5 million
Submitted by ron on December 21, 2009 - 00:30KaChing has just finished a new round of financing (led by DAG ventures), raising $7.5 million. KaChing allows you to manage a stock portfolio in the US, and share it with other users. KaChing has recruited a number of leading Geniuses and users can track those as well.
Shuki Glaser invested in FaceFu
Submitted by ron on October 1, 2009 - 11:58Contigo (WeFi) raised 10M$ in second round, reached 30M$ users
Submitted by ron on August 7, 2009 - 09:30Contigo (previously WeFi) raised 10M$ in their second round, from Pitango and Gemini. WeFi is a Wi-Fi social network service. They say they recently reached 30M$ registered users.
Sense of Fashion raises 260K$
Submitted by ron on July 16, 2009 - 07:15Israeli Startup, Sense-Of-Fashion raised 260K$ (from Jeff Pulver and other private investors). The company has a web site (already live with revenue) that is a trading platform for fashion.
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Outbrain raised 12M$
Submitted by ron on February 13, 2009 - 09:46Outbrain (previously backed by LGiLabs) has raised 12M$ from several companies and private angels.
It seems like these guys are on the right track. good luck!
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