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Tween Girls Site Fashion Playtes Raises $1.7 Million
Salem, Mass. - Fashion Playtes, the operator of an
online girls fashion website, has raised $1.7 million in venture capital,
according to a filing by the...
Scrapblog Gets $2.5 Million for Online Scrapbook Creation
San Francisco
- Scrapblog, an online service that lets users upload photos and create
Web-based scrapbooks, has raised $2.5 million in a fourth round of funding,
TechCrunch...
Kwedit Secures $3 Million for Payment Service for Virtual Goods
Mountain View,
Calif. - Kwedit, a developer of
new payment services for digital content and virtual goods, announced that it
has raised $3 million in its first...
AppFund to Fuel Development of Apple iPad Applications
New York
- CNET and E! Online co-founder Kevin Wendle and MusicNation fo-founder Daniel
Klaus have teamed to form AppFund, a new investment firm that will...
NYT: Amazon Acquires Touch-Screen Developer Touchco
New York
- Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN) has acquired Touchco, a developer of touch-screen display
technology, The New York Times reported, citing a person briefed on the deal.
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Terra Firma Seeks Another $160 Million for EMI
London
- Terra Firma, the private equity firm that owns major record label EMI, is
seeking to raise an additional $160 million to help repay loans...
LensVector Gets $30 Million for Camera Phone Lens Tech
Mountain View,
Calif. - LensVector, a developer of
autofocus technology for camera phone lenses, announced on Thursday that it has
raised $30 million in a third round...
Yahoo Sells HotJobs Unit to Monster for $225 Million
New York
- Nine months after it put the unit up for sale, Yahoo (NASD: YHOO) announced on Wednesday
that it has sold its HotJobs online...
College Lecture Podcast Firm Echo360 Raises Funds
Dulles, Va. - Echo360, a provider of Internet audio and
video technology used by universities, has raised $6.8 million in an extension
of its second round...
Russian Casual Games Firm Alawar Secures $3 Million
Los Angeles
- Alawar Entertainment, a Russia-based casual games publisher, has received a
$3 million equity investment from Almaz Capital Russia Fund, which will hold a
23%...
