SharesPost Debuts Index for Late-stage, Venture-backed Firms

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Mark Hefflinger
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Santa Monica,
Calif. – SharesPost, the provider
of an online platform that provides pricing and valuation data on private
equity transactions, has launched a new index that aims to be "the S&P
500 but for late-stage, venture-backed companies," founder Greg Brogger
told the Associated Press.

The new index will track seven companies —
Facebook, Twitter, Tesla Motors, Zynga, Linden Lab, LinkedIn and Serious
Materials — and track valuation; most recent share price on SharesPost;
average analyst valuations; and the midpoint between highest and lowest share
bids on SharesPost.

Santa Monica, Calif.-based
SharesPost was launched in July 2009.

 

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http://www.sharespost.com

Mobile Marketing Firm Adenyo Secures $26.9 Million

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Mark Hefflinger
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Toronto
– Adenyo, a provider of mobile marketing software (formerly known as Silverback
Media), announced on Wednesday that it has secured $26.9 million in new
financing.

The company said the financing included a $17.2 million round led by
Genuity Capital Markets, and $9.7 million in private placements since July
2009.

Toronto-based Adenyo provides mobile marketing and ad serving; mobile
storefronts; mobile coupons and payments; and mobile analytics services.

 

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Arkayne Raises $1 Million for Link Recommendations

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Mark Hefflinger
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Scottsdale,
Ariz. – Arkayne, a provider of
interactive marketing software, announced on Wednesday that it has raised just
over $1 million in seed funding, from backers including the Arizona Technology
Investor Forum.

Arizona-based Arkayne offers a plug-in that examines all the content
on a site, and creates automatic recommendations for related stories.

The
company plans to use the funds to grow its engineering, sales and marketing
staff, as well as to build out infrastructure.

 

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Exponential Entertainment Lands $700K for Social Games

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Mark Hefflinger
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Seattle
– Exponential Entertainment, a developer of movie-focused online social games,
has raised $700,000 in new funding from angel investors including Band of
Angeles, VentureBeat reported.

The company also secured $1 million in
convertible debt, and told VentureBeat that it aims to raise a total of $3.25
million.

Founded in 2008 by the creators of the DVD-based game
"ScentIt," Seattle-based Exponential develops Hollywood
trivia games for its own website, Facebook and other social media sites.

The
company’s eight titles currently count 20,000 monthly users.

 

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http://www.exponentialent.com

Perfect Market Gets $6 Million to Generate Publisher Revenue

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Mark Hefflinger
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Pasadena,
Calif. – Perfect Market, a
provider of marketing services for publishers, announced on Wednesday that it
has raised $6 million in its third round of venture capital financing, led by
Tribune Company.

Previous backers Trinity Ventures, Rustic Canyon Partners and
Idealab also participated in the round.

Altadena,
Calif.-based Perfect Market, a spin out of incubator Idealab, offers to help
publishers market their "long tail" content and grow advertising
revenue.

Tribune began using Perfect Market’s services on several of its websites
last year.

Perfect Market will use the funds to expand its sales and marketing
efforts.

 

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Financial Times Taps PayPal for Daily, Weekly Website Passes

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Mark Hefflinger
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New York
– The Financial Times will use PayPal to accept payments for new daily and
weekly subscription options to access its website set to launch in coming
months, PaidContent reported. The publication also recently instituted a limit
on the number of articles that can be viewed for free by sourcing them through
Google News, restricting free reads to five articles each day.


 

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http://www.ft.com

Sony, CBS Team on 3D Consumer Research Facility in Vegas

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Mark Hefflinger
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Las Vegas
– Sony (NYSE: SNE) Electronics and CBS (NYSE: CBS) have partnered to establish a new 3D consumer
research center and screening facility. The Sony 3D Experience will be located
within the CBS Television
City research facility within the MGM
Grand casino in Las Vegas.
The facility will showcase both 3D movies, and home televisions, game consoles
and Blu-ray players that support 3D.


 

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EA to Integrate Major League Gaming Tourneys With Sports Titles

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Mark Hefflinger
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Redwood City,
Calif. – Video game developer and
publisher Electronic Arts (NASD: ERTS) announced on Tuesday that it has partnered with Major
League Gaming, a professional video game league. The deal will see EA integrate
online tournament functionality across a number of upcoming EA sports games,
leading to MLG-sanctioned and refereed tournaments. The companies already
collaborate on the EA Sports Challenge Series, aseries of live gaming
tournaments in North America.


 

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http://www.mlgpro.com

Japanese Cable Co. Jupiter First to Offer Live TV Streaming

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Mark Hefflinger
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Tokyo
– Jupiter Communications is set to become the first Japanese broadcaster to
offer simultaneous live streaming of some of its programming, Variety reported,
citing the local Nikkei newspaper. The J:Com service will offer live and
archived streaing of sports, news and other programming beginning in April. The
company also plans to shrink the window on streaming new films from six months
to three months after their theatrical release.


 

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http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118015908.html

Comcast Adds Remote DVR Scheduling to iPhone App

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Mark Hefflinger
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Philadelphia
– Comcast (NASD: CMCSA), the nation’s largest cable TV provider, on Tuesday announced the
release of a new iPhone application that will let consumers remotely program
their Comcast digital video recorders. The app now also offers push
notification for emails and voicemail. A similar update and feature addition
for Comcast’s BlackBerry app is scheduled for release in coming months.


 

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http://www.comcast.net/comcastmobileapp

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