Startups and Funding: January 2008 Archives

Continued Investment in Shopping Sites

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Esty, the online craft bazaar, has raised $27M in series C.  And ThisNext, the social shopping site, has signed a series B deal for $5M.
Quicker than I thought - but this must mean that things are going well:

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/27/the-rubicon-project-gets-15-million-in-a-series-b/

Like I've said before, I think Rubicon is addressing a very important need.  If they execute properly they will be a very successful company.

And What's Really New?

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Ok...  After catching up with the news of the past three weeks, I'm almost back to "normal" (as a good friend says, "whatever that is")!

Online storage market shows more positive signs: Box.net raises $6M series B.

More good things happening at Automattic (Wordpress): They raised $29.5M series B.  More importantly, on the list of investors you can see The New York Times - a tier one content producer.

Noca. Very interesting.  If they have the muscle to pull off what they claim - bypassing the credit card processing fees all together - Noca will be one of those rare, one-of-a-kind game changers that surface every once in a long while.


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