In terms of U.S. market share among video-sharing sites, Veoh is in sixth place, and in June, it received $26 million in funding. Just ten days ago, Metacafe, the eighth place site, collected $30 million. And now Dailymotion, which is in tenth, got $34 million. Um . . . right.
Ripl Receives $4.25 Million
More pressing, I think, than the question of how much wood a woodchuck can chuck is the matter of how many social networks the World Wide Web can withstand. It seems we’re rapidly approaching the point at which there’ll be one per person. And with a fresh $4.25 million in its pocket, Ripl may soon be ready to contribute to the crowding.
Wis.dm Wins $5 Million In Funding
I considered opening this article with a yes or no question, but the idea didn’t appeal to me all that much. Still, if you’d like to pose – or answer – such questions, North Bridge Venture Partners just contributed somewhat less than $5 million to a site that’ll allow you the opportunity: Wis.dm.
CafeMom Mops Up $5 Million In Funding
As tradition would have it, Facebook’s for college students and LinkedIn’s for professionals. But what about mothers? Yes, mothers can of course be both college students and professionals, but in any case, there’s CafeMom, and for CafeMom, there’s $5 million – the social networking site just had a successful round of funding.
“The People’s Media” Gets $10 Million
Financial news can get a little tiresome, but it’s hard to become bored when $10 million is involved; that’s the amount that Associated Content just received in a round of funding.
Rumor: Facebook Makes $90 Million Per Year
Sponsorships on networking site Facebook rack up some nice revenue for Mark Zuckerberg and company, but perhaps not quite enough to justify valuing it in the $8 billion range.
NowPublic’s News Network Secures $10.6 Million
Backfence.com folded about a month ago, and many onlookers interpreted that as a death knell for hyperlocal news sites. The “participatory news network” of NowPublic is doing just fine, however – the company has received $10.6 million in funding.
iCrossing Receives $62 Million In Funding
Companies routinely receive three, five, or even ten million dollars in various funding rounds; reporting on it kind of dulls you to those huge amounts. But iCrossing, a “global digital marketing company,” has just received $62 million, and that’s definitely worth a closer look.
Going.com Receives $5 Million In Funding
If you haven’t heard of Going.com, don’t feel left out – the events-driven network is only targeted at young people in Boston, San Francisco, Chicago, and New York, so I’m betting a lot of folks remain unaware of it. That may soon change, however, because Going.com just received $5 million in funding.
Hi5 Helped By $20 Million In Funding
In the past week, there have been eight Murdok stories with the word “Facebook” in the title and five involving “MySpace.” “Hi5” has, as far as I can tell, never been the subject of an article. But in what’s definitely a noteworthy event, that social network just got $20 million.