Former Washington Area Startup, Social Gaming Network (SGN), Acquired!
Social Gaming Network (SGN), a Washington area startup that left for the bay area a few years ago, was acquired this week by Mind Jolt, another gaming network. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Congratulations to Shervin Pishevar, a friend and former coworker.
You may recall that back in the 2006-2007 time-frame, Freewebs (now [...]
Centrifuge Systems Raises $2 million As Part of Larger Series A Round
Centrifuge Systems, Inc., a McLean, VA based startup that provides interactive data visualization technology and a link analysis software announced that it has raised an additional $2 million in Series A financing by Novak Biddle The company also named an existing board member, Rene Lorton, as the company’s new CEO. In addition [...]
The Love App
Would-be entrepreneurs are often told to create a startup that “scratches their own itch,” and that’s just what BeCouply does. Founded by lovers-turned-business-partners Becky Cruze and Pius Uzamere, BeCouply is a free mobile and web app that allows couples to discover new date ideas, capture special moments, and connect with other couples.
Cruze first felt the [...]
Mining Twitter’s Treasures
With revolutions springing up across the Middle East, young activists are increasingly turning to Twitter to voice their opinions and rally support. But searching Twitter only calls up tweets from the past week. Valuable pieces of history are being lost in the digital ether.
But not for long, if Ted Stein has anything to do with [...]
Living Social Raises An Additional $400 Million, Bringing Their VC Tab to a Whopping $797 Million!
I’m going to do something I rarely do: eat my own words. There apparently is a bubble in Washington, DC after all. All the people out there saying there is a bubble are just plain eager to have one, but they have been focusing their attention in the wrong places. It is just a one [...]
TidalTV Raises $30 Million in New Funding
TidalTV, an Internet advertising focused startup company based in Baltimore, MD, has just announced their Series C raise of an additional $30 million dollars in funding from New Enterprise Associates (NEA) in addition to Valhalla Partners and Comcast Interactive Capital. The deal closed on March 11th. This latest round of funding brings their total outside [...]
Starting with a Bang
Pet rocks of the past were pretty dull—decorated with paint and plastic eyes, if you were lucky. But thanks to Baltimore startup Pure Bang Games, you can now have a pet rock with everything from a moustache to an eyepatch to an “I love Mom” tattoo.
Launched in June, Pure Bang Games has attracted almost nine [...]
