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 [...]
Earth Aid Raises $4 Million in Series A Round
Washington, DC based Earth Aid has just raised a $4,036,638 Million Series A funding round to fund their continued growth. Earth Aid started up in 2007 here in Washington, DC, later opening an office in San Francisco, CA as well. The company launched at Social Matchbox in 2009. The company provides patent-pending technology to help [...]
Game Company ZeniMax Media Raises $1.8 Million
Bethesda, MD based ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Softworks, and the creator of both traditional and online game software has reportedly raised $1.8 million in new funds. This follows their $105 million debt raise a last summer which helped them to acquire Dallas, TX based id Software.
Their collection of games includes 2008 Game [...]
DC Based Latimer Education Gets $1.25 million in Funding
DC’s latest startup to receive funding is Latimer Education, a new for-profit online university for African Americans. Latimer Education’s $1.25 million funding round was lead by Maveron, LLC, the Seattle, WA based Venture Capital firm that also funded another online university that you have probably seen a few ad banners for: Capella University.
Washington, DC is [...]
Message Systems Closes Funding Round
Message Systems, a Columbia, MD, based provider of message management solutions and services for email service providers, ISP’s, social networks and large enterprises that need to manage large volumes of email closed what they are calling a “significant” investment round involving Philadelphia, PA based NewSpring Ventures. Message Systems was launched in 1997.
