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 [...]
StartUp America
Back in September 2009 I wrote a White Paper on actions the US government could take to promote early stage capital investment and new company formation. It was rewarding to write about and it gave me many opportunities to talk with policy makers about the challenges of early stage investing and company formation. A little while [...]
Mixx Acquired By UberMedia
McLean, VA based Mixx was recently acquired by Pasadena, CA based UberMedia, a company that describes itself as a developer of applications and web-based services that make it easier for users to find, follow and communicate with others on Twitter and other social media platforms. UberMedia also provides advertisers and brands with new ways to [...]
Lotame Solutions Raised $11 Million in Recent Series C Round
Lotame Solutions, a Columbia, MD based startup, is a marketing technology company. Emergence Capital led the latest round of funding, Lotame Solutions’s Series C round, and all of Lotame’s investors participated, including Hillcrest Venture Partners, Battery Ventures, and Pinnacle Ventures. Lotame Solutions has also secured a growth capital line from Pinnacle Ventures, to supplement its [...]
Framing Your Startup’s Sandbox
This post is dedicated to Jerry Biehl, the founder of a stealth mode startup based here in the Washington, DC area code named Fubrub, who has really inspired a lot of people in the Baltimore startup community with his passion and tenacity. We need more people like him here in the Washington, DC area. He [...]
Interview with Mike Brown Jr. of AOL Ventures
Ryan Roberts, a Dallas, TX area attorney who publishes the The Startup Lawyer, occasionally contributes to Social Matchbox. He recently had a chance to chat with Mike Brown, Jr., Founder and Partner at AOL Ventures. Here is the interview:
I had the chance to chat with Mike Brown Jr., Founder and Partner at AOL [...]
