Web 2.0 Venture Capital for July 2007: 33 Fundings for Over $300 Million
San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) August 8, 2007 -- Venture capital update profiles web 2.0 venture fundings. For the month of July 2007 over thirty three companies were funded. These thirty three companies received a total of over $300 million combined.
Below is a list of the companies funded, their amounts, and brief description. Full articles may be found on VentureCapitalUpdate.com (www.VentureCapitalUpdate.com), along with profiles of the Venture Capitalists that funded them and the founders that started the companies. A weekly podcast is released every Sunday night.
For the Week of July 23, 2007
* Awareness Receives Undisclosed Funding for Enterprise Social Media Network
* Clearspring Raises $10 Million for Widget Platform
* Zipit Wireless Receives $4.7 Million for Wireless IM Device
* Going.com Raises $5 Million for Event Searching
* Respectance Receives $1.5 Million for Sharing Memories of those that Past Away
* hi5 Receives $20 Million for their Social Network
* cFares Receives $4.5 Million for an Internet Travel Service
For the Week of July 16, 2007
* Covestor Receives Undisclosed Amount for a Stock Trading Community
* VibeAgent Received Undisclosed Amount for Hotel Search
* Cartoon Doll Emporium Receives Undisclosed Amount
* Loopt Receives $2.25 Million for Mobile Social Mapping
* Photobox Raised $13.9 Million for Online Photo Lab
* Ujogo Raised Series A for Rewards Based Online Poker
* Tripology Receives $1.25 Million for a Travel Site w/Travel Agent Assistance
* Redfin Raised $12 Million for Real Estate Site and Brokerage
* RockeTalk Raises $7.1 Million for a Mobile Social Application
* Healthline Receives $21 Million for Health Search Engine
* Connectbeam Received $3.5 Million for Enterprise Social Networking
* Weblo Received $3.3 Million for Virtual Real Estate
For the Week of July 9, 2007
* IGA Worldwide Raises $25 Million for In-Game Advertising
* Tvtrip Raises $4.8 Million for Hotel Searches Utilizing Video
* Obopay Receives $29 Million for a Mobile Payment Service
* Adap.tv Raised $10 Million for Online Video Advertising Service
* Cozi Receives $4 Million for Online Family Organization
* TheFind Receives $15 Million for Shopping Search Engine without Paid Search
* Trion Receives $30 Milion for Online Gaming and Entertainment
* Yapta Raises $2.3 Million for Air Fare Tracking
* Tira Wireless Raised $5 Million for Mobile Content Deployment
For the Week of July 1, 2007
* Dilithium raised $33 Million for mobile video solutions
* Clickable Receives $3 Million for managing search marketing
* Right90 received $12 Million for on-demand sales forecasting
* Loyalty Lab received $7 Million for CRM marketing and analytics
* iContact received $3.5 Million for an outsourced email communication tool
About Venture Capital Update
VentureCapitalUpdate.com provides funding news on web 2.0 new media and internet related fundings. The editor is a successful entrepreneur, Internet marketer, technologist, and attorney. His background includes a degree in computer science, a law degree, and is a licensed attorney as well as a licensed patent attorney, also has twice raised venture capital, on both coasts.
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