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Passenger Gains $7.5M More

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Los Angeles-based Passenger , a developer of private social networking sites for brands, said today that it has raised an additional $7.5M The round came from Shelter Capital Partners, StarVest Partners, and Steamboat Ventures, all existing investors in the firm. in an investment. READ MORE>>.

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Passenger Gets Win With NYSE Euronext

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Passenger said that the community is for investor relations executives of NYSE-listed companies. Passenger is venture backed by Shelter Capital Partners, StarVest Partners, and Steamboat Ventures. Tags: passenger online social networking software nyse euronext. Financial impact of the win was not disclosed.

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Venture Conference Highlights SoCal Startups

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The conference, held at the Westin South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, featured pitches by eight different companies vying for the attention--and pocketbooks--of venture capitalists. David Sacks, one of the co-founders of PayPal, pitched Geni.com, an online site focused on both family trees and social networking.