article thumbnail

Social Fund-raising Website GoFundMe Buys Detroit Rival CrowdRise

Xconomy

GoFundMe, the Redwood City, CA-based fund-raising platform for charities and nonprofits, has acquired CrowdRise , a Detroit, MI-based rival founded by entrepreneurs Robert Wolfe and Jeffrey Wolfe, and Hollywood philanthropists Edward Norton and Shauna Robertson. Brad Damphousse and Andy Ballester founded GoFundMe in San Diego in 2010.

Funding 40
article thumbnail

Zesty Reinvents Itself With New Cash for Automated Web Tech

Xconomy

Zesty.io, a San Diego Web development firm, has raised $1.3 million in seed funding to spin out its consulting business, and focus instead on providing its core Web content management technology as a subscription-based software-as-a-service. The company, which now has nine full-time.

Web 71
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Wrapify Q&A: Adhesive Giant Puts $3 M in Car Advertising Schtick

Xconomy

After the adhesive products maker Avery Dennison (NYSE: AVY ) recently made a $3 million investment in San Diego-based Wrapify , we tracked down Wrapify CEO James Heller, and stuck him with a few questions about the deal.

article thumbnail

Scientist.com Raises $24M for “Pharma Markets” that Outsource R&D

Xconomy

San Diego’s Scientist.com set out in 2006 to disrupt part of the pharmaceutical business by providing an Amazon-like approach to the business of hiring contract research organizations (CROs). Founding CEO Kevin Lustig said Scientist.com will use the additional cash to expand its operations.

article thumbnail

Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

Both Sides of the Table

I owe ya’ a 20 minute call (or in person next time I’m in San Diego). This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 a couple of people that worked for Softbank plus me got together and with sponsorships from Softbank created a separate venture fund.”. Or, as always, summary notes available below.

article thumbnail

Interview with Raph Koster, Metaplace

socalTECH

Today, San Diego-based Metaplace (www.metaplace.com), which develops virtual world software, is announcing a funding round from Charles River Ventures, Crescendo Ventures, and high profile investors Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz. There are lots of slick entertainment platforms, but there are none that feel like Web 2.0,

Web 100
article thumbnail

Intel Deepens Move into Sports Tech with SportStream Investment

Xconomy

According to a recent ScoreStream statement , San Diego’s Avalon Ventures, a longtime ScoreStream investor, led the round, and was joined by Sinclair Broadcasting, Verizon Ventures, and R/GA Ventures, the investment arm of the advertising agency R/GA. million in a Series A round that includes Intel Capital as an investor.

Avalon 56