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Passenger Self-Service Community Software

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Los Angeles-based Passenger , a developer of software used by brands to run online communities for their customers, announced today that it has released a new version of its platform. Previously, Passenger provided full-service development of those communities. READ MORE>>.

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EdgeCast Gets $54M For Content Delivery Efforts

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The new funding was led by Performance Equity Management, and also included existing investors Menlo Ventures and Steamboat Ventures. EdgeCast said the Series D growth investment will go towards developing and launching new services. edgecast venture capital content delivery network internet traffic'

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EdgeCast Networks Raises $10M

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EdgeCast said the round was led by Menlo Ventures, and also includes an investment from Steamboat Ventures, a prior investor in the company. The new funding will go towards developing and launching new value-added services, expand its network, and for sales and marketing.

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Passenger Wins Microsoft

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Los Angeles-based Passenger , which develops private, online communities for brands to help them gain insight into their customers, said today that Microsoft Corp. Passenger said that Microsoft has been using the company's service since the beginning of 2008, to gain insight into members of Generation Y, the target of Microsoft's KIN brand.

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EdgeCast Partners With Deutsche Telekom

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Deutsche Telekom ICSS, which is the wholesale division of Deutsche Telekom, is announcing today that it will launch a new content delivery solution which it has developed in partnership with EdgeCast Networks. EdgeCast offers content delivery services, and is backed by Steamboat Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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Why The Growth Of The Internet Is Driving EdgeCast's Revenues

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The company--which is in the business of operating a content delivery network (CDN) to accelerate the delivery of web graphics, multimedia, applications, and more to end users-- recently disclosed it more than doubled its revenues in 2012, and has grown to over 230 employees--all due to a huge amount of demand for CDN services by its customers.

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Venture Conference Highlights SoCal Startups

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Sacks also talked about Yammer.com, the firm's business-focused, instant messaging service recently spun out as a side project of the company and which has seen a great deal of attention from its recent award at the TechCrunch conference.