High Technology News and Information for the Pacific Northwest Region
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High Technology News and Information for the Pacific Northwest Region |
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 Monday, February 1, 2010 BlueKai Raises $21M Seattle-based BlueKai, a provider of online advertising analytics and related services, said Monday that it has raised $21M in a funding round. The Series C funding round was led by GGV Capital, and also included prior investors Redpoint Ventures and Battery Ventures. The firm said it has now raised $34.7M in funding, including a prior $13.7M raised in two earlier rounds of funding. Jeff Richards of GGV Capital (formerly Granite Global Ventures) joins the firm's board as part of the fundi (More info...) posted on Monday, February 1, 2010 (More)(Full story) AdReady Powers Pandora SMB Advertising Push Seattle-based AdReady, a developer of advertising display technology, is in a new deal with Internet radio service Pandora, the firms said today. According to Pandora, it is targeting small and medium sized business advertisers with a new dedicated SMB ad sales team, and has tapped AdReady to provide the technology behind the new advertising offering. Financial impact of the deal on AdReady was not disclosed, and other details of the partnership (More info...) posted on Monday, February 1, 2010(Full story) Amazon Suspends Macmillan Books, But Will "Capitulate" To Terms Amazon.com said Sunday that it has suspended sales of Macmillan electronic books in protest over a pricing tiff with the publisher, even though it acknowledged that it will ultimately have to "capitulate" to the publisher's pricing demands. Amazon, which has been battling Macmillan over its demands that the firm price new titles at $15.00, said that while it wants to offer its e-books at its $9.99 price, Macmillan has told the firm that it is committed to charging $12.99 to $14.99 for e-b (More info...) posted on Monday, February 1, 2010(Full story) SEOmoz Exits Consulting Business, Partners With Distilled Seattle-based SEOmoz, a provider of search engine optimization software and services, said this morning that it is exiting the consulting business, and will focus exclusively on its software model. As part of the move, the firm said it has partnered with Distilled which will open up offices in Seattle and take over many of the firm's consulting clients. Financial details of the move were not announced. According to SEOmoz founder Rand Fishkin, th (More info...) posted on Monday, February 1, 2010(Full story) Fios Partners With Electronic Discovery Firm Portland-based Fios, a developer of software-as-a-service and other offerings in the electronic discovery space, said today that it has partnered with kCura, a developer of e-discovery software. According to the firms, Fios has become a Relativity Premium Hosting Partner for kCura's Relativity product, and will provide data management and project management team support for kCura's software offering. Fios is backed by 3i, Digital Partners, Banyan Capital Partners, FBR CoMotion and Fluke V (More info...) posted on Monday, February 1, 2010(Full story) Getty Images Launches New Subscription Image Service Seattle-based Getty Images said this morning that it has launched a new, subscription service focused on stock photography. The firm said the new Thinkstock.com site will offer a subscription service providing images from Getty Images, Jupiterimages, and iStockphoto, including both user generated and professional content. The firm said the new site will offer monthly or yearly subscription options which will give customers access to its entir (More info...) posted on Monday, February 1, 2010(Full story) |
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