When Facebook ad networks Lookery, Cubics, Adonomics and Social Media got an early start with their Facebook ad networks and raised funding, they surely thought they were in the sweet spot for riches. We imagine they thought they would be cashing out as mobile ad network Ad Mob did with its Google buy-out. It must feel like whip-lash that both of these firms struck out and have been salvedged with buy-outs from a Kansas city outfit called AdKnowledge. It must be cruel for them to learn that others in social media monetization are making bank with games-makers like Zynga making bank with offers companies not far behind . Full story...
Play Media, out of Somerville, MA, has secured $450K of a $600K seed funding round. 3Play works on transcription, captioning, and audio search.
Ithaca,NY-based Aero Farm Systems has raised $500K in seed funding from The Quercus Trust and 21Ventures.
AMEE, a company that provides technology for enterprises to calculate greenhouse emissions, has raised $5.
Shopping club Brands4friends.de, based in Berlin, has made an investment in similar site SecretSale, although they are not disclosing.
Angel-backed EventVue has closed its doors. The startup has set-up a business to add some functions of offline events to the online world.
LA-based Ranker has raised $750K in a seed investment round and plans to tack on another $250K to the seed round.
Many of the residents of Marin County California will soon have a choice as to whom they want providing their electricity.
Mountain View-based LensVector came out of stealth today, and says it has closed $30M in a Series C and has now raised $50M.
Monthly revenue is declining by less than $1 million at Ormat Technologies’ (NYSE:ORA) Puna Power Plant in Hawaii due to a decline in the supply of steam.