Comments on: Slide Gets Big Funding? http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080118/slide-gets-big-funding/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: PDA’s Newsbucket | Richard Hartley http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080118/slide-gets-big-funding/#comment-76822 PDA’s Newsbucket | Richard Hartley Fri, 07 Oct 2011 01:19:31 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080118/slide-gets-big-funding/#comment-76822 [...] gets big funding?A recent round could value the popular social networking tool at $60-80m. Source: BoomTownBloggers push China to prosecute beating deathCity officials in Tianmen are being punished and [...] [...] gets big funding?A recent round could value the popular social networking tool at $60-80m. Source: BoomTownBloggers push China to prosecute beating deathCity officials in Tianmen are being punished and [...]

]]> By: Cambridge Cluster » Blog Archive » Slide your way to $550million http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080118/slide-gets-big-funding/#comment-2650 Cambridge Cluster » Blog Archive » Slide your way to $550million Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:03:36 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080118/slide-gets-big-funding/#comment-2650 [...] Valleywag fills in the details on Max Levichin’s widget maker Slide taking on funding. The key is the customer engagement figure of 150million users. With that figure you are not going to have a wash-out round! Another great Equity Fingerprint and I think that Reid Hoffman had an early gulp at Slide. He seemed to brag about when SV n Cambridge. Boomtown has the details. [...] [...] Valleywag fills in the details on Max Levichin’s widget maker Slide taking on funding. The key is the customer engagement figure of 150million users. With that figure you are not going to have a wash-out round! Another great Equity Fingerprint and I think that Reid Hoffman had an early gulp at Slide. He seemed to brag about when SV n Cambridge. Boomtown has the details. [...]

]]> By: How Much Money Are Facebook Apps Making? Not Much Apparently | Venture Chronicles http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080118/slide-gets-big-funding/#comment-2630 How Much Money Are Facebook Apps Making? Not Much Apparently | Venture Chronicles Tue, 29 Jan 2008 06:15:33 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080118/slide-gets-big-funding/#comment-2630 [...] that much of what I have just written flies in the face of accepted wisdom, and RockYou and Slide both just raised big $$, as well as Facebook itself, but I would caution anyone that private company valuations have never [...] [...] that much of what I have just written flies in the face of accepted wisdom, and RockYou and Slide both just raised big $$, as well as Facebook itself, but I would caution anyone that private company valuations have never [...]

]]> By: Slide Raises 50 Millions, valuated at 500 Millions–Widgets Lab http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080118/slide-gets-big-funding/#comment-2572 Slide Raises 50 Millions, valuated at 500 Millions–Widgets Lab Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:44:24 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080118/slide-gets-big-funding/#comment-2572 [...] a 9-percent stake of the company at a valuation of $500 million. Kara Swisher of BoomTown had first reported inklings of the news this [...] [...] a 9-percent stake of the company at a valuation of $500 million. Kara Swisher of BoomTown had first reported inklings of the news this [...]

]]> By: Kara Swisher http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080118/slide-gets-big-funding/#comment-2522 Kara Swisher Sat, 19 Jan 2008 08:46:30 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080118/slide-gets-big-funding/#comment-2522 Steven: Indeed, bubbles in tech never surprise me. Steven:

Indeed, bubbles in tech never surprise me.

]]> By: Kara Swisher http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080118/slide-gets-big-funding/#comment-2521 Kara Swisher Sat, 19 Jan 2008 08:42:56 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080118/slide-gets-big-funding/#comment-2521 Chris: Indeed. Although a bit frothy, if you ask me. This is now starting to feel like 1999. Zynga is interesting, as is Mark Pincus who runs it. Chris:

Indeed. Although a bit frothy, if you ask me. This is now starting to feel like 1999.

Zynga is interesting, as is Mark Pincus who runs it.

]]> By: Kara Swisher http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080118/slide-gets-big-funding/#comment-2520 Kara Swisher Sat, 19 Jan 2008 08:41:22 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080118/slide-gets-big-funding/#comment-2520 Brian: Yep! http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080118/slip-sliding-into-a-fortune/ Brian:

Yep!

http://kara.allthingsd.com/200.....a-fortune/

]]> By: Steven Yevoli http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080118/slide-gets-big-funding/#comment-2515 Steven Yevoli Sat, 19 Jan 2008 03:15:30 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080118/slide-gets-big-funding/#comment-2515 Amazing but cant be too surpised. This is all part of the "Facebook Effect" where more and more VC's are going to hitch a ride to companies developing apps for Facebook in the hopes of riding the valuation wave. We are profiling more and more deals that are directly related to Facebook application development at www.capitalchaos.com Amazing but cant be too surpised. This is all part of the “Facebook Effect” where more and more VC’s are going to hitch a ride to companies developing apps for Facebook in the hopes of riding the valuation wave.
We are profiling more and more deals that are directly related to Facebook application development at http://www.capitalchaos.com

]]> By: chris herbert http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080118/slide-gets-big-funding/#comment-2513 chris herbert Sat, 19 Jan 2008 01:26:20 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080118/slide-gets-big-funding/#comment-2513 Seems like a good funding period for widget companies right now. Fred Wilson at Union Square Ventures in NYC announced funding last week for Zynga Game Network, which runs games inside of social networks. So where does this put us regarding the bubble question? Seems that the tech world is still bullish while Wall St. is becoming increasingly worried. Seems like a good funding period for widget companies right now. Fred Wilson at Union Square Ventures in NYC announced funding last week for Zynga Game Network, which runs games inside of social networks.

So where does this put us regarding the bubble question? Seems that the tech world is still bullish while Wall St. is becoming increasingly worried.

]]> By: Slip-Sliding Into a Fortune | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080118/slide-gets-big-funding/#comment-2512 Slip-Sliding Into a Fortune | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD Sat, 19 Jan 2008 01:11:54 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080118/slide-gets-big-funding/#comment-2512 [...] « Previous Post [...] [...] « Previous Post [...]

]]> By: Slide Funded for $50 Million at $500 Valuation - Technozzle http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080118/slide-gets-big-funding/#comment-2503 Slide Funded for $50 Million at $500 Valuation - Technozzle Fri, 18 Jan 2008 21:43:04 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080118/slide-gets-big-funding/#comment-2503 [...] Coverage over Mashable, Kara Swisher, GigaOM, Mathew Ingram and ValleyWag. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Ftechnozzle.com%2F%3Fp%3D51'; [...] [...] Coverage over Mashable, Kara Swisher, GigaOM, Mathew Ingram and ValleyWag. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Ftechnozzle.com%2F%3Fp%3D51′; [...]

]]> By: For Serious? Slide Valued at $500M - GigaOM http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080118/slide-gets-big-funding/#comment-2501 For Serious? Slide Valued at $500M - GigaOM Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:45:42 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080118/slide-gets-big-funding/#comment-2501 [...] a 9-percent stake of the company at a valuation of $500 million. Kara Swisher of BoomTown had first reported inklings of the news this [...] [...] a 9-percent stake of the company at a valuation of $500 million. Kara Swisher of BoomTown had first reported inklings of the news this [...]

]]> By: VentureBeat » Slide raising round? A show of support for Facebook applications? http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080118/slide-gets-big-funding/#comment-2500 VentureBeat » Slide raising round? A show of support for Facebook applications? Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:37:04 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080118/slide-gets-big-funding/#comment-2500 [...] Widget-maker Slide may be closing a large round of funding that could value the company at “many times a multiple” of its previous valuation of $60 to $80 million, according to Kara Swisher at AllThingsD. [...] [...] Widget-maker Slide may be closing a large round of funding that could value the company at “many times a multiple” of its previous valuation of $60 to $80 million, according to Kara Swisher at AllThingsD. [...]

]]> By: Confirmed: Slide Raises $50 Million at $500 Million Valuation http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080118/slide-gets-big-funding/#comment-2499 Confirmed: Slide Raises $50 Million at $500 Million Valuation Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:29:43 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080118/slide-gets-big-funding/#comment-2499 [...] the company at $500 million, according to The New York Times Bits blog. Earlier today Kara Swisher reported that Slide was set to receive a fresh investment that would value the company at “many times” [...] [...] the company at $500 million, according to The New York Times Bits blog. Earlier today Kara Swisher reported that Slide was set to receive a fresh investment that would value the company at “many times” [...]

]]> By: Rumor: Slide “Slides” into Big Funding-- bub.blicio.us http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080118/slide-gets-big-funding/#comment-2498 Rumor: Slide “Slides” into Big Funding-- bub.blicio.us Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:16:18 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080118/slide-gets-big-funding/#comment-2498 [...] Swisher’s network is pretty well-informed. So if she says Slide “may be” getting a big round of funding, I’ll pay [...] [...] Swisher’s network is pretty well-informed. So if she says Slide “may be” getting a big round of funding, I’ll pay [...]

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