A plataforma SocialGo, adversária da conhecida Ning, conseguiu uma excelente ronda de angariação de capital, como se pode ler nesta notícia do TechCrunch...

"SocialGO, the community building platform which in the past positioned itself against the likes of Ning, has secured $2.2m in funding from nine institutions in its largest fund raising to date. Since the startup is already floated on the AIM public market in the UK, the fund round lead by First Columbus, its secondary broker, and values the company at $24m. Prior to this it raised $800,000 from Veddis Ventures.

The institutions that took part were mainly private client funds that invest in small cap businesses. Some invested in previous rounds and will be announced in a public filing today. Alex Halliday, CEO and co-founder – who, at 25, happens to be also Britain’s youngest public CEO – told us the round was heavily oversubscribed. Bentworth Holdings Limited, in which former PartyGaming MD Vikrant Bhargava, a non-executive director, holds an indirect beneficial interest, owns 20.4 per cent of the company, according to a company filing." (...)


Continue a sua leitura no site TechCrunch

Última notícia do Facebook no Portal de Tecnologia Mashable - o Facebook angaria 1.5 biliões de dólares através de capital de risco, tendo agora um valor estimado de 50 biliões de dólares...que mais nos reservará este negócio que começou com apenas mil dólares, cujo seu fundador foi considerado "Personalidade do Ano 2010" e cujo filme que relata a sua história é um sério candidato aos Óscares?

"Facebook has just announced that it has raised $1.5 billion in venture funding from Digital Sky Technologies, Goldman Sachs and clients of the investment bank. With this round, Facebook is officially worth $50 billion.

“Our business continues to perform well, and we are pleased to be able to bolster our cash position with this new financing,” Facebook CFO David Ebersman said in its announcement. “With this investment completed, we now have greater financial flexibility to explore whatever opportunities lie ahead.” (...)

Continue a sua leitura em: http://mashable.com/2011/01/21/facebook-raises-1-5-billion-now-worth-50-billion/