NEWS

Clickz
09.02.10
Best Sites, Best Advertising Opportunities

Babble is featured in this piece as one of the “killer websites,” with a “host of digital advertising opportunities for the taking.”

time-logo
08.25.10
Babble Makes Time’s 50 Best Websites 2010

From the helpful to the distracting, the big hitters to the unknowns, TIME offers a road map to the best of the Web. About Babble.com they say, “this online magazine shows just how cool parenting can be, from pregnancy to the preteen years.”

DJ VWP 200
08.24.10
Spirus Eyes Corporate Partner

Spirus Medical Inc. is talking with corporate acquirers interested in its technology to speed diagnosis and treatment of small-bowel disorders.

Wall Street Journal
08.19.10
IPO Hopeful Everyday Health Posts $26.4M Q2 Revenue

IPO registrant Everyday Health Inc. said Thursday it generated $26.4 million in revenue in the second quarter, better than the year-earlier period but shy of last year’s fourth quarter.

barronslogo
08.14.10
DIY Value Analysis

With the overwhelming amount of financial news and data streaming down from the Web, social-investing sites like Trefis  can help you sift through it quickly to find out what really makes your tickers tick.

business week
07.16.10
Cure for the Credit Crunch?
Both Swift Financial and On Deck Capital are featured in this piece about small business lending.
Entrepreneur
07.01.10
The Voices of Venture Capital

Bo Peabody and 3 other leading venture capitalists offer their takes on the ups and downs of VC investment, what captures their attention and the best ways to seek out VC money.

Wall Street Journal
06.18.10
Paying People to ‘Check In’ and Promote Products

IZEA’s new application WeReward is featured in this Wall Street Journal post.

Business Insider
05.25.10
Lucky or Smart top book for Entrepreneurs

Bo Peabody’s Lucky or Smart?included on list of “15 More Books Every Entrepreneur Should Read.” Click here for the full list.

adweek
05.10.10
Paid Brand Conversations to Rise

Industry leader IZEA featured in this piece about brands ramping up plans to compensate bloggers and social media users in an attempt to generate chatter about their products.

new-york-times-logo
05.05.10
Providing Loans Based on Cash Flow, Not Credit Score

With the recession having left many banks reluctant to lend, small businesses have struggled to find other sources of credit. One intriguing alternative is On Deck Capital, which promises to revolutionize lending to small businesses.

Fast Company
04.07.10
Product-Design Startup Quirky Gets $6 Million in VC Funding
Against the odds, Quirky has quickly evolved from a weird (but good) idea into a viable business.
gam_flag_leaf
02.15.10
Small Companies, Big Squeeze

On Deck Capital’s Mitch Jacobs is featured in this piece about the credit crunch facing many American small businesses.

WBJ2
02.15.10
Venture Firms Are Looking For The Exits

Matt Harris of Village Ventures and Will Cowen of Long River Ventures are featured in this piece about the outlook for VC in New England.

Bank Simple Logo Small
09.02.10
Village Ventures Backs BankSimple

BankSimple, raised $2.9 million in its first round of funding. Village Ventures, First Round Capital and IA Ventures led the round

af_logo_inflexion
09.01.10
Inflexion Partners Invests in CallMiner

CallMiner Inc. the leader in enterprise speech analytics today announced it has closed $4 million in Series C financing. Inflexion Partners participated in the round.

logo_ncontact1
08.20.10
Village Ventures Adds to nContact Funding

Medical device company nContact has closed on a $4 million mixed securities offering. Village Ventures and Tall Oaks Capital participated in the round, among others.

odclogo
08.05.10
On Deck Capital Launched Online Credit Evaluation Tools

On Deck Capital unveiled an industry-first set of free online finance tools that help small business owners instantly peer into their credit health and clearly show them options for obtaining a loan.

izea_mini_web
07.08.10
IZEA Licenses Exclusive Industry Report

Through an exclusive agreement with PQ Media, IZEA, Inc. has licensed the recent Social Media Sponsorships Forecast 2010-2014.

balihoo_logo
06.25.10
Balihoo Wins Red Herring 100 North America Award

Balihoo is a winner of the prestigious Red Herring 100 North America Award. The Red Herring 100 North America award identifies the most promising private technology ventures from around the world.

new_logo_web_10
06.24.10
Village Ventures Leads Series B for Extreme Reach

Extreme Reach Inc., a Needham-based video advertising distribution provider, has closed a $9 million Series B funding round. The financing – $7 million in equity and $2 million in term debt – was led by Village Ventures, with additional support from Greycroft Partners and Long River Ventures.

longriver_logo
06.24.10
Long River Ventures Invests in Healthrageous

Boston, Massachusetts-based Healthrageous raised $6 million in funding to help break people of unhealthy habits. North Bridge Venture Partners led the Series A round of financing, which also included Egan-Managed Capital and Long River Ventures.

longriver_logo
06.02.10
Long River Ventures Backs Phreesia

Phreesia, the leading patient check-in company, announced today the close of a $16 million Series D investment. Long River Ventures participated in the round.

trefisLogoBig
06.02.10
Village Ventures Invests in Trefis

Stock analysis startup Trefis has raised $1.6 million of funding from Village Ventures.

swarraton
06.01.10
Swarraton Invests in P2i

P2i Limited, the world leader in liquid repellent nano-coating technology, has completed a £5.5m fund raising. Swarraton Partners participated in this round.

Metamarkets
06.01.10
Village Ventures Backs Metamarkets

Realtime data startup Metamarkets has raised $2.5 million in seed funding. The round included an all star team of investors: IA Ventures (who led the round), Village Ventures, True Ventures, Founder Collective and AOL Ventures, among others.

izea_mini_web
05.25.10
IZEA Launches WeReward

WeReward, a mobile incentive platform that pays cash to consumers for actions they take in the real world, launched in front of more than 1,000 technologists, entrepreneurs and venture capitalists at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in New York City.

demo-logo1
05.17.10
NY companies: Join us Thursday for pitches and drinks at Village Ventures

If you’re thinking about launching your company’s new product at DEMO, the leading conference for emerging technology, consider applying for a special pitch session this Thursday with one of New York’s respected venture capital groups, Village Ventures.

highpeaks_logo
05.12.10
High Peaks Ventures Invests in Ticketfly

Ticketfly closes $3M in Series A funding led by High Peaks Venture Partners and Contour Venture Partners.

odclogo
05.09.10
On Deck Capital Partners with ChamberofCommerce.com

ChamberofCommerce.com has signed an exclusive online marketing partnership with On Deck Capital that will provide their more than one million users access to an innovative proprietary lending formula that is tailor-made for small businesses that may not qualify for a traditional bank loan due to a less-than-perfect credit score.

BorealisMaster2 small
04.13.10
Borealis Ventures Backs SpaceClaim

SpaceClaim Corp., a Concord-based CAD software company, pulled in $5 million in new financing from its backers Borealis Ventures, Kodiak Venture Partners, Needham Capital Partners and North Bridge Venture Partners.

longriver_logo
04.09.10
Long River Ventures Participates in MedVentive Series C

MedVentive announced today the completion of its oversubscribed Series C fundraising. The $10 million in capital is targeted to fuel the company’s next phase of product innovation, which will expand the ability of its technology to reduce costs to purchasers while improving the quality of care to patients.

quirky_logo web]
04.07.10
Village Ventures Contributes to Quirky Funding

Quiky, a social network for product development, has raised $6 million in Series A funding led by RRE Ventures, with Village Ventures, Contour Venture Partners, Lowercase Capital and a small group of angel investors participating in the round.

new_logo_highway12_small
04.05.10
Highway 12 Invests in Cradlepoint Technologies

Boise, Idaho-based Cradlepoint, a developer of 3G/4G wireless broadband routers, has raised a round of funding from Highway 12 Ventures.