Comments on: Wetpaint Raises $25 Million and Launches Wetpaint Injected

By: Developer's Corner: Why Wikidot Rulez

Developer's Corner: Why Wikidot Rulez — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:49:05 +0000

[...] Wetpaint look quite nice, but has anoying Google Ads everywhere. (I’ve read, they have $40 million capital). [...]

By: YM Ousley

YM Ousley — Mon, 19 May 2008 20:27:28 +0000

Nice service, but for an offering touting SEO benefits they have a few improvements to make. To start, it would be nice to see unique titles for each of the pages (looks like the default is to have all pages with the same title).

For a system that really offers SEO benefits, MediaWiki still seems to be the best bet. The WYSIWYG editor and customizable templates certainly give it a good start, and if they improve the code structure and targeted SEO elements seems like a pretty solid offering.

By: Paco Underhill

Paco Underhill — Mon, 19 May 2008 19:57:47 +0000

DAG Ventures. Good show, chaps. Throwing money at KP picks and hoping for the best is a fine strategy as far as investment strategies go. You take the risk, KP takes the gain. Cheerio!

Here’s a question: To what extent do these larger than necessary investments serve to stifle competition and in turn stunt options for us buyers/users? If the game becomes about who can raise the most — then the focus seems to be about optimizing for intimidation and market manipulation. It becomes about winning vs. being the best. And those aren’ t the same things.

By: Blake Cahill

Blake Cahill — Mon, 19 May 2008 17:16:15 +0000

Congrats to Ben and company! Great to see another Seattle firm doing so well.

Blake Cahill
Visible Technologies

By: Nigel Eccles

Nigel Eccles — Mon, 19 May 2008 15:21:38 +0000

Nice one to raise the round in anticipation of the new product launch. I think their will be a lot of demand for it. Getting the software server side makes all the difference from a SEO perspective. I guess though it will be harder to get partners to commit the extra development time (thus the need to ramp up business development).

By: Wetpaint recibe 25 millones en Serie C

Wetpaint recibe 25 millones en Serie C — Mon, 19 May 2008 08:27:52 +0000

[...] al desarrollo de wikis cuyo contenido está creado por los socios de la compañía y los usuarios, ha recibido 25 millones de dólares en una ronda de financiación Serie C, con lo que la financiación total de la compañía asciende a 40 millones de [...]

By: Emil

Emil — Mon, 19 May 2008 07:07:10 +0000

Somehow I find it wrong for companies like this (and Ning) to raise big bucks on anything except for infrastructure.

These companies finally look for more aggressive monetizing than they should aim at. Or they look at dearer acquisition which also leads to the same from the new owner. In both cases the end users are those who suffer.

(another opinion from a competitior).

By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » Wetpaintが$25M（2500万ドル）の資金調達＆Wetpaint Injectedを始動

Mon, 19 May 2008 06:35:44 +0000

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By: Dan Helfman

Dan Helfman — Mon, 19 May 2008 06:13:26 +0000

I imagine $40 million could help build out a sales team to sell their new product. (Just speculation from a competitor.)

By: Binaryday

Binaryday — Mon, 19 May 2008 04:59:05 +0000

what do they need $40 million for?? buying servers???

By: Jordan Mitchell

Jordan Mitchell — Mon, 19 May 2008 04:52:16 +0000

Smart of Ben to capitalize on the obvious appetite in the investment community!

By: MyMesh.com

MyMesh.com — Mon, 19 May 2008 04:44:00 +0000

Interesting service.. and already 3rd round in a short period of time, impressive!

By: Wetpaint Launches API and Platform

Wetpaint Launches API and Platform — Mon, 19 May 2008 04:24:51 +0000

[...] Wetpaint began in 2005 as a wiki platform but have since expanded in a number of directions including social networking. Now there are over 900,000 Wetpaint sites. This new platform and API will further expand how and where their service can be applied (not to mention the $25 million they just raised). [...]

By: antje

antje — Mon, 19 May 2008 04:14:55 +0000

they just launched this at 9pm, you are fast!

By: Harry Lorence

Harry Lorence — Mon, 19 May 2008 04:13:51 +0000

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