Two Austin, Texas-based startups trying to make their way into increasingly crowded markets get to announce funding rounds this morning for a combined total of $7.2 million:
OneSpot has raised a healthy 4.2 million in Series A funding led by Silver Creek Ventures and joined by returning investors like Mike Maples (former Executive VP of Worldwide Products at Microsoft) and Pat Horner (cofounder and former President/COO of Perot Systems). OneSpot dubs itself a “Web Content Curation Company”, and essentially helps web publishers offer links to relevant news items from across the internet through widgets.
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Web analytics firm 7 Billion People got a $3 million cash infusion from SmithCo Investments. It’s the first round of funding for the company, which employs a team of psychologists, behavioral scientists, IT professionals and engineers that build software products that gather information about website visitors in order to personalize their e-commerce experience.
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never heard about this before..well nice to hear
what a great tool.
I wish them much success.
Thanks Robin! We’re very excited about the round.
For your readers who want to read more, they can check out post on the OneSpot blog.
It’s nice to see good ideas still getting funding. With all the negative press about the world ending this is proof that good ideas are still viable.
Yeah, Austin!!! Good job, folks.
Congrats Matt!
Always enjoy your posts. Very informative. Thanks!