Search - Friday, August 31, 2007
Sand Hill VC Firm Invests In Stealth Mode Travel Search Site Kango
The a:c has been tipped of to another new stealthy funding. A stone's throw down the street from Rapouts (and Facebook and Edgeio) is a stealth mode travel search startup called Kango. This startup plans to help families to plan kid-friendly trips. When the launch in private beta, users will get data like the ratio of kids to care-givers. how many kids on average are in a group, activities, hours, etc. If you have kids, you will get the value immediately. Sites like Expedia are not very helpful in guiding family friendly trips and if you have kids in toe, that's priority number one. The company is backed by NG Venture's Elliot Ng. Kango appears to have raised a substantial amount of seed funding as its has 4+ people on the job and has 4-5 open jobs reqs. View - site... Continue...
Advertising - Friday, August 31, 2007
Rapouts Funded For SocNet Audio/Video Marketing
The a:c is first to report that Palo Alto-based Rapouts has raised angel funding from "superstar Silicon Valley angel investors." Rapouts is not saying who are its investors are how much they put in at this point. You can get an the gist of RapOuts by visiting their pre-launch web site where short audio clips will hit you with requests for donations to various causes. The company says it is building a video player with Ruby. Rapouts want to leverage MySpace and Facebook to get people to put these clips on their sites. They also say there is a for-profit side of the business as well. Rapouts was founded by CTO Noah Horton with two other co-founders. View - site... Continue...
News & Updates - Friday, August 31, 2007
Korean/Los Angeles Frozen Yogurt Purveyor Red Mango Funded
A friend from LA was telling us about the new sensation in his town over the Korean born Red Mango frozen yogurt business. He says its over-rated and is disappointed that they only have two flavors - plain and green tea. But he says their simple marketing plan is genius. At any time of day there is a line out the door, which makes people wonder what the fuss is about and so they stop their cars and get in line. Our buddy says the reason for the line is that Red Mango places their counter right at the door. Red Mango USA has now raised a round of venture capital from Stone Canyon Venture Partners. Amount of the investment has not been disclosed. UPDATE: Readers point us to Red Mango's direct competitor, Pink Berry, which has expanded quickly on the same model as Red Mango, down to building lines out the door. View - site... Continue...
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