Fusion Corporate Partners

The Fusion Team have completed over 70 digital and media transactions for its private, corporate and private equity clients. For more information contact pkelly@fusioncorp.co.uk or visit our website
 
FUND RAISING 
Database Reference:  F231109-338
 
Business:  EDGAR Online
Web:  http://www.edgar-online.com 
Location:  USA, New York, NY
Region:  North America
Business description:  Nasdaq – EDGR. Distributor of public company filings and provider of the XBRL financial reporting standard
Category: Financial
Contact 1:  Philip Moyer, CEO, EDGAR Online
Contact 2:  John Ferrara, CFO, EDGAR Online
Contact 3:  Jeffrey Schwartz, Founding Partner and Managing Director, Bain Capital Ventures 
Contact 4:  John Connolly, Operating Partner, Bain Capital Ventures   LinkedIn
Investors:  Bain Capital Ventures, an affiliate of Bain Capital
 
Amount raised:  $12,000,000
 
Details:  Bain Capital Ventures is to purchase $12 million worth of convertible Series B Preferred Stock of EDGAR Online. the company expects to use the newly-secured funding to scale its position in the filing business associated with XBRL, the eXtensible Business Reporting Language standard, and simultaneously invest to expand its data and subscription offerings. Jeffrey Schwartz and John Connolly, of Bain Capital Ventures, will be joining EDGAR Online’s Board of Directors.

Link:  Press Release

The Fusion Team have completed over 70 digital and media transactions for its private, corporate and private equity clients. For more information contact pkelly@fusioncorp.co.uk or visit our website
 
FUND RAISING 
Database Reference:  F231109-337
 
Business:  Fabulis
Web:  http://www.fabulis.com
Other Web Links: Blog
Location:  
Region:  North America
Business description:  From the Fabulis Blog, “fabulis is the social network that helps gay men connect with amazing experiences nearby and around the world.”
Category: Social Network
Contact:  Jason Goldberg, founder and CEO
 
Investors:  

Amount raised:  $625,000  
 
Details:  fabulis has closed $625,000 of seed financing today. The funds will beused to launch fabulis in spring 2010 simultaneously on the web and on the iPhone

Link:  Company Announcement

The Fusion Team have completed over 70 digital and media transactions for its private, corporate and private equity clients. For more information contact pkelly@fusioncorp.co.uk or visit our website

ACQUISITION 
FDN Database Reference:  F231109-313
 
Acquirer:  Martini Media
ACQ Web:  http://www.martinimedianetwork.com
Other Web Links: Twitter   Blog
Location:  USA, San Francisco, CA
Region:  North America
Description:  Martini Media Network connects premium advertisers with affluent consumers online – the 50M Americans with HHI $100K+. Martini’s vertical media network has over 300 invitation-only, brand-safe publisher websites focusing on the Lifestyles & Passions of the $100K+ HHI Audience, in Channels such as Sailing & Yachting, Travel, Wine, Philanthropy, Golf & Arts. Martini Life, Martini Media’s owned and operated product, is a daily, online lifestyle newsletter targeting affluent enthusiasts in the Bay Area.
Category:  Media Owner, Advertising
Contact 1:  Skip Brand, CEO
Contact 2:  Ryan Kiskis, founder
 
Vendor:  Decision Maker Media
Vendor Web:  http://www.decisionmakermedia.com
Other Web Links: Twitter
Location:  USA, San Francisco, CA
Region:  North America

Description:  Decision Maker Media is a vertical media platform connecting Fortune 1000 advertisers with a targeted audience of top-level managers, company owners, and key decision makers in all small, mid-size and big American businesses. The company has over 750 industry specific websites across more than 70 professions and US business industries.
Category: Media Owner, Advertising
Contact 1:  Michael Downing, founding team
Contact 2:  Pete Scott, Jr., founding team
Contact 3:  Chris Redlitz, founding team
Contact 4:  Beverly Parenti, founding team
 
Aprox. Value:  Undisclosed
 
Details:  Martini Media, the media group targeting affluent consumers, has acquired Decision Maker Media a vertical media platform online capturing Business-Decision-Makers. With the acquisition, Martini Media wil now have more than 40M unique users with annual household incomes exceeding $100K, on a combination of professional and lifestyle sites.
 
Link: Press Release

The Fusion Team have completed over 70 digital and media transactions for its private, corporate and private equity clients. For more information contact pkelly@fusioncorp.co.uk or visit our website
 
FUND RAISING 
Database Reference:  F231109-336

Business:  Yelp
Web:  http://www.yelp.com
Other Web Links: Blog  Facebook  Twitter
Location:  USA, San Francisco, CA
Region:  North America
Business description:  A website that connects people with local businesses. Yelp was founded in San Francisco in July 2004. Since then, Yelp has developed communities across the US, Canada, UK and Ireland; Yelp drew an audience of more than 26 million unique visitors in December 2009. Yelpers have written more than 9 million local reviews on everything from boutiques and mechanics to restaurants and dentists
Category: Reviews, Directory
Contact 1:  Jeremy Stoppelman, Yelp chief executive officer and co-founder
Contact 2:  Marc Bodnick, a Managing Director and Co-Founder, Elevation Partners 
Contact 3:  Bono (lead singer of Irish rock group U2), a Managing Director and Co-Founder of Elevation Partners
Contact 4:  Fred Anderson, a Managing Director and Co-Founder, Elevation Partners  
 
Investors:  Elevation Partners, a newly formed private equity firm that makes large-scale investments in market-leading media, entertainment, and consumer-related
 
Amount raised:  $25,000,000 investment in Yelp through the purchase of Series E preferred stock. Elevation Partners will also seek to increase its total investment in Yelp to $100 million through a planned purchase of shares from vested employees and other eligible shareholders. 
 
Details:  Yelp, the community-led local search site, has announced that private equity firm Elevation Partners has agreed to make a $25 million investment in Yelp. The details of the offer to purchase are expected to be announced to qualified participants in the near future. Yelp plans to use the additional funding to deepen its market leadership position throughout the US, accelerate growth in Canada and throughout Western Europe, and continue the development of innovative mobile applications.

Link:  Press Release

The Fusion Team have completed over 70 digital and media transactions for its private, corporate and private equity clients. For more information contact pkelly@fusioncorp.co.uk or visit our website
 
FUND RAISING 
Database Reference:  F231109-335
 
Business:  Alvenda
Web:  http://www.alvenda.com
Other Web Links: Facebook     Twitter
Location:  USA, Minneapolis, MN
Region:  North America
Business description:  Alvenda operates a distributed commerce network that creates opportunities for selling on Facebook and through advertising media. Alvenda was founded in 2008 by executives with domain expertise in retail software, online retail marketing, and interactive advertising industries. In July of 2009, launched the first store on Facebook with 1-800-FLOWERS.COM.
Category: Social Network, Retail, Advertising
Contact 1:  Wade Gerten, CEO and co-founder
Contact 2:  Brian Howe, Chief Strategy Officer, co-founder
Contact 3:  Jamie Thingelstad – Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer
Contact 4:  Michael Gorman, Managing Director, Split Rock  
 
Investors:  Split Rock Partners www.splitrock.com 
Round:  Series A
Amount raised:  $5,000,000  
 
Details:  Alvenda, Inc. has received $5 million in venture capital funding from Split Rock Partners to support its  growth. Split Rock Managing Director Michael Gorman has joined the Alvenda Board of Directors.”

Link:  Company Announcement

The Fusion Team have completed over 70 digital and media transactions for its private, corporate and private equity clients. For more information contact pkelly@fusioncorp.co.uk or visit our website
 
FUND RAISING 
Database Reference:  F231109-334
 
Business:  Joonto (society.me)
Web:  http://society.me/society/create
Other Web Links: Twitter
Location:  USA, Mountain View, CA
Region:  North America
Business description:  Society is a social publishing platform that helps people start conversations on Twitter and Facebook and to nurture and grow communities of interest.
Category: Social Network
Contact 1:  Leonard Speiser, President, Director and co-founder
Contact 2:  Kelvin Zheng, co founder
 
Investors:  Undisclosed
Amount raised:  $575,000  
 
Details:  Joonto, owner of Society.me, a platform that helps people nurture and grow communities of interest using social networks like Twitter and Facebook, has raised $575,000.

Link:  Regulatory Filing

The Fusion Team have completed over 70 digital and media transactions for its private, corporate and private equity clients. For more information contact pkelly@fusioncorp.co.uk or visit our website
 
ACQUISITION 
FDN Database Reference:  F231109-310
 
Acquirer:  Yellow Pages Group
ACQ Web:  http://www.ypg.com
Other Web Links: Twitter 
Location:  Canada, Montreal, Quebec
Region:  North America
Description:  Yellow Pages Group publishes more than 340 Yellow Pages and residential print directories in Canada. YPG also owns and operates Canada’s most visited online directories – YellowPages.ca and Canada411.ca, along with CanadaPlus.ca, a network of seven local city sites. YellowPages.ca can be accessed on mobile devices atmobile.yp.ca. Yellow Pages Group is indirectly held by Yellow Pages Income Fund (TSX:YLO.UN).
Category:  Directory, Search
Contact 1:  Marc P. Tellier, President and Chief Executive Officer
Contact 2:  Christian M. Paupe, Executive Vice President – Corporate Services and Chief Financial Officer
Contact 3:  Nicolas Gaudreau, Vice President, Digital Media, Yellow Pages Group
 
Vendor:  Restaurantica
Web: http://www.restaurantica.com 
Other Web Links: Twitter  Blog  
Location:  Canada
Region:  North America

Description:  Established in 2003, Restaurantica currently lists some 400,000 restaurants, bars and cafes, with more than 200,000 user-generated reviews on these establishments in North America. Diners in local cities can search by specific neighbourhood and by cuisine type. Restaurantica receives more than 540,000 visits and over 1.7 million page views each month (source: Google Analytics, December 2009).

Category: Reviews, Dining
Contact:  Lance Mohring, President of Restaurantica
  
Aprox. Value:  Undisclosed
 
Details:  Yellow Pages Group (YPG) has completed the acquisition of Restaurantica, one of Canada’s largest growing restaurant and dining communities.This acquisition gives YPG the opportunity to further enhance its local content and meet users’ search needs to find trusted recommendations and reviews.

Link: Press Release