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:  F231109-260
 
Business:  PaperG
Web:  http://paperg.com/
Location:  USA, New Haven, CT
Region:  North America
Business description:  Online ad platforms. Their Flyerboard platform is a virtual bulletin board on around 50 leading local websites across the USA.
Category: Advertising
Contact 1:  Victor Wong – Chief Executive Officer
Contact 2:  Roger Lee – Chief Operating Officer
Contact 3:  Victor Cheng – Chief Technology Officer

Investors:  Launch Capital led the round. Among the other participants included AppNexus CEO Brian O’Kelley, former Boston.com publisher Steve Taylor, and Recovering Journalist’s Mark Potts.

Round:  Round B
Amount raised:  $1,100,000
 
Details:  Local online ad tech provider PaperG has raised $1.1 million in its second round of funding. The funds will be partly ised to recruit more staff.

Link:  PaidContent

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
  
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Database Reference:  
 F231109-259
Business:  
Web:  Vizu Corporation
Location:  http://www.vizo.com
Region:  USA, San Francisco, CA
Business description:  North America
Category: Real time online brand ad effectiveness metrics platform
Contact 1:  Market Research
Contact 2:  Dan Beltramo, Chief Executive Officer
   
Investors:  co-lead by iNovia Capital and Greycroft Partners with participation from existing investors including Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Esther Dyson
 
Amount raised:  $6,750,000
Participants:   4

Details:  Vizu Corporation, a real time online brand ad effectiveness metrics platform, has completed a $6.75M round of financing co-lead by iNovia Capital and Greycroft Partners with participation from existing investors including Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Esther Dyson.

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
 
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Database Reference:  F231109-258
 
Business:  Groupon
Web:  http://www.groupon.com
Location:  Chicago, IL
Region:  North America
Business description:  Offer online users deep discounts on local deals – spas, sky diving lessons, hotels, restaurants, golf, whtaever. Discounts range from 40%-90% of the normal price. If enough people buy into the offer, everyone gets the deal. If there aren’t enough people, no one gets the deal.
Category: Ecommerce
Contact 1:  Andrew Mason Founder/CEO
Contact 2:  Ken Pelletier CTO
 
Investors:  New investor Accel Partners and existing investor New Enterprise Associates
 
Round:  Round B
Amount raised:  $30,000,000
Participants:  2
 
Details:  Groupon has raised a Series B financing round of $30 million – from new investor Accel Partners and existing investor New Enterprise Associates. Accel’s Kevin Efrusy joins Groupon’s board of directors.

Link:  TechCrunch

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:  F231109-257
 
Business:  StockTwits
Web:  http://www.stocktwits.com
Location:  USA, Phoenix, AZ
Region:  North America
Business description:  An open, community-powered idea and information service for investments.It takes financial related data – using Twitter as the content production platform – and structures it by stock, user, reputation, etc.
Category: Financial information
Contact 1:  Howard Lindzon, co-Founder and CEO
Contact 2:  Soren Macbeth, co-Founder and CTO
 
Investors:  Led by Foundry Group and returning investor True Ventures as well as Brad Feld.

Round:  Round B
Amount raised:  $3,000,000
Participants:  3
 
Details:  StockTwits has closed a $3m Series B financing round led by Foundry Group and returning investor True Ventures as well as Brad Feld.

Link:  StockTwits Blog (see December 2nd, 2009 entry)

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:  F231109-257
 
Acquirer:  SimpleTuition
ACQ Web:  http://www.simpletuition.com
Location:  USA, Newton, MA
Region:  North America
Description:  Personalized student loan research and comparison
Category:  Financial information
Contact:  Kevin Walker, co-founder and CEO
 
Vendor:  Tuition Coach
Vendor Web:  http://www.tuitioncoach.com
Location:  USA, San Matwo, CA
Region:  North America
Description:  Personalized college financial guidance
Category: Financial information
Contact 1:  Monisha Perkash, co-founder and CEO

Aprox. Value:  Undisclosed
 
Details:  SimpleTuition, Inc., online student loan research and comparison, has acquired TuitionCoach, a website for personalized college financial guidance. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
 
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

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Database Reference:  F231109-256
 
Business:  Seeking Alpha
Web:  http://seekingalpha.com
Location:  USA, New York, NY
Region:  North America
Business description:  Stock market opinion and analysis, and  finance discussion.
Category: Media owner
Contact 1:  David Jackson, Founder
Contact 2:  Mick Weinstein, Editor-in-chief
 
Investors:  Led by first-time investor DAG Ventures with participation from existing investors Benchmark Capital and Accel Partners.
 
Round:  Round B
Amount raised:  $7,000,000
Participants:  3
 
Details:  Financial information and analysis community Seeking Alpha has recently closed a Series B round of financing of around $7 million.
Link:  TechCrunch

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

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Database Reference:  F231109-255
 
Business:  HipLogic
Web:  http://www.hiplogic.com
Location:  Fremont, CA
Region:  North America
Business description:  The HipLogic platform improves content and application discoverability, provides a consistent user experience across all handset models, and optimizes data traffic on cellular networks.
Category: Mobile
Contact:  Mark Anderson, President and CEO
 
 
Investors:  Existing investors Benchmark Capital and Stage 1 Ventures as well as new investors Bay Partners, who led the round, and Accrue Sports and Entertainment Ventures.
 
Round:  Round B
Amount raised:  $7,000,000
Participants:  5
 
Details:  HipLogic, Inc. has raised $7 million in Series B funding to further develop and deploy its mobile application platform.
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
 
 
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Database Reference:  F231109-254
Business:  Zorap
Web:  http://www.zorap.com
Location:  USA, Maine,
Region:  North America
Business description: Private video chat rooms  
Category:  Communication

Contact:  Barry Spencer, President

Investor:   Undisclosed, private investors

Amount raised:  $1,350,000
Participants:   2

Details:  Zorap, a video conference and media sharing business, has raised $1.35 million from private investors, according to an SEC filing.

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

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Database Reference:  F231109-252

Business:  Panraven
Web:  http://www.panraven.com/home/homepage.html
Location:  USA, Cambridge, MA
Region:  North America
Business description:  Online story-telling service is built to serve as your life memory bank
Category: User Content Host
Contact:  Frode Eilertsen, President
  
Amount raised:   $2,725,000
 
Details:  Panraven has raised $2.725 million according to an SEC filing. Panraven say that their story-telling service is built to serve as your life memory bank. They also partner with tour operators and cruise lines to bring a co-branded  online journaling experience to their travelers.

Link:  Regulatory Filing