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:  F231109-326
 
Business:  BuyWithMe.com
Web:  http://www.buywithme.com
Location:  USA, Boston, MA
Region:  North America
Business description:  The company is focused on providing  marketing solutions using group buying mechanisms and leveraging social media. By aggregating the purchasing power of its buyer network, the company enables special pricing to be made available only to the groups of users that band together on its site.  These deals deliver immediate customer interest and merchants get a very effective “pay-per-customer” marketing medium with great recognition and no risk.
Category: Social Network, Retail
Contact 1:  Andrew Moss, CEO and founder of BuyWithMe.com
Contact 2:  Nicholas Beim, General Partner at Matrix Partners
 
Investors:  Matrix Partners
  
Amount raised:  $5,500,000  
 
Details:  BuyWithMe.com has secured $5.5 million in growth capital from Matrix Partners.  The company intends to scale rapidly, benefiting from its loyal vendor relationships and tens of thousands of dedicated buyers from three initial markets of Boston, Washington DC and San Diego.  Under the terms of the agreement, Nicholas Beim, General Partner at Matrix Partners, will join BuyWithMe’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
  
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Database Reference:  F231109-327
 
Business:  Sway, Inc. (Shoutlet)
Web:  http://www.shoutlet.com
Location:  USA,  Middleton, WI
Region:  North America
Business description:  Sway, Inc. is a Middleton, Wisconsin-based social media company which licenses its social media marketing platform, Shoutlet. Founded in 2004, Sway, Inc. works with leading B2C and B2B companies to integrate Shoutlet into their overarching social media outreach efforts.
Category: Social Network, Marketing
Contact 1:  Jason Weaver, Sway, Inc. CEO
Contact 2:  Steve Miller, Managing Director at Origin Ventures
 
Investors:  Origin Ventures and Leo Capital Holdings   
Amount raised:  $2,000,000 
 
Details:  Sway, Inc. has secured a $2 million Series A funding round to support the growth of Shoutlet, its social media content distribution and communications platform. The financing was co-led by Origin Ventures and Leo Capital Holdings, both based in suburban Chicago. This funding follows a $1.2 million seed round raised in 2007.  Current Shoutlet customers include American Family Insurance, Solo, and Cannondale.

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:  F231109-328
 
Business:  Blippy
Web:  http://www.blippy.com    Twitter
Location:  USA, Palo Alto, CA
Region:  North America
Business description:  Social media “sharing” site for users to post and follow each other’s updates about their purchases of goods and services.
Category: Social Network
Contact 1:  Ashvin Kumar, Co-Founder, CEO
Contact 2:  Chris Estreich, Co-Founder, CTO
Contact 3:  Philip Kaplan, Co-Founder, President
 
Investors:  Investors include Charles River Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Ron Conway, Philip Kaplan, Evan Williams (Twitter CEO), Jason Calacanis (CEO Mahola), James Hong, and Ariel Poler.
 
Amount raised:  $1,600,000
 
Details:  Live since 14th January 2010 Bliipy is described as the “Twitter of personal finance” and is often compared with Twitter because it is based on that company’s open sharing model. The company has raised $1.6 million in its seed round.

Link:  WSJ blog

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:  F231109-329
 
Business:  Beezag
Web:  http://www.beezag.com
Location:  USA, New York, NY
Region:  North America
Business description:  Targeted delivery of customized video ads to vetted individuals in real time through any Internet-capable device. These consumers earn money for viewing ads geared to their product preferences, plus they receive exclusive discounts and offers.
Category: Advertising
Contact 1:  Richard Smullen, Co-Founder and CEO
Contact 2:  Laurent Alhadeff, Co-Founder and President
Contact 3:  Steven Spencer, COO 
Contact 4:  Brian Dick, CRO
Contact 5:  Antoinne Spillmann, MD, Bruellan Wealth Management
 
Investors:  Bruellan Wealth Management

Amount raised:  $2,500,000
 
Details:  According to TechCrunch, targeted video advertising service Beezag has raised $2.5 million.

Link:  TechCrunch
  
 
 Targeted video advertising service Beezag raises $2.5 million.

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:  F231109-323
 
Business:  Get Satisfaction
Web:  http://www.getsatisfaction.com
Location:  USA, San Francisco, CA
Region:  North America
Business description:  Get Satisfaction is “a place where customers and companies can come together to answer each others’ questions: questions about shipping, pricing, fulfillment, the product itself, and myriad other details.”
Category: Forum
Contact 1:  Wendy Lea, CEO 
Contact 2:  Thor Muller, CTO 
Contact 3:  Lane Becker, President    
 
Investors:  Undisclosed
 
Amount raised:  $2.3 million 
 
Details:  Get Satisfaction has raised $2.3 million of a planned $3.5 million round according to an SEC filing.

Link:  Regulatory filing