Perfect Market Raises $9 Million in New Financing

Pasadena, CA (Vocus/PRWEB) January 18, 2011

Perfect Market, Inc. (http://www.perfectmarket.com), a leading provider of traffic and content optimization solutions for web publishers, has completed a $ 9 million financing round led by Comcast Interactive Capital. Existing investors Idealab, Rustic Canyon Partners, Tribune Company and Trinity Ventures also participated in this financing round.

Perfect Market, headed by CEO Julie Schoenfeld, enables branded publishers to compete in the online economy by creating value from their content. The company was originally formed by Idealab in 2007 and now counts Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and Orlando Sentinel as major customers.

Perfect Market has developed a number of patented technologies that help customers unlock the value of their assets through programs that include traffic generation, content optimization, and improved packaging that all combine to yield improved monetization. The company helps publishers make more money by driving incremental traffic to content that has been 'Perfect Market' optimized.

Perfect Market continues to pioneer online revenue growth strategies for the nations premier publishing brands, Schoenfeld said. The substantial support weve received from investors to date affirms Perfect Markets mission as we satisfy a gap in finding new monetization opportunities for leading web properties in the ever-expanding online advertising marketplace.

Perfect Market has a unique proposition in unlocking value in content from web publishers. Im excited to work with this seasoned management team and impressed by the results that Perfect Market has achieved with its roster of blue chip publishers, said David Horowitz, Managing Director of Comcast Interactive Capital who will join Perfect Markets Board of Directors.

About Perfect Market, Inc.

Perfect Market works with professional publishers to create distribute and monetize content more effectively online. Perfect Markets patented solutions helps publishers, including San Francisco Chronicle, Orlando Sentinel and Chicago Tribune serve readers with exactly what they are looking for in online content. By delivering the right content in the right format to the right user with the right relevancy, Perfect Market has significantly increased the revenue for its publishing partners. Perfect Market is headquartered in Pasadena, CA with offices in New York.

Resources:

*About Perfect Market (@perfectmarket): http://www.perfectmarket.com

*About Comcast Interactive Capital: http://www.civentures.com/

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Fundly Raises $2M For Social Fundraising From All-star Investors

Palo Alto, CA (PRWEB) February 25, 2011

Fundly, the #1 SaaS Social Fundraising platform, announced today that it received $ 2 million from some of Silicon Valley's most esteemed investors. Fundly has already helped its customers raise over $ 200,000,000 while achieving a seven-figure revenue run rate. Fundly will use these funds to further develop its product to meet the needs of leading cause-based organizations.

Investors in the current round include some of Silicon Valley's most prominent angels, including investors in Twitter, Mint.com, Flickr, Yammer, Zappos, Tapulous, Zynga, JetBlue, Omniture, Skull Candy and StubHub (see partial list of investors below). Fundly used the acclaimed Angel List service to assemble many of these angel investors and to facilitate the funding round.

Fundly is at the dynamic intersection of high-growth technology startups, Social Entrepreneurship, and the exploding world of Social Media. Kapor Capital is proud to back this passionate team, their product, and Fundlys impressive customer base," said Mitch Kapor, Partner at Kapor Capital.

CURRENT ROUND INVESTORS (partial list)