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Zillow "Rezeives" $30 Million In Funding

As funding rounds go, this was a big one: Zillow raised a fresh $30 million.  Look for the already-popular real estate site to really take off as a result.

Investors Toss Money At Automotive StreetFire

In the world of video-sharing sites, we see competitor after competitor that is, when you get right down to it, “not YouTube.”  But for car people, there’s something that’s even better, and it just received $6.1 million in funding.

PowerReviews Receives $15 Million

Every day, it seems like at least one social network brings in a few million dollars in funding.  Now a social shopping network is getting richer, as well; PowerReviews just received $15 million.

Facebook Could Get Much More Funding

It’s an old question: would you rather be wealthy, powerful, or famous?  The perfect company would likely be all three, and Facebook has, without question, achieved those last two qualities.  Now there’s word that a major round of financing would take care of the first.

Dopplr Social Network Finds Funding

Dopplr, a social network for travelers, is getting a lot of attention; although it’s in an invitation-only mode, there have been plenty of positive reviews.  What’s also important, however, is the attention it’s received from some investors.

Wis.dm Wins $5 Million In Funding

I considered opening this article with a yes or no question, but the idea didn’t appeal to me all that much.  Still, if you’d like to pose - or answer - such questions, North Bridge Venture Partners just contributed somewhat less than $5 million to a site that’ll allow you the opportunity: Wis.dm.

MocoSpace Receives Funding

Mobile social networking site MocoSpace, said today that it had secured $3 million in Series A funding.

Pluggd Picks Up $6 Million In Funding

The word “Intel” is powerful, “Labrador” reminds me of friendly dogs, and $6 million - well, you can’t go wrong with $6 million.  And let’s hope that Pluggd doesn’t, as it’s this company that just received $6 million in a round of funding.

CafeMom Mops Up $5 Million In Funding

As tradition would have it, Facebook’s for college students and LinkedIn’s for professionals.  But what about mothers?  Yes, mothers can of course be both college students and professionals, but in any case, there’s CafeMom, and for CafeMom, there’s $5 million - the social networking site just had a successful round of funding.

Metacafe Collects $30 Million In Funding

In the land of online video, YouTube is king - there’s no doubting that.  But Metacafe just received some funding, and if $30 million can buy just 0.49 percent of the market, the site may move from eighth place to sixth.