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CarDomain Draws $3 Million In Funding

Have you ever seen a guy reach into his pocket, draw out a twenty-dollar bill, and celebrate “finding” this money?  Well, CarDomain.com pulled a similar move today, but on a rather grander scale - $3 million came out of founder Alex Algard’s pockets.

Lijit Receives $3.3 Million In Funding

Blog search is getting better - or at least richer - as Lijit Networks just secured $3.3 million in funding.

SupplyFrame Gets $7 Million In Funding

SupplyFrame doesn’t try to fight with Google, Yahoo, and the rest; instead, it provides “search and interactive quoting tools for electronic components.”  Yet there’s apparently big money in that aspect of the search business - SupplyFrame just received a fresh $7 million in funding.

Quintura Kept Aloft By Fresh Funding

The last time I wrote about Quintura, its “About Us” section made a fairly blatant plea for funding.  I noted this request, and called it desperate.  Now Quintura is millions of dollars richer, and I’m, well, not.

File-Sharing Could Get University Funding Cut?

So as state-funded university tuition rises faster than the inflation rate, grants are becoming nonexistent, and students are actually looking abroad to complete their education cheaper and in half the time, Congressmen cozy with the RIAA are threatening to cut their funding more if they don't play ball with the recording labels.

Trulia Takes In $10 Million In Funding

Some weeks are “product” weeks - the companies all have something they want to release.  This has been a “money” week - crazy amounts have been thrown around.  And - although the amount of craziness and throwing involved here is debatable - real estate search engine Trulia has just joined the crowd by raising $10 million in funding.

Buzznet Flies Away with $6 Million In Funding

Buzznet isn’t the biggest social network around, but it is one of the fastest-growing.  In a recent round of financing, the company won the ability to expand even more - Buzznet took in $6 million.

Joost Receives $45 Million In Funding

Internet television service Joost has raised $45 million in venture funding from five companies.

Networks Put Money on Joost

It may not be a $1.6-billion takeover, but Joost seems to be doing pretty well nevertheless, attracting $45-million in funding from a group of backers — including CBS and Viacom, two of the TV networks it has signed content deals with.

Topix Goes Beyond Aggregation

Topix went beyond aggregation today by launching the ability for local news readers to post or comment upon stories.  CEO Rich Skrenta describes the business model transformation where they took more risk to turn SEO attention into participation -- sharing control to create value.