by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Dating Safety
Recently I had a great lunch with Brad Canavan at Iovation. I had to meet with a guy who’s email signature is “The Wizard of Odds.” Reading the Iovation newsletter, I see its now public knowledge that Iovation has completed a $15 Million Investment...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
Update: Kara Swisher has more on the numbers. AOL has announced this morning that they have acquired social networking service Bebo for $850 million in cash. Bebo has 100 employees operating in offices in the UK, San Francisco and Austin, TX. Bebo is the third-largest...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
Penthouse Media Group, the troubled adult media company, plans to file for a $250 million IPO, the company has announced. It says it plans to file the S-1 in Q2 of this year. Penthouse acquired Various Inc. for $500 million in December 2007. Penthouse attempted an IPO...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Social: Dating & Networking
Two important deals being announced in Massachusetts today. Web analytics firm Compete was acquired, and Mzinga has acquired Prospero. Prospero’s community platform powers some of the largest social nets around. The combined company will become a market leader...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
Lot’s going on today. First up, the iovation iDate wrapup webinar at 2PM EST, the Spark Networks investor call at 4:30PM EST, followed by the Matchmaking Institute Cupid system demo, at 5PM EST.
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
Lot’s going on today. First up, the iovation iDate wrapup webinar at 2PM EST, the Spark Networks investor call at 4:30PM EST, followed by the Matchmaking Institute Cupid system demo, at 5PM EST.