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| Youth Sports Site WePlay Raises $4.5 Million | | Little League meets MySpace: WePlay.com, a social networking site for youth sports that is set to launch in mid-April, has landed $4.5 million in financing, the NYT reports. That includes a $1.87 million A-1 round PEHub uncovered from Pequot Private Equity, the Creative Artists Agency, and Major League Baseball.
The idea: An ad-supported site where coaches can manage teams and update pa [..] Read complete article |  | Published 26-Mar-2008 by Silicon in General
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| Flixster Can't Sell To IAC, Raises $5 Million Instead | | Movie rating site/social network/Facebook app Flixster has raised $5 million, according to a regulatory filing picked up by peHUB. The fresh financing comes after Flixster was unable to sell itself to IAC (IACI) or anyone else -- probably because it was looking for too much money, around $150 million.
Leading the round: Pinnacle Ventures, which joined previous backer Lightspeed Venture P [..] Read complete article | | Published 04-Apr-2008 by Silicon in IACI
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