Machinima.com Locks in $9 Million Investment from Redpoint Ventures Financing to Enable Company to Expand Community Scale, Reach and Engagement

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) June 15, 2010

Machinima.com, the premier online entertainment network for video gamers, today announced a $ 9 million venture capital investment from Redpoint Ventures, a leading, early stage venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, CA with offices in Los Angeles, CA and Shanghai, China. Coming on the heels of a landmark calendar year of over 300% audience growth, Machinima.com will utilize this Series B round of financing to accelerate further growth. In the month of May, Machinima.com delivered over 127 million video views to over 27 million uniques.

Geoff Yang, a partner at Redpoint Ventures, and a serial early-stage backer of successful web ventures including Ask Jeeves, Excite, Gaia Online, Homeaway, Juniper Networks, MySpace, Netflix, Scribd and Tivo will join the board of directors of Machinima.com

We are extremely excited about this new partnership with Redpoint Ventures and Geoff Yang, said Machinima.com CEO and Chairman Allen DeBevoise. This capital infusion will enable us to further expand the scale, reach and engagement of our community while delivering the best global marketing platform for video games on the planet to our customers and partners.

"We're delighted to be a part of Machinima. Video gaming is an enormous market, and has become mainstream media, said Geoff Yang. Machinima is the leading entertainment network for this exciting market, and begins to blur the line between game and entertainment experiences."

Following the success of the Machinima Channel on YouTube, the number one channel in the entertainment category, Machinima.com has launched two new original channels Machinima Sports and Machinima Respawn, which delivered over 100 Million video views in the first 3 months. The company also produces 25 original franchise shows that showcase gameplay, industry news, game highlights, commentary, and comedy and drama series. Machinima.com boasts one of the most highly engaged and active video game audiences as evidenced by the enormous community engagement created for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 that generated over 125 Million video views in the first 100 days after the release of the game.

About Machinima.com

Machinima.com has rapidly expanded to provide comprehensive and compelling entertainment content focused on gaming within the core male 18 34 demographic. The company generates more than 120 million video views per month across its network, making it the number one all-time Entertainment Channel on YouTube and the ultimate destination for video gamers. Machinima.com also operates 25 franchise shows which showcase gameplay, industry news, game highlights, and commentary. The company also creates original series for game publishers, developers, networks and studios that help generate ongoing community between and around title releases. The word Machinima is a loose hybrid of the words machine and cinema and is used to describe the process of creating real-time animation by manipulating a videogames engine and assets. Machinima.coms Series A round of financing was executed by MK Capital with substantial support from MK Capital Partners Mark Terbeek and Yair Landau. Additional Board Members at Machinima.com include Matt Coffin and Joi Ito.

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SpareFoot Raises $2 Million to Accelerate Growth

Austin, TX (PRWEB) June 21, 2010

SpareFoot.com, the leading online marketplace for self storage, announced today the closing of its $ 2M Series B round of funding. Silverton Partners and FLOODGATE led the round with participation from Capital Factory. SpareFoot will use the proceeds to grow its team and expand into new marketing channels with the goal of driving even more tenants to its clients.

Were excited to use the proceeds from this round to grow our team and drive more tenants to our clients. The support from Silverton and FLOODGATE is reflective of the traction weve achieved in the storage industry, said SpareFoot CEO Chuck Gordon.

In less than one year, SpareFoot has aggregated the largest real time inventory of self storage units on the web. SpareFoot offers consumers a comprehensive comparison shopping experience coupled with exclusive pricing. For storage companies, SpareFoot fills vacant units with a strictly pay for performance model.

"We are extremely pleased with the high quality tenants SpareFoot.com has sent to our facilities, said Simply Self Storage Director of Marketing Christina Furnia. Their pay for performance model means no risk for our company - there is only upside. Getting set up was a breeze through the direct integration with our software and I'm happy to report the quantity of tenants from SpareFoot is growing substantially every month."

Kip McClanahan, partner at Silverton Partners, commented, The storage industry has been waiting for a company like SpareFoot. They are changing the self-storage industry with a comparison shopping experience much like Expedia and Priceline changed the travel industry. And by charging storage facilities only when a new tenant moves in, theres zero risk joining the SpareFoot marketplace. Its been great to see SpareFoot emerge as the leader and were excited to see them continue to grow.

About SpareFoot:

SpareFoot is the leading online marketplace for self storage. With more than 5,000 self storage listings nationwide, SpareFoot offers consumers the most complete comparison shopping experience in the storage industry while helping storage operators find new tenants all through an entirely pay-for-performance model. For more information about SpareFoot, call (512) 705-6208 or visit http://www.sparefoot.com.

About Silverton Partners:

Silverton Partners is an early stage venture capital firm based in Austin, Texas. Silverton collaborates with exceptional entrepreneurs who are committed to attacking growth markets with cutting-edge products or services. The principals of Silverton Partners have over two decades of venture experience in IT infrastructure and management software, having been the start-up investors in Tivoli Systems (IPO/acquired by IBM), Motive Communications (IPO/acquired by Alcatel-Lucent), Waveset (acquired by Sun Microsystems) and SailPoint (privately held). Visit http://www.silvertonpartners.com for more information.

About FLOODGATE:

FLOODGATE is a Silicon Valley based, early-stage Super Angel fund focused on start-ups that fundamentally disrupt existing large markets or create new market categories. The firm currently works with consumer-focused companies such as Twitter, Chegg, ngmoco, digg, Kongregate, IMVU, and Smule, as well as business-focused companies such as SwiftTest, Solarwinds, Spiceworks, Demandforce, and YuMe Networks.

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Global Anesthesia Disposables Market to Reach US$343.5 Million by 2017, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

San Jose, California (PRWEB) November 08, 2011

Follow us on LinkedIn - Global general anesthesia disposables market is highly mature, with low single-digit growth forecast through 2017. The increasing number of surgical procedures and rising concerns over cross contamination and infection control are expected to drive market growth. Although the number of general surgical procedures is on rise, growing popularity of minimally invasive technologies that require regional and local anesthesia is likely to hamper growth in the anesthesia disposables market. In recent years, general anesthesia procedures as a percentage of total surgical procedures continue to decline, due to the growing adoption of minimally invasive technologies across the world. The effect is sluggish growth for anesthesia disposables market. Minimally invasive procedures generally require regional or local anesthesia, which involve lower cost and do not necessitate the use of disposables such as breathing circuits, masks, and endotracheal tubes. Besides this, shrinking volume of elective surgical procedures and reduced capital spending are expected to impact growth.

As stated by the new market research report on Anesthesia Disposables, the US continues to remain the single largest regional market. The introduction of new technologies such as level of consciousness monitoring, laryngeal mask airways, and anesthesia information systems offers huge opportunities for market growth. Despite facing certain challenges, long-term growth in the market would be driven by investments in technology. Growth in the western world, particularly the US and Europe where there are increasing concerns about rising healthcare costs, is expected to be negligible. Asia-Pacific represents the fastest growing regional market displaying a CAGR of about 2.3% over the analysis period.

Anesthesia devices market in BRIC economies is projected to register considerable growth stimulated by reforms in healthcare and increased expenditure on healthcare by respective governments. High budgetary allocations by Chinese government for the improvement of healthcare facilities such as clinics, care units and hospitals in China are expected to boost anesthesia devices market. Furthermore, Russian governments plans to improve healthcare facilities in the country are expected to boost the market for anesthesia devices. In addition, provision of user-friendly and cost effective devices is expected to improve the market for anesthesia devices.

Anesthesia Breathing Circuits market continues to be the largest segment in the global anesthesia disposables market. Anesthesia Gas Masks is the fastest growing category with a CAGR of 2.3% over the analysis period. On the other hand, the market for disposable endotracheal tubes market is expected to contract over the next several years, owing to the increasing preference for Laryngeal Mask Airways (LMA), which provides several advantages over endotracheal tubes.

Major players in the marketplace include King Systems Corporation, LMA International N.V., Medline Industries Inc., Nellcor, Smiths Medical Inc., Teleflex Medical, and Vital Signs Inc.

The research report titled Anesthesia Disposables: A Global Strategic Business Report announced by Global Industry Analysts, Inc., provides a comprehensive review of trends, issues, strategic industry activities, and profiles of major companies worldwide. The report provides market estimates and projections (US$ Million) for Anesthesia Breathing Circuits, Endotracheal Tubes, and Anesthesia Gas Masks across geographic markets such as the US, Canada, Japan, Europe (France, Germany, Italy, UK, and Rest of Europe), Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Latin America.

For more details about this comprehensive market research report, please visit http://www.strategyr.com/Anesthesia_Disposables_Market_Report.asp

About Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

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Own a City within the Million Dollar Earth

Puyallup, WA (PRWEB) November 15, 2011

Ever dream of owning Oklahoma City? Being the sole advertiser in Austin or the primary publisher in Pittsburg? Million Dollar Earth is a creative advertising pathway allowing businesses to own digital real estate to better connect with their online audience.

Online there has been no unique voice in advertising, says Ryan Hart, creative catalyst behind Million Dollar Earth. I want this website to be the creative wall to hang your brand's marketing campaign on.

Made available to the public on May 1st, 2011, Million Dollar Earths ad space led to companies like Aqarmap.com organizing their fragmented online marketing within their new city: Alexandria, Egypt. Now their city within the Million Dollar Earth map houses their widget, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube outreaches.

Aqarmap.com has always been excited to use new trends and owning Alexandria was a fun way to show where our business is focused, said Amad Almsaodi, CEO of Aqarmap, the Zillow of the Middle East. Already weve seen an increase in online popularity. Im excited to see where itll go from here.

Million Dollar Earth accomplishes more than just advertising. Charity:Water, a non-profit that brings freshwater to under developed nations, receives 10% of all of the profits generated.

I just want to give back, smiles Hart about the donations. I cant sing, play the piano, or other cool talents. My canvas is the computer.

Thus far Million Dollar Earth has committed to bring 20 villages in Africa and South America freshwater.

Charity:Water spokesperson Sarah Cohen has been thankful for the advancements their team has been able to make because of the support from Hart and others like him.

Meeting talented people like Ryan who have a vision for funding programs like ours is an honor. Thanks to support from teams like his we will soon be able to continue to expand our operations in countries like Bangladesh.

To learn more about the progress of Million Dollar Earth and its vision visit Ryan Harts blog http://MillionDollarEarth.com/blog or http://MillionDollarEarth.com.

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ControlScan Closes $3.5 Million in Series B Round and Adds New Board Members

Atlanta, GA (Vocus) June 30, 2010

ControlScan, Inc. (controlscan.com), the leading provider of PCI compliance for small merchants, today announced that it closed a $ 3.5 million Series B Round of funding. The round was led by Harbert Venture Partners, with C&B Capital also participating. Harbert Venture Partners and C&B Capital join Total Technology Ventures, which funded the companys Series A round. Proceeds from the new funds will be used to advance ControlScans technology and infrastructure initiatives and drive sales and marketing efforts.

As part of this investment, Tom Roberts, partner, Harbert Venture Partners, will join ControlScans Board of Directors. Roberts serves on the boards of Clarabridge, JackBe and WindChannel Communications. Harbert Venture Partners provides early growth stage capital to technology and healthcare companies in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern United States.

ControlScan also announced that Jack McDonnell will join the companys Board of Directors. Jack currently serves as CEO of Phoenix Managed Networks and was previously CEO of ExaDigm, PayLinx, and TNS, Inc. (NYSE:TNS), which he founded and took public. In addition, McDonnell is a director of DealerTrack (NASDAQ:TRAK) and CyberSource (NASDAQ:CYBS), which was recently acquired by Visa, Inc.

Small merchants are struggling to achieve compliance mandates related to the PCI Data Security Standard, said Tom Roberts. We see a large market opportunity for ControlScan to continue its efforts in partnering with acquiring banks and their independent sales organizations (ISOs) to deliver payment security solutions to small merchants. After tracking ControlScans tremendous momentum over the last eighteen months, we are excited to partner with management, TTV and C&B Capital to meet the security needs of merchants, ISOs and acquirers.

Over the last two years ControlScans seasoned management team has achieved substantial momentum working with acquiring banks and ISOs to manage PCI compliance programs for their small merchant portfolios to ensure maximum compliance rates. We are proud of our progress and are excited to have additional capital and our investors support to advance the key initiatives that will further accelerate our growth, said Joan Herbig, chief executive officer, ControlScan.

About the PCI Compliance Provider, ControlScan:

Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, ControlScan is the leading provider of Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance and security solutions designed exclusively for small- to medium-sized e-commerce and retail merchants. ControlScan provides easy-to-use Web-based security solutions and a personal level of service that make it easy and cost-effective for these businesses to analyze, remediate and validate compliance. ControlScan is the solution of choice for small merchants and acquirers because it offers security solutions that are built specifically with the small merchant in mind, a personal level of service and the best results. Acquirers and other merchant service providers rely on ControlScan to manage PCI compliance programs for their entire merchant portfolios to ensure maximum compliance rates. For more information about ControlScan call 1-800-825-3301 or visit http://www.controlscan.com.

About Harbert Venture Partners:

Harbert Venture Partners provides early growth stage capital to technology and healthcare companies in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern United States. The HVP team combines substantial investment, advisory and operating experience with capital to assist entrepreneurs in successfully executing their growth plans. HVP operates from offices in Richmond, VA, Birmingham, AL and Gainesville, FL. For more information on Harbert Venture Partners, visit http://www.harbert.net/venture-capital/ or contact the firm at 804-782-3800.

About Croft & Bender and C&B Capital:

Croft & Bender LLC, based in Atlanta, Georgia, is an investment banking firm focused on providing M&A, private equity and financial advisory services to middle-market and emerging growth companies in the Southeast. The firm also sponsors the C&B Capital private equity funds, with $ 44 million under management. For more information on Croft & Bender, visit http://www.croft-bender.com or contact the firm at (404) 841-3131.

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Numbers Dont Lie: Appointment-Plus is the Preferred Online Scheduler Calendar with Over 15 Million Individual Users

Scottsdale, AZ (PRWEB) August 10, 2011

Appointment-Plus continues to be the online scheduler calendar of choice among service-based businesses and organizations as over 15 million individual users in the United States and 11 other countries worldwide have utilized the software since 2001. The number includes Appointment-Plus clients and their staff, as well as their customers who use the software to schedule and manage appointments online.

The company reached the milestone in late July, approximately one year after hitting the 10-million-user mark.

Arriving at the 15-million-user mark is another important milestone for our dynamic company, says Bob La Loggia, CEO of Appointment-Plus. The usage rate of the Appointment-Plus system has grown dramatically over the past year, demonstrating our vital role as the leading Web-based provider of scheduling solutions for businesses and organizations of all sizes.

Appointment-Plus online scheduling calendars provide an expanding array of features beneficial for all service-based organizations, such as:

Online self-scheduling, whereby individuals can book their own appointments and reservations online, 24 hours a day. This feature also reduces the number of customer phone calls and frees up valuable staff time and resources.
Automated e-mail and text message reminders sent prior to scheduled appointment or reservation time.
Online customer payment processing.
Robust record-keeping and reporting capabilities.
E-marketing options through iContact, a perfect way to communicate deals, discounts, promotions and other relevant information to customers.

Appointment-Plus online business calendar is Web-based and requires only an Internet connection to use, without any installations, downloads or additional hardware required. Its also accessible from Internet-ready mobile devices such as SmartPhones, iPads and laptops, making it the perfect application for owners, operators and staff who need the ability to access their schedules from outside the home or office.

Appointment-Plus makes it easy for businesses and organizations to implement online self-scheduling by providing them with their own unique URL that takes customers, clients, students and patients directly to their online business calendar. They can also add an Appointment-Plus-provided Book Now button to their Web site, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or other social media page, newsletter or e-mail.

Pricing starts at $ 39 per month, with no long-term contracts. All signups receive a complementary training session with a professional set-up coach as part of their 15-day free trial period.

Managing appointments and reservations is a key task for any service-based operation, La Loggia continues. Thats why owners, operators and staff depend on our innovative and effective software to help them automate, streamline and improve this process.

For information on Appointment-Plus online scheduler calendar software and how it can improve your booking processes, click here.

About Appointment-Plus: Appointment-Plus is the leading online appointment-scheduling system, serving organizations in 11 countries ranging from one-person businesses to Fortune 500 companies. With over 15 million end users across 100 industries, Appointment-Plus is the preferred scheduler for colleges and universities, holistic practitioners, personal trainers and health clubs, salons, shipping docks, government agencies, health care providers, financial institutions, tour operators, and many other types of organizations. Headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz., over 70 million appointments have been booked through Appointment-Plus since its launch in 2001.

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Fab.com Secures $8.0 Million in Series A Financing Round

New York, NY (PRWEB) July 26, 2011

Today Fab.com, the rapidly growing website featuring daily design inspirations and flash sales at up to 70% off retail, announced that it has secured $ 8.0 million in Series A financing led by Menlo Ventures. Several existing investors also participated, including: First Round Capital, Baroda Ventures, The Washington Post Company, Fab.com's founder and CEO Jason Goldberg, SoftTech VC, SV Angel, Ashton Kutcher - Guy Oseary and A-Grade Investments, and Zelkova Ventures. A number of angel investors also took part including: Kevin Rose, Jon Anderson, Don Baer, Josh Kushner, Dave Morgan, Ben Ling, and David Tisch. Fab.com will use the funds to scale the business, grow its base of designers, expand sales categories, and build more community and engagement features.

Fab.com was launched in June 2011 by CEO Jason Goldberg, formerly of XING AG, socialmedian, and Jobster and co-founder and CCO Bradford Shellhammer, contributor to Dwell and formerly of Blu Dot and Design Within Reach. The Fab.com team is on a mission to enable everyone, everywhere to benefit from good design.

Fab.com is the only online flash sales site and social community devoted entirely to design. Fab.com launches new sales exclusively to its membership 7 days per week and each sale lasts for 72 hours. Fab.com sales provide a new platform for designers to reach a mass audience of consumers, across a wide range of categories including: furniture, lighting, art, kitchen, outdoors, jewelry, gadgets, bags, and items for the workplace. From kites to bikes to maps to iPad cases to planters to lunch boxes, Fab.com features unique design objects not found on other flash sale sites.

Membership is free but numbers are restricted in order to maintain exceptional prices. New members are accepted daily. Members also participate in the Fab.com Inspiration Wall, an online mood board where users upload, share, and comment on design inspirations.

Since launching on June 9, 2011, Fab.com has already struck a chord with design enthusiasts. More than 350,000 people have signed up for the service and its members place more than 1,000 orders per day. More than 50% of Fab.coms members have joined virally via e-mail invites and Facebook and Twitter share links. The website is adding more than 5000 new members per day in July.

Fab.coms founder and CEO, Jason Goldberg, said: Were truly humbled by the way so many people have embraced Fab.com. Our own greatest design is the Fab.com customer experience and were committed to making it better and better. This financing round will go a long way towards building out our vision as the worlds leading resource for design.

Prior to Fab.com, most designers lacked mass-scale means to reach consumers. The Fab.com website site has immediately become a powerful tool for designers, providing a platform for brand new product launches, outreach to a devoted and design minded purchasing base, and a source for them to quickly generate new customers and a high volume of sales. In fact, many suppliers are reporting more sales in a 3 day period on Fab.com than they would otherwise garner in 3 or even 6 full months.

I cant say enough about the platform that Fab.com has given us. Our work typically sells to a very small niche market of design enthusiasts, and our own reach can only go so far. Fab.com exploded our customer base and enabled us to reach an entirely new set of consumers, says Matt Bradshaw, one half of the Silva/Bradshaw design team, of their first sale with Fab.com.

Iconic graphic designer, Milton Glaser, whose first sale was part of Fabs launch day, was able to sell signed posters that would have otherwise never found their way into the hands of design enthusiasts around the country. Our experience working with the Fab team was terrific and enjoyable. There were none of the customary hassles or complexities. And we also made a lot of money, says Glaser, who after a first successful sale signed on for another sale in July.

About Fab.com

Fab.com is design. The Fab.com website offers daily design inspirations and sales of up to 70% off retail. Membership is free but numbers are restricted to maintain exceptional pricing. Members receive exclusive access to daily curated design sales featuring the worlds leading and emerging designers and manufacturers. Fab.com was founded in 2010 by serial entrepreneur Jason Goldberg, formerly of XING AG, socialmedian, and Jobster, with design industry veteran Bradford Shellhammer, contributor to Dwell and formerly of Blu Dot and Design Within Reach in New York, NY, along with Deepa and Nishith Shah in Pune, India and Veerle Pieters in Deinze, Belgium. Fab.coms headquarters are in New York, NY.

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