Tech Company Financing Transactions
WidgetBucks Funding Round
WidgetBucks closed a $10 million Series B funding round on 6/12/2008. Investors included Threshold Ventures and Ignition Partners.
Transaction Overview
Company Name
Announced On
6/12/2008
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$10,000,000
Round
Series B
Investors
Threshold Ventures (Lead Investor) (William Bryant)
Proceeds Purpose
The new round enables WidgetBucks -- which has gone from launch to five billion ad impressions in its first eight months -- to develop three strategic areas: technology to further optimize publisher earnings, global expansion to diversify publisher revenue, and team development to extend the company's engineering, sales and marketing efforts.
Company Information
Company Status
Out of Business
Industry
Internet & IoT
Mailing Address
1725 Westlake Avenue N. 203
Seattle, WA 98109
USA
Seattle, WA 98109
USA
Phone
Website
Email Address
Overview
WidgetBucks features pay-per-click shopping widgets that help our customers make money fast. They instantly display the most popular products based on buying trends of 100 million shoppers.
Profile
Social Media
Company News
Facebook
YouTube
Management Team
Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Matt Hulett
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