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  1. 2010/01/27 (IPO) Everyday Health Files For $100 Million IPO
  2. 2010/01/21 SMS Network GupShup Closes $12M Round
  3. 2009/10/22 Jive’s Gets Another $12M for Social Software
  4. 2009/09/07 Tribons Is A Vision of Future Computer System
  5. 2009/08/12 Word-of-Mouth Marketing Posts Big Gains

[Investing] (IPO) Everyday Health Files For $100 Million IPO


Everyday Health, which owns a portfolio of 25 online health sites, including its flagship, EverydayHealth.com, dieting site SouthBeachDiet.com and RevolutionHealth.com, has filed to raise $100 million in an IPO, according to an SEC filing.

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The company was known until this month as Waterfront Media—and the filing comes just over a year after Waterfront merged with Steve Case’s Revolution Health Network. At the time, CEO Ben Wolin told us that the company was in no rush for an exit.

If Everyday Health goes through with its plans to go public, it will be the second big publicly-traded online health content company. Rival WebMD (NSDQ: WBMD) raised $90 million in an IPO of its own in September 2005.


Some highlights from the filing:

—Finances: Everyday Health’s revenue was $69 million in 2008, up 45 percent from $47 million in 2007 (The 2009 numbers look even better, considering that revenue through October was $46 million. That, however, doesn’t seem to be on track to reach the “well north of $100 million” Wolin had said at one point he expected in 2009).

The company also hasn’t been profitable. It lost $13.2 million in 2008, $10 million in 2007, and had lost $7.8 million during the first nine months of last year.

—Acquisitions: The merger with Revolution Health valued that company at $71.3 million (Revolution Health shareholders received 8.9 million shares of preferred stock in the combined company, which is equivalent to a 29.5 percent stake). And Waterfront bought online search marketing firm Nurture Media for $1.7 million, in addition $3.8 million in milestone payments.

—Shareholders: The filing lists WF Holding Company, which received its shares as part of the Revolution Health merger, as the primary shareholder, with 29.5 percent of stock, followed by Rho Ventures (24.6 percent), Scale Venture Partners (7.5 percent), Foundation Capital (6.1 percent) and Neocarta Ventures (6 percent). Everyday Health had raised about $57 million in venture capital financing over five rounds.

—Employees: Although Waterfront laid off 20 employees in February 2009, its workforce has only grown since. At the time of the layoffs, Waterfront had 250 employees. The filing says the company now has 325 employees.

—Proceeds: Money raised from the offering will be used for “working capital” and “general corporate purposes.” The company says that can include acquisitions or the pay off of debt.

—Stock: The company wants to trade under the symbol EVDY on the Nasdaq stock market. Underwriters include Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Jefferies & Co. and Needham & Co.


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[Investing] SMS Network GupShup Closes $12M Round


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In December, Indian SMS-based social network GupShup announced that they had amassed more than 25 million users. A few weeks ago, they inked a deal with Facebook to let the social network’s users go mobile. GupShup CEO Beerud Sheth (in photo) claims to account for 5 percent of all SMS traffic in India.

Now, Webaroo, the parent company behind GupShup, has announced a fourth round of funding led by Globespan Capital Partners, with additional financing from existing investors Charles River Ventures and Helion Venture Partners. This is on top of $22 million in prior funding.

Venky Ganesan, managing director of Globespan Capital Partners, will join GupShup’s board of directors. The funding will be used, the company said in an email, to add another 20 headcount and to expand into other markets such as the Philippines and India.

The company, founded in 2007, has offices in Mumbai and Santa Clara.


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[Investing] Jive’s Gets Another $12M for Social Software


Jive Software, which uses social networking to help businesses collaborate internally and externally, has raised another $12 million from Sequoia Capital.


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Portland, Ore.-based Jive’s products include sites where employees can collaborate, customer discussion forums, and company social networks. Despite being part of the flood of companies offering business social networking tools, Jive seems to have done well. The company says its revenue doubled in the third quarter of 2009 compared to the same period last year and that it’s profitable.

Sequoia also provided Jive’s $15 million first round of funding. Here’s how chief executive Dave Hersh says he’s going to use the cash:


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    It’s about innovation.     We are going to continue to expand the Jive SBS product footprint by dramatically increasing our R&D efforts. We’re doing a lot more hiring! In just the last month, we have added 11 new Jivers with 10 more starting in the next two weeks. If you’re interested, take a look at our open jobs. We’re also going to be pursuing smart acquisitions that complement our portfolio.
  2. It’s about customers. We will build out our customer-facing teams to further support the success of our clients and to grow the company.
  3. It’s about partners. We have seen some great success with channel partners and we will be building out that ecosystem to get Jive onto the desktops and mobile devices of more customers. And we’ll continue to improve the “partner-friendly” aspects of our application to allow for deep yet hassle-free customization and integration.
  4. It’s about championing SBS. Jive has built a great community around SBS in the last few years, and we want to continue to spread that gospel. I’m happy when I see new customers say, “I never knew I could do that!” But I’m even happier when I hear them say, “This has changed how I work, and I want more.”


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[Design] Tribons Is A Vision of Future Computer System


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Tribons concept is a vision of future technology to be influence and shape ideas of community and tribalism, self-awareness and education, trust and global citizenship. The idea of Tribons concept is based on a lightweight and powerful computer system that connects kids with their friends and family, thus providing emotional support to those who are living anonymously in different cities because of the recent mobility.


Tribons are designed as digital mentors, that support kid’s personal interests and show pathways to boost knowledge and development of skills. Moreover, it offers experiences and information, and make possible the understanding and participation in environments. By using Tribons, an urban child would be introduced to the natural and biological world, and similarly, a rural child can enhance their knowledge about the urban landscape.

The accessories developed to comprise an earpiece that is controlled by a spontaneous 3D interface that projects various educational materials and features a safety system that allows parents track their children. Not only that, this gadget includes an additional medical module that offers surveillance of the wearer’s health parameters that will take care in case of chronic sickness and the probability of injuries.


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Designer : FrogDesign

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[Consumer] Word-of-Mouth Marketing Posts Big Gains


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Marketers are slashing many ad budgets in the downturn, with eMarketer predicting an 8.2% decline in US total media ad spending in 2009, after a 3.6% decrease last year.

Some channels continue to grow, however, including word-of-mouth. According to PQ Media, much this growth is due to the rise of new media channels, such as blogs, social networks and other online communities.

The research firm found that US word-of-mouth spending on online communities increased 26.6% in 2008 to $119 million.

Further, after 37.6% compound annual growth from 2003 to 2008, PQ Media predicts total US word-of-mouth marketing spending will keep climbing, albeit at a slower pace. They estimate word-of-mouth dollars will rise 14.5% compounded annually between 2008 and 2013.


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Total word-of-mouth spending for 2009 is estimated at more than $1.7 billion, a 10.2% year-over-year increase.

“Despite impressive growth in the industry, word-of-mouth remains just a fraction of the overall advertising and marketing landscape,” said Patrick Quinn, president and CEO of PQ Media, in a statement. “But double-digit growth in this economic environment is a strong sign of an increasingly prevalent role in the future.”

Consumer goods firms were the biggest spenders on word-of-mouth in 2008, with a 17.4% share of the total. The food and beverage industry contributed 12.2% of spending. Other shares were below 10%.


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“The most influential marketer in a consumer’s life is someone they know and trust, such as a family member, friend or colleague,” said Mr. Quinn.

Data from Mintel supports that assertion. Among US Internet users who bought a product based on a recommendation, 34% said that recommendation came from a friend or relative. One-quarter followed the advice of a spouse or partner. (For more information, see “Whose Word-of-Mouth Matters?”)


[emarketer]

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