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LIL 2013: Where is the Value in Local Digital?

  • March 18, 2013
  • BIA Advisory Group

Today's BIA/Kelsey's Leading in Local Conference began with a pre-conference workshop on "Valuation and Funding in Local Digital Media." The workshop began with a rundown of BIA/Kelsey's new M&A database, which includes an analysis of 598 deals, including 438 deals with…

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The Move to Loyalty Platforms: Yodle Founder Launches Punchey

  • August 22, 2012
  • Peter Krasilovsky

In a reflection of the industry's ongoing interest in developing SMB promotional and loyalty services, Yodle founder Nate Stevens' venture fund announced last week that it is putting $1.7 Million into Punchey, a new mobile-oriented payments and promotions platform. The…

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FiveStars Lands $13.9 Million; Card-Linked Loyalty Space Heats Up

  • August 2, 2012
  • Peter Krasilovsky

The card-linked loyalty and rewards space is seen by a lot of the smart money as the next Groupon. Today, we saw new money being poured into FiveStars ($13.9 Million), LevelUp ($9 Million) and LocalBonus ($900,000). The companies have now…

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Sounding Off on Facebook’s IPO: The BIA/Kelsey Webinar

  • May 4, 2012
  • Peter Krasilovsky

via CNN If anybody wonders whether the considerable “legs” of Facebook justify a valuation now set for $83 billion, have a listen to a terrific BIA/Kelsey webinar on Facebook’s IPO, featuring Trada CEO Niel Robertson Wildfire CEO Victoria Ransom and…

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Swipely: Loyalty Program Links Purchase Behavior to Promotions

  • April 11, 2012
  • Peter Krasilovsky

One of the big bets in 2012 is that merchants will transition from one-time deals to loyalty efforts that keep bringing customers back. Swipely is one of the more ambitious efforts in a loosely defined space that also includes players…

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Manta Secures $44 Million From Norwest Venture Partners

  • April 3, 2012
  • Elise Simmons

Manta announced today that it received a $44 million minority equity investment from Silicon Valley venture capital firm Norwest Venture Partners. The exact proportion of the holding sold to the firm is undisclosed, but its minority stake puts the valuation…

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Google Offers’ Nitin Mangtani Set to Keynote at ILM East

  • March 7, 2012
  • Peter Krasilovsky

Here’s what we’ve been waiting to announce: Google Offers’ head Nitin Mangtani will join our great list of keynoters at ILM East March 26-28 in Boston. We believe Mangtani’s appearance marks one of the first public debuts of Google Offers,…

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Milestone: Yelp’s IPO Is Today

  • March 2, 2012
  • Peter Krasilovsky

Yelp is IPOing today at $15 a share, allowing it to raise $123 million on a valuation of $900 million -- $400 million more than it was apparently offered by Google a couple of years ago. We know from the…

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Devore’s Advice to Entrepreneurs: Be Wary of Local

  • January 31, 2012
  • Peter Krasilovsky

Local isn’t easy, or even worthwhile. Chris Devore, Seattle-based co-ounder of Judy’s Book, wants to remind entrepreneurs to stay away. In a new blog post, Devore gives three top reasons NOT to do a local + online start-up: 1- There’s…

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Case and Leonsis Providing $450 Million for D.C. Tech Start-Ups

  • December 1, 2011
  • Peter Krasilovsky

Source: Washington Post. Case, Leonsis and partner Donn Davis Universities stimulate major business zones in various cities. So do airports. Hence the Dulles tech corridor in D.C. So does the success of major companies. People leave with their stock options…

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Reading Yelp’s S-1: Rapid Growth Amid Challenges

  • November 21, 2011
  • Peter Krasilovsky

Yelp’s S-1, which was issued last week as a run-up to a $100 million IPO, reveals a lot of new data about the reviews leader. The big question about Yelp has been whether it can grow against increased pressure from…

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Angie’s List Seeks $113 Million From IPO

  • November 15, 2011
  • Peter Krasilovsky

In the wake of Groupon's successful IPO, Angie’s List is apparently set to issue its own IPO on Thursday. The offering would raise up to $113 million for the Indianapolis-based company, which provides members-only reviews of services and medical providers.…

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Coupons.com Gets $200 Million; $100 Million Is for Tech, Staff Development

  • June 9, 2011
  • Peter Krasilovsky

With Groupon going public, the promotions space is getting tremendously revved up. Hoping to get in on the action are promotional relatives of the deals space, including providers of grocery “cents off” coupons, retail weekly sales (circulars), retail rewards and…

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Where 2.0: Facebook Places Focuses on ‘Pushing Up the Stack’

  • April 25, 2011
  • Peter Krasilovsky

Facebook Head of Groups Justin Shaffer told attendees at Where 2.0 that one of Facebook’s goals is to develop the largest database of “interesting” places. The collection of places has “really been the focus" of his division for the past…

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‘Total Attorneys’ Receives Investment From BIA Digital Partners

  • January 19, 2011
  • BIA Advisory Group

Among the most challenging but potentially lucrative verticals is “Legal.” Long dominated by legal listings leaders such as Martindale Hubbell and Reuters Thomson, legal has opened up a little with the rise of social media and social media driven review…

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Angie’s List Raises $22.5 Million; Sees IPO Within 18 Months

  • September 22, 2010
  • Peter Krasilovsky

Angie’s List, the premium ratings and review service for home and medical services, has announced that it has raised $22.5 Million from institutional investors as it prepares for an IPO within 18 months. Investors in this round include some public…

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HomeRun Shows What and When You Bought on its ‘Daily Steals’

  • August 18, 2010
  • Peter Krasilovsky

With 200+ deal-a-day sites and vendors, the only way to carve out a niche is to find dramatically different takes on group buying (i.e., focusing on verticals or integrating with other content). How about making your buys visible to your…

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Redbeacon Raises $7.4 Million; Interview With CEO Ethan Anderson

  • August 5, 2010
  • Peter Krasilovsky

Redbeacon, the six-person San Francisco-based service referral company, announced today that it has raised a heady $7.4 million in Series A financing from Mayfield Fund and Venrock. CEO and Cofounder Ethan Anderson tells us that the company needed such a…

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Truvo's U.S. Holding Company Files for Bankruptcy

  • July 1, 2010
  • BIA Advisory Group

Truvo USA, the holding company that owns the European directory publisher Truvo, has filed for bankruptcy protection, with plans to hand over the company to its senior creditors. Truvo's European-based operating companies did not file for bankruptcy protection. Truvo operates…

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Thumbtack, a Service Leads Provider, Raises $1.2 Million

  • June 9, 2010
  • Peter Krasilovsky

Thumbtack, one of the new breed of service lead companies such as Alikelist, Redbeacon and HelpHive seeking to push aside leaders like ServiceMagic and Angie’s List (and the Yellow Pages), announced today it has raised $1.2 million, and now has…

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