Comments on: Meet The Fundinistas

By: Shazam Raises Mo Money From iFund

Shazam Raises Mo Money From iFund — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:22:12 +0000

[...] and convince them to keep paying Shazam — a decent but limited revenue stream. Or become a fundinista — you know, those companies that constantly raise money to stay in business to, in turn, [...]

By: New Fundinistas: Glam Media and Revolution Money

New Fundinistas: Glam Media and Revolution Money — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:11:55 +0000

[...] Glam has raised a total of $124.2 million in five rounds of funding, thus qualifying it as a “fundinista.” In case you’ve forgotten, fundinistas are those companies relentlessly raising [...]

By: HipMojo.com » Why Salespeople Make Bad Fundraisers

HipMojo.com » Why Salespeople Make Bad Fundraisers — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 03:40:46 +0000

[...] it is, it’s pretty clear that fundinistas are good at spotting suckers who are willing to fund ideas that, let’s face it, have no [...]

By: Fundinista Obopay Gets Another $70 Million

Fundinista Obopay Gets Another $70 Million — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:10:52 +0000

[...] | Wednesday, March 25, 2009 | 6:10 AM PT | 0 comments Two years ago I came up with the term, fundinista - a startup that is raising venture capital relentlessly. Add mobile payments company, Obopay, which apparently has raised another $70 million including [...]

By: Startup_Newbie

Startup_Newbie — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 22:19:48 +0000

Yes, can someone please comment? Is this a bad thing if companies get too much money/too many rounds? How much is too much? $30MM? $50MM? Thinking about joining a start-up that has over $30MM in funding – can’t figure out if this is good or bad . . . All thoughts appreciated!

By: Zillow Gets Mo Money « GigaOM

Zillow Gets Mo Money « GigaOM — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 06:40:26 +0000

[...] September 19, 2007 at 11:40 PM PT | No comments Earlier this week we were joking about Fundinistas or companies that the ones who raise venture capital relentlessly. One of them happened to be [...]

By: francinehardaway

francinehardaway — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 01:43:41 +0000

So these are companies who don’t have a business model? So then will they get shut down by those same VCs after a while?

By: Business Books

Business Books — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 22:33:20 +0000

Don’t forget about Jobster, Seattle-based http://www.jobster.com, they already raised over $50 million from Trinity Capital, etc.

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 21:33:09 +0000

Veoh, SpotRunner, and GridPoint are all over $50m in funding to date.

By: Ron

Ron — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:31:40 +0000

Do you mean KnowNow? I think that they had constant problems with people mistaking their name for “KnowHow”…

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:47:18 +0000

good catch sandeep. thanks

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:46:58 +0000

Luis,

That's waht the dictionary says, but in the spirit of having too much fun, i went with fashionista, ;-)

By: luis

luis — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:41:58 +0000

Hey Om, FYI “ista” derives from Sandinista. This term comes from what the Sandinistas termed the anti-imperialist struggle of Augusto César Sandino during the thirties…..

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:31:13 +0000

Video Egg got an investment from WPP but it is not clear if it was a round or just an extension of a previous round. hence 3.5. will update after I get a clear picture

By: Online Market research company

Online Market research company — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:36:27 +0000

what about face-book — i thinks that is largely relying on venture capitalist money ?

By: 100rabh

100rabh — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 08:51:19 +0000

I did not get that 3.5 rounds Funda for VideoEgg