Comments on: BetaWorks Raises Around $2M for Bit.ly, Spins It Out http://gigaom.com/2009/03/30/betaworks-raises-around-2m-for-bitly-spins-it-out/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:01:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Exclusive: Yahoo, Others Eyeing Bit.ly http://gigaom.com/2009/03/30/betaworks-raises-around-2m-for-bitly-spins-it-out/#comment-165628 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:18:37 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=44099#comment-165628 [...] increased over past 60 days or so. The conversations are said it to be in early stages. The company raised $2 million in venture capital in March 2009 from Ron Conway and other super angel investors. Bit.ly declined to comment for the [...]

]]> By: Betaworks Raises $20M From Intel, Others – GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2009/03/30/betaworks-raises-around-2m-for-bitly-spins-it-out/#comment-165627 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:01:12 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=44099#comment-165627 [...] company. Since then Betaworks has launched and subsequently spun out URL-shortener Bit.ly, which ended up raising $2 million from the likes of Mitch Kapor and Jeff Clavier of Softech VC. It also created social media analytics company, Chartbeat, a company that emerged from the ashes [...]

]]> By: Bit.ly Is The New Digg (And The New Delicious) (Noscope) http://gigaom.com/2009/03/30/betaworks-raises-around-2m-for-bitly-spins-it-out/#comment-165626 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 08:31:37 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=44099#comment-165626 [...] service, just a few days ago I joined Bit.ly myself. Now I see why the service was able to raise 2M in funding and how they have the potential to outperform both Digg and [...]

]]> By: CoTweet Pulls in $1.1M, Joins Club of Funded Twitter-Focused Startups | Tech Newz http://gigaom.com/2009/03/30/betaworks-raises-around-2m-for-bitly-spins-it-out/#comment-165625 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:56:44 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=44099#comment-165625 [...] platform works with Bit.ly, a URL shortener created by New York-based incubator Betaworks, which received $2 million in funding back in March. CoTweet’s clients already include big corporate players such as Whole Foods, JetBlue and [...]

]]> By: CoTweet Pulls in $1.1M, Joins Club of Funded Twitter-Focused Startups http://gigaom.com/2009/03/30/betaworks-raises-around-2m-for-bitly-spins-it-out/#comment-165624 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:48:14 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=44099#comment-165624 [...] platform works with Bit.ly, a URL shortener created by New York-based incubator Betaworks, which received $2 million in funding back in March. CoTweet’s clients already include big corporate players such as Whole Foods, JetBlue and [...]

]]> By: InGram 2009 » MoTB Submission http://gigaom.com/2009/03/30/betaworks-raises-around-2m-for-bitly-spins-it-out/#comment-165623 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:53:17 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=44099#comment-165623 [...] the Twitter web interface. Bit.ly is involved in the funding on TweetDeck. News regarding Bit.ly * http://gigaom.com/2009/03/30/betaworks-raises-around-2m-for-bitly-spins-it-out/ * http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/bitly_alternative_to_tinyurl.php [...]

]]> By: rachelleking http://gigaom.com/2009/03/30/betaworks-raises-around-2m-for-bitly-spins-it-out/#comment-165622 Wed, 20 May 2009 02:38:50 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=44099#comment-165622 50 – 100 clicks from just one person coooool ;o)

]]> By: rachelleking http://gigaom.com/2009/03/30/betaworks-raises-around-2m-for-bitly-spins-it-out/#comment-165621 Wed, 20 May 2009 02:36:33 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=44099#comment-165621 Please Re-read: $2 million “in Series A funding” they are JUST getting a series of funding, they are not getting $2 mil all at once for Just a re-direct service – they must have a pretty cool plan behind it all – I know I am a ly.bit jealous personally because I also have a very good plan behind my own tiny – small – bity lil url shortner service myself ;o)

]]> By: The Day I Decided to be Evil [URL Shorteners] « The SiliconANGLE http://gigaom.com/2009/03/30/betaworks-raises-around-2m-for-bitly-spins-it-out/#comment-165620 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:21:25 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=44099#comment-165620 [...] last week I decided to be evil, myself, and start a URL shortener. My simple reasoning was that if bit.ly could grab $2 million for their URL shortener, I might could grab at least a couple bucks (that, and riz.gd is my [...]

]]> By: Acortadores de URL: punto único de fallo http://gigaom.com/2009/03/30/betaworks-raises-around-2m-for-bitly-spins-it-out/#comment-165619 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:28:19 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=44099#comment-165619 [...] caso de Bit.ly es especialmente curioso: han recibido dos millones de dólares en inversión para desarrollar el negocio pero su bien más importante, el dominio (.ly) pertenece a Libia, que [...]

]]> By: Is DiggBar Twitter’s New Power Tool? | Social Networking Site H.Q. http://gigaom.com/2009/03/30/betaworks-raises-around-2m-for-bitly-spins-it-out/#comment-165618 Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:43:34 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=44099#comment-165618 [...] sharing happening off their site, but url-shortners are big business on their own, with bit.ly reportedly worth $8 million. And of course we can’t forget that this is also a preemptive strike against [...]

]]> By: Tech Whiz Underground » Is DiggBar Twitter’s New Power Tool? http://gigaom.com/2009/03/30/betaworks-raises-around-2m-for-bitly-spins-it-out/#comment-165617 Fri, 03 Apr 2009 10:13:58 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=44099#comment-165617 [...] sharing happening off their site, but url-shortners are big business on their own, with bit.ly reportedly worth $8 million. And of course we can’t forget that this is also a preemptive strike against [...]

]]> By: Is DiggBar Twitter’s New Power Tool? | activiiv http://gigaom.com/2009/03/30/betaworks-raises-around-2m-for-bitly-spins-it-out/#comment-165616 Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:00:54 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=44099#comment-165616 [...] sharing happening off their site, but url-shortners are big business on their own, with bit.ly reportedly worth $8 million. And of course we can’t forget that this is also a preemptive strike against [...]

]]> By: Is DiggBar Twitter’s New Power Tool? http://gigaom.com/2009/03/30/betaworks-raises-around-2m-for-bitly-spins-it-out/#comment-165615 Fri, 03 Apr 2009 02:11:07 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=44099#comment-165615 [...] sharing happening off their site, but url-shortners are big business on their own, with bit.ly reportedly worth $8 million. And of course we can’t forget that this is also a preemptive strike against [...]

]]> By: Joe G http://gigaom.com/2009/03/30/betaworks-raises-around-2m-for-bitly-spins-it-out/#comment-165614 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:29:08 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=44099#comment-165614 “Don’t get me wrong, I’m not jealous or anything”

No, definitely doesnt sound that way at all with your rant!

]]> By: Why Bit.ly Could Upstage Digg http://gigaom.com/2009/03/30/betaworks-raises-around-2m-for-bitly-spins-it-out/#comment-165613 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:38:07 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=44099#comment-165613 [...] Tuesday, March 31, 2009 | 4:37 PM PT | 0 comments Yesterday, New York-based start-up incubator, Betaworks raised a round $2 million in funding for its URL shortener project, Bit.ly and spun it out as an independent company. The funding raised some eyebrows, with some speculating [...]

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