Domain Holdings raises $2.9M in Venture Capital Funding led by Valhalla Partners, Debuts Retooled Domain Development Platform

Delray Beach, FL (PRWEB) July 21, 2011

Domain Holdings, an industry leader in domain lifecycle management and monetization, announced that it has launched its retooled domain development platform DomainPower on the heels of a $ 2.9 million Series A venture capital funding round from Valhalla Partners, WWC Capital and BrokersWeb Inc. Founder and CEO Matias De Tezanos, as well as other angel investors.

The newly launched platform is a complete rewrite of its predecessor Rapid Domain Builder, initially launched in November 2010. The rebranded DomainPower keeps its original intent as a turnkey solution for domain owners, offering vertical-specific frameworks for quick SEO-ready website development, site enhancement plug-ins and multiple revenue opportunities, all managed in one location.

We are excited to come out of stealth mode with a new look to our award-winning platform, Domain Holdings CEO Jason Boshoff said. This gives users a powerful domain management and monetization solution that can help identify the overall status of a domain portfolio, recognize growth opportunities and, overall, offers easy management.

The redesigns primary focus was a new user interface, developing a larger selection of vertical-specific frameworks and adding domain portfolio management solutions. The newly launched UI features an upgraded dashboard, sortable by individual domain performance or a full portfolio performance overview, with real-time updates of site and portfolio statistics. Updates include revenue, traffic, traffic sources, keywords and other site vitals integral to the growth, health and maintenance of domains.

The funds raised will go to continued technological development for the DomainPower platform, including research and development of new revenue models for site users, as well as adding resources to optimize, analyze and help increase yield and domain value.

About Domain Holdings

Domain Holdings, a full-service domain lifecycle management company, is an industry leader in the acquisition, development, management and monetization of domain portfolios and premium web properties. The company was co-founded by Chad Folkening, a longtime domain industry veteran, and John Ferber, co-founder of Advertising.com which was acquired by AOL for approximately $ 500 million in 2004, and whose collective online products and services have grossed more than $ 3 billion since 1996. DomainPower is a comprehensive monetization and domain development platform, providing domain owners with a rev-share enhancement and website development solution.

About Valhalla Partners

Valhalla Partners is a partner and advisor to technology entrepreneurs in their quest to build world-class companies. Based in Vienna, Virginia, the firms management team has made more than 120 investments over the past twenty years and produced over $ 1 billion of investment proceeds. Valhalla prefers investments where the mission of the company is to innovate, challenge and fundamentally change the dynamics of new and existing markets. Investments by Valhallas team include Advertising.com, CareerBuilder.com, Clarify, EnterpriseDB, Epicor, Exchange Solutions, JumpTap, LeftHand Networks, Mobius, NextLink, Nirvanix, Progress Software, Proxicom, RealOps, Register.com, Riverbed Technologies, SafeNet, SEPATON, ServiceBench, SolidFire, TidalTV, Trilogy, and webMethods. Valhalla Partners brings the full power and network of its experienced team to every investment it makes, helping companies grow faster and smarter regardless of size or maturity.

For more information, go to http://www.valhallapartners.com.

About WWC Capital

WWC Capital is an investment banking and private equity firm dedicated to serving middle market companies in need of capital or advisory services. WWC has deep experience in the technology, government services, and new media sectors. Our professionals have extensive advisory and transaction experience in operating companies, investment banks and professional services firms. WWC principals have completed over 325 transactions totaling over $ 15 billion in value. WWC Capital is based in Reston, Virginia.

For more information, go to http://www.wwccapital.com.

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SpareFoot Raises $2 Million to Accelerate Growth

Austin, TX (PRWEB) June 21, 2010

SpareFoot.com, the leading online marketplace for self storage, announced today the closing of its $ 2M Series B round of funding. Silverton Partners and FLOODGATE led the round with participation from Capital Factory. SpareFoot will use the proceeds to grow its team and expand into new marketing channels with the goal of driving even more tenants to its clients.

Were excited to use the proceeds from this round to grow our team and drive more tenants to our clients. The support from Silverton and FLOODGATE is reflective of the traction weve achieved in the storage industry, said SpareFoot CEO Chuck Gordon.

In less than one year, SpareFoot has aggregated the largest real time inventory of self storage units on the web. SpareFoot offers consumers a comprehensive comparison shopping experience coupled with exclusive pricing. For storage companies, SpareFoot fills vacant units with a strictly pay for performance model.

"We are extremely pleased with the high quality tenants SpareFoot.com has sent to our facilities, said Simply Self Storage Director of Marketing Christina Furnia. Their pay for performance model means no risk for our company - there is only upside. Getting set up was a breeze through the direct integration with our software and I'm happy to report the quantity of tenants from SpareFoot is growing substantially every month."

Kip McClanahan, partner at Silverton Partners, commented, The storage industry has been waiting for a company like SpareFoot. They are changing the self-storage industry with a comparison shopping experience much like Expedia and Priceline changed the travel industry. And by charging storage facilities only when a new tenant moves in, theres zero risk joining the SpareFoot marketplace. Its been great to see SpareFoot emerge as the leader and were excited to see them continue to grow.

About SpareFoot:

SpareFoot is the leading online marketplace for self storage. With more than 5,000 self storage listings nationwide, SpareFoot offers consumers the most complete comparison shopping experience in the storage industry while helping storage operators find new tenants all through an entirely pay-for-performance model. For more information about SpareFoot, call (512) 705-6208 or visit http://www.sparefoot.com.

About Silverton Partners:

Silverton Partners is an early stage venture capital firm based in Austin, Texas. Silverton collaborates with exceptional entrepreneurs who are committed to attacking growth markets with cutting-edge products or services. The principals of Silverton Partners have over two decades of venture experience in IT infrastructure and management software, having been the start-up investors in Tivoli Systems (IPO/acquired by IBM), Motive Communications (IPO/acquired by Alcatel-Lucent), Waveset (acquired by Sun Microsystems) and SailPoint (privately held). Visit http://www.silvertonpartners.com for more information.

About FLOODGATE:

FLOODGATE is a Silicon Valley based, early-stage Super Angel fund focused on start-ups that fundamentally disrupt existing large markets or create new market categories. The firm currently works with consumer-focused companies such as Twitter, Chegg, ngmoco, digg, Kongregate, IMVU, and Smule, as well as business-focused companies such as SwiftTest, Solarwinds, Spiceworks, Demandforce, and YuMe Networks.

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Phitek Raises Fresh Capital For Global Expansion

San Jose (PRWEB) December 20, 2007

Global leader in active noise cancellation technologies, Phitek Systems, today announced that it has successfully raised new capital following from the placement of new shares in the company. The new capital will be used to expand Phitek's activities in embedded active noise cancellation technologies for portable media players and music phones.

Mark Donaldson, Phitek System's CEO, said, "The funding will be used to roll out a number of new and exciting platforms as well as strengthen our balance sheet as demand for our active noise cancellation products continues to build. Our revenues for fiscal 3Q08 have exceeded expectations on the back of solid order flow for in-flight entertainment connectors, active noise cancellation headphones and earphones."

Phitek has appointed ABN AMRO Craigs as its principle financial advisor. ABN AMRO Craigs will advise the company on its future capital strategy and preparations for a potential initial public offering (IPO). Part of the global ABN AMRO group, ABN AMRO Craigs is a leading investment bank in New Zealand with specialist expertise in equity capital markets and corporate advisory.

Mark Somerville-Ryan of ABN AMRO Craigs says the bank is delighted to be appointed the financial advisor to Phitek and also successful complete the placement of new shares in the Company.

"We have no doubt that ABN AMRO, as Phitek's financial advisor, will provide Phitek access to capital as well as world-class investment expertise," says Somerville-Ryan.

Donaldson also says that Phitek is expanding its presence in the United States and Asia where its active noise rejection (ANR) technology has enabled the Company's OEM customers to rapidly build market share.

"Noise cancellation headphones designed and manufactured by Phitek incorporating its ANR technology have received positive endorsement in global markets with the Creative Aurvana being awarded Editor's Choice in the prestigious PC World Magazine in North America and the Audio Technica Quietpoint being nominated by Macworld as the best noise cancellation headphone for 2007."

For more information please contact:

Mark Donaldson, CEO, Phitek Systems, Ph 64 9 524 2984, mobile 64-29-291 6550

Mark Somerville-Ryan, ABN AMRO Craigs, Ph 64 9 358 7558, mobile 64-29-2507944

Julien Leys, JML Communications, Ph 64 9 358 2828, mobile 64-21-655-598

About Phitek Systems

Phitek Systems is a leader in the development of advanced analogue and digital signal processing technologies for audio enhancement and noise reduction. Phitek's avionic systems are employed by a number of the world's largest and most successful airlines including Singapore Airlines, Lufthansa, British Airways, and Emirates. Phitek designs and manufactures premium headphones incorporating proprietary audio enhancement and noise reduction technology for some of the world's largest consumer brands. The company's headquarters and principal R&D facility are located in Auckland, New Zealand, with production and sales located between Hong Kong, North America, Japan, and Shenzhen.

For more information about Phitek Systems Limited please visit http://www.phitek.com

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Apptera Raises $10M to Grow Its Voice And Visual Mobile Ad Network

Sunnyvale, CA (PRWEB) June 21, 2010

Apptera (http://www.apptera.com), the leading voice and visual mobile advertising network, today announced that it closed a $ 10 million Series B financing. The investment was led by New World Ventures. Also participating in the round were existing investors Lightspeed Venture Partners, Alloy Ventures, and Walden International. Matt McCall, Partner at New World, will join Appteras Board of Directors.

Appteras team and innovative approach to mobile advertising clearly stood out, said Matt McCall. Apptera has created a highly effective and innovative mobile advertising solution for a large, untapped market. New World invests in companies with strong management, differentiated technology and the ability to capitalize on large, fast growing markets. Apptera fits the bill in every respect. Apptera joins other New World investments which include Playdom, Zinch, TopSchool, TicketsNow and LeftHand Networks.

Appteras proprietary ad-serving technology enables marketers to effectively reach and engage a large and valuable mobile audience while enabling publishers to monetize their phone channel and enhance their customers experience with relevant messages. Appteras voice and visual mobile advertising technology dynamically inserts relevant and interactive audio messages into calls and allows advertisers to target their messages based on a variety of targeting parameters such as a callers location, mobile carrier, interests and behavior. Appteras audio ads are also the starting point for a wide range of visual engagements and mobile interactions. Consumers who opt-in to Apptera voice and visual ads can receive instantaneous or scheduled SMS text messages; mobile coupons or links to mobile web sites and smart phone application downloads; MMS messages with embedded videos formatted for their devices; enhanced call services such as immediate transfers to, or callbacks from, sales agents; or offers to various products or services billed directly by their mobile carriers.

According to Henry Vogel, Appteras CEO, this latest financing and our new partners will help fuel our continued expansion. We chose New World Ventures because of Matts deep domain expertise and collaborative approach. Moreover, leveraging New Worlds broad network will help us achieve our long-term vision of re-inventing mobile advertising. Im excited to work with New World and our existing partners at Lightspeed, Alloy and Walden on our next phase of growth.

About Apptera

Apptera powers the worlds leading voice and visual mobile ad network, generating revenue for leading players in the entertainment, communications, social media, financial services, retail and other industries. Apptera's award winning MobileAd Xchange delivers relevant voice advertisements in-call as well as follow-on visual mobile engagements, such as SMS and MMS messages, mobile video, smartphone app downloads, click-to-call and more. Members of the Mobile Ad Xchange and customers of Appteras technology include AT&Ts 1-800-YellowPages, AOL Moviefone, MovieTickets.com, Fandango, iCall, Arsenal Interactive, Bank of Americas ATM locator, SaveMart Supermarkets, GSI Commerce, and many others. Privately funded by leading venture capital firms including Lightspeed Venture Partners, Alloy Ventures, Walden International and New World Ventures, Apptera has offices in Sunnyvale, Los Angeles, and New York City. For additional information, visit http://www.apptera.com.

About New World Ventures

New World Ventures, closely affiliated with The Pritzker Group, is a venture capital firm investing in technology companies with exceptional potential and helping these companies become market leaders in their space. New Worlds sector focus includes enterprise-focused solutions (e.g. SaaS, telecommunications, IT infrastructure, technology-enabled services) and Internet-driven businesses (e.g. interactive marketing, e-commerce, social networking). New Worlds dedication to active investing and its commitment to long-term business building have helped its companies achieve outstanding success. For additional information visit http://www.newworldvc.com.

Contact:

Jeff Becker (Apptera)

408-636-4133

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