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Rumor: Federated Media Takes $50 Million On A $200 Million Valuation

April 3rd, 2008 at 9:36 pm

Source:TechCrunch
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Twhirl is considered among the better third party Twitter applications. ReadWriteWeb, for example, […]Source:TechCrunch
Federated Media (FM) has rumored to have raised $50 million from Oak Hill Capital Partners on a $200 million valuation, according to VentureBeat. Total funding for Federated Media to-date would be $57.4 million.
So what would Federated Media do with $50 million: Invest in sites. From a March interview:
Battelle: Well, I can’t say specifically what we […]

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