7 posts and columns on Dalton Caldwell

Dalton Caldwell’s Newest Venture: Giving Apps a Better Home Page

in Mobile on July 13, 2011 at 2:00 pm PT

The picplz founder has spun off that company to focus on a service aimed at giving app developers a prettier and more functional Web presence. The service, App.Net, is sort of like an About.me for apps, Caldwell tells AllThingsD.
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Photo-Sharing App Picplz Gets a Makeover

in Mobile on January 13, 2011 at 2:00 pm PT

The social mobile photo app for iPhone is adding the ability to see live previews of photo filters, along with various performance improvements. In an interview, Picplz’s creator said the changes are all about making the program even more fun.

Video: Picplz's Dalton Caldwell Says It's All About the Money

in Social on December 13, 2010 at 8:48 pm PT

Mixed Media Labs CEO Dalton Caldwell doesn’t want to brag about the features of his photo-sharing app Picplz. He wants to talk about how it will (eventually) be monetized.

After Imeem Ends On Bum Note, Founder Back With New Venture

in News on November 12, 2010 at 1:58 pm PT

Investors often talk about the importance of a founder having previous start-up experience. Dalton Caldwell’s last start-up certainly was an experience. He founded online music service Imeem Inc. in his apartment and watched it grow to 95 employees and raise more than $25 million in venture capital. Then he watched it fall apart, selling to MySpace Inc. for a reported $1 million.

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No, It's Not Instagram: Photo-Sharing App Picplz Raises $5 Million

in Media on November 10, 2010 at 8:31 pm PT

Mixed Media Labs, the parent company behind photo-sharing app Picplz, has raised a $5 million Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz. Up until now Picplz, which works on both Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android platforms, has been best known as the new project from Dalton Caldwell, who ran music service Imeem until it collapsed a year ago. Next question: Who is investing in rival photo-sharing app Instagram? (Ahem. Besides Andreeseen’s firm, which invested in that start-up’s seed round.)

MySpace Acknowledges Imeem Deal and Starts Shutting Down its New Acquisition

in Media on December 8, 2009 at 10:02 am PT

The deal was done last month and now both parties are officially announcing it: MySpace has bought Imeem and is in the process of shutting it down. Imeem users will be directed to MySpace Music, and they can go ahead and delete their Imeem Android and iPhone apps, which will no longer work.

Done Deal: MySpace Buys Imeem for Up to $10 Million

in Media on November 18, 2009 at 7:12 pm PT

It’s official: MySpace has closed on its acquisition of Imeem, the streaming music service. It is paying a fire-sale price of $1 million, sources familiar with the situation tell me, and could pay up to $7 million to $9 million in earn-outs for key employees, who will likely include CEO Dalton Caldwell. Investors like Sequoia and Warner Music Group had pumped at least $25 million into the venture.
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