3 posts and columns on Providence

Swipely Nabs $7.5 Million in Series A Funding for Social Spending (And to Attack Blippy!)

in News on May 11, 2010 at 1:59 am PT

Oh, joy: More venture bucks for more socializing of credit card information. Today, it is Swipely’s turn to grab the spotlight in the ever-crowded space to, as its press release so aptly says, “turn purchases into conversations.” BoomTown excitedly awaits the next big thing to be intrusively socialized, such as: Wipely (it records and shares every time you clean your bathroom), Diaply (don’t let your friends miss every diaper change!), and, of course, Hypely (every time a social category is overfunded by VCs, you get a poke).

KKR, Warburg, Providence and Elevation Surface in Skype Bid

in News on April 14, 2009 at 9:31 am PT

A quartet of private-equity firms have joined forces for a leveraged buyout of a global telecommunications firm with hundreds of millions of users. And no, this isn’t a blog post from 2006.