3 posts and columns on Scott Banister

Social Search Start-Up Topsy Nabs Cisco Exec as CEO

in News on December 6, 2011 at 11:48 am PT

The social search start-up has hired Duncan Greatwood, the founder who sold PostPath to Cisco Sytems in 2008.
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Defying the Twitter Ecosystem Curse, Topsy Rakes in $15M More

in Social on March 10, 2011 at 8:00 am PT

Topsy Labs, the real-time search engine, has raised $15 million in Series C funding from BlueRun Ventures, Ignition Partners, Founders Fund, Scott Banister and Western Technology Investments. This brings the company to about $30 million in total funding since it was founded in 2006.

"Tasteful" Naked Ladies Online Get $7 Million

in News on March 10, 2008 at 12:00 am PT

While BoomTown does not usually do funding announcements, the $7 million that the adults-only social network Zivity will be announcing today is interesting for one reason. No, not the fact that it builds its business model on the back–well, back ends, to be more precise–of photos of women in various stages of undress. Get your [...]