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Billing Revolution Gets Funding From Citi for Mobile Payments Service

in Commerce on June 21, 2011 at 4:12 pm PT

Billing Revolution, which has launched a mobile billing platform called Single-Click Checkout, has raised additional capital from its partner, Citigroup. The undisclosed investment is from Citi Ventures and follows a $6.6 million second round of funding from DCM and SK Telecom Ventures last month.

Video of RockYou Founders Talking About the New $17 Million Funding for Asian Expansion

in News on November 3, 2008 at 4:00 am PT

Widget maker RockYou announced today that it has nabbed a $17 million investment from two Asian firms, SoftBank Group and SK Telecom Ventures. The investment will be added to $35 million from the Redwood City, Calif.-based start-up’s C round in June. Overall, RockYou has raised a total of $67 million and–before the current econalypse–had previously reported a $400 million valuation. In a video with BoomTown, the company’s co-founders, CEO Lance Tokuda and CTO Jia Shen, said the new funding would be used to expand into the Asia-Pacific market, add offices and staff and make acquisitions.