Didn't believe us when we said some start-ups are still getting funding? Here's proof:
-Wind Power Holdings, a wind turbine business, secured $37 million in venture capital funding this week. So far the company has raised a total of $56 million just in the past two months alone. WPH says they'll use the capital to scale manufacturing and to speed up the development of a commercial-scale wind turbine. Recession what?
-Skydeck, a start-up that helps you keep track of cell phone calls and text messages, announced that they raised $3 million in first round funding this week as well. They say they'll use the cash to hire new staff and to develop new features.
-Solar Power Partners, a start-up that only managed to raise $6 million in funding a year ago, said this week that they've secured a total of $100 million in investment to date, with $60 million more available for project financing. Solar Power Partners doesn't make panels, instead they buy and install them for customers, and then maintain them. They sell the power the panels generate to the customer for a fixed rate.
-Zvents, a paid listings ad network, negotiated $24 million in VC funding this week. They say they'll use the money to expand the reach of their local listings network and to further develop their local search engine platform.
-Tungle, an online scheduling service, secured $5 million in first round funding. They plan to use the investment toward their marketing and engineering (?) activities.
-ZocDoc, a web service that lets make patients make appointments via the web, raised $3 million in first round funding from two VC heavy weights. Jeff Bezos and Salesforce.com founder Marc Benioff both invested in the business.
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