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| Feb 25, 2014 | Lessons from Lockerz? Kathy Savitt uses past startup experience to fuel new push at Yahoo | Kathy Savitt
The story of Lockerz — the battered and bruised Seattle upstart that sold earlier this year to a Chinese e-commerce company at a fire sale price — is one of the more unusual ones we’ve encountered in recent years. And it’s a st... |
| Jan 14, 2014 | Seattle Roundup: Remitly, PlaceFull, Kymeta, UIEvolution, Ador | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Time to catch up on a handful of Seattle-area technology news, including new funds for Remitly and Placeful, a partnership between Kymeta and UIEvolution, and an acquisition o... |
| Jul 29, 2013 | Twitter mystery: The strange case of Lockerz and the Ethiopian supermodel | The photo of Liya Kebede now adorns the Lockerz Twitter account.
Lockerz, the heavily-funded Seattle social commerce startup backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, DAG Ventures and others, is going through a transition with executi... |
| Jul 2, 2013 | AddToAny’s founder buys company back from Lockerz 2 years after acquisition | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
AddToAny’s founder Pat Diven announced today that... |
| Jul 2, 2013 | AddToAny’s founder buys company back from Lockerz 2 years after acquisition | AddToAny’s founder Pat Diven announced today that he’s reacquiring his startup from Lockerz for an undisclosed amount.
AddToAny is a universal sharing platform. Its sharing buttons send content to Facebook, Twitter, WordPress, Tumblr, Pinte... |
| Jul 2, 2013 | Lockerz’s Pivot Continues As It Sells AddToAny, A Link Sharing Tool, Back To Its Founder | Lockerz, the social commerce and photo sharing network that has been busy working on a new fashion site called Ador, has taken one more step to streamline its operations: it is offloading social sharing platform AddToAny back to Pat Diven, ... |
| Apr 30, 2013 | Social Commerce / Photo Sharing Network Lockerz Launching Ador, A New Fashion Site | Looks like Lockerz, the social commerce and photo sharing service, may be moving on to yet another chapter in its life.
After laying off 30% of its Seattle HQ staff, closing down its San Diego office, and shutting down its Plixi photo shari... |
| Apr 3, 2013 | Are Tech Companies Better Digital Marketers? Rival IQ’s insights from the GeekWire 200
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Running With The Social Media Big Dogs
Have we learned from Seattle’s Tech Community? | [Editor’s Note: This post analyzing the GeekWire 200 was written by John Clark, CEO of Seattle-based Rival IQ, which provides tools for companies to benchmark and monitor their competitors and market landscape. Also see this post about the ... |
| Jan 16, 2013 | Social commerce startup Lockerz downsizes with close of San Diego office, layoffs at HQ | Social curation and photo-sharing site Lockerz has closed its San Diego office and laid off about 30 percent of staff at its Seattle headquarters, according to a TechCrunch report.
Lockerz has offered a Pinterest-like experience since Feb. ... |
| Jan 16, 2013 | Social commerce startup Lockerz downsizes with close of San Diego office, layoffs at HQ | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Social curation and photo-sharing site Lockerz ha... |
| Jan 15, 2013 | Photo Sharing/Social Commerce Network Lockerz Closes Down Its San Diego Office, Lays Off ‘Around 30%’ Of Seattle HQ Staff | TechCrunch has learned that Lockerz, the social commerce and photo sharing service, is downsizing. It has shut down its San Diego office, laying off all but two of the staff who will now work remotely. The company has also laid off “around ... |
| Jan 15, 2013 | Seeking a new combination, social commerce startup Lockerz confirms cutbacks | Lockerz, the heavily-funded social commerce startup, has reportedly laid off a chunk of its staff and closed down an office in San Diego. TechCrunch reports that about 30 percent of the staff at the headquarters in Seattle’s Pioneer Square ... |
| Oct 8, 2012 | Social commerce site Lockerz raises $7.5 million | Lockerz uses points and discounts to encourage activity
A modern day arcade. That is what I thought of when I signed up for the social commerce site, Lockerz, which just recently raised $7.5 million in new funding, according to an SEC filin... |
| Oct 8, 2012 | After CEO departs for Yahoo, Lockerz raises more cash | Seattle startup Lockerz lost its founder and CEO — retail and PR vet Kathy Savitt — to an executive role at Yahoo in August.
But that’s not slowing the company’s enormous appetite for capital. The social shopping service — in which teenager... |
| Oct 8, 2012 | Social Commerce Network Lockerz Raises Another $7.5 Million | Social commerce network Lockerz, which just lost its founder and CEO Kathy Savitt to Yahoo, has raised $7.5 million in new funding, according to an SEC filing. A spokesperson for the company confirmed the new funding, and said the round was... |
| Sep 14, 2012 | Seattle Fundraising Notes: Airbiquity, WebTuner, Lockerz | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Before you head off for one of the last good weekends of summer, here are a few tidbits of fundraising action culled from the week’s filings with the SEC. They’re pretty light... |
| Aug 29, 2012 | United Airlines Massive Computer Crash Leads To Handwritten Boarding Passes | Hopefully, you weren’t flying United Airlines yesterday. As you may have heard, the company had a massive computer crash, which caused chaos at many airports. These kinds of things aren’t new, but this one did seem quite impressive in terms... |
| Aug 29, 2012 | Rewards Site Swagbucks Now Rewards Users For Shopping, Too | Swagbucks, a site where users earn rewards for performing tasks like watching videos and taking surveys, is expanding with the launch of a new shopping page.
Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer Scott Dudelson tells me that there’s clearl... |
| Aug 27, 2012 | CEO of Startup Lockerz Hired as Yahoo’s New Marketing Chief | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Kathy Savitt, a longtime PR and marketing executive who founded the well-financed “social commerce” website Lockerz, has left her CEO post at the startup to take the job of ch... |
| Jul 11, 2012 | Know What’s Crazy? People Are Signing $100 Million NBA Contracts On An iPad | For industry people who keep up with the daily technology news cycle of incremental feature updates, startup launches, and seed funding stories, it can be easy to lose sight of the big picture of how tech has changed how the world operates.... |
| May 29, 2012 | Lockerz Acquires Fashion Community ‘Chick Approved’ | Social commerce startup Lockerz just announced that it has acquired online fashion community Chick Approved.
Lockerz allows its members to earn “PTZ” by sharing content and other activity on the site, which are then redeemed for discounts i... |
| Apr 3, 2012 | Kentucky Beats Kansas: On The Court And On Twitter | On Monday night, the University of Kentucky Wildcats defeated the Kansas Jayhawks to clinch their 8th NCAA Tournament title. Kansas put together a nice little run at the end of the game to make it closer, but Kentucky simply dominated throu... |
| Feb 15, 2012 | Social curation site Lockerz pushes commerce, announces low-price guarantee (exclusive) | Lockerz, a social commerce site that debuted its a self-expression platform earlier this month, said today that it will guarantee that no other online site will be able to match its prices.
Lockerz is similar to popular online pinboard site... |
| Feb 6, 2012 | Social Commerce Network Lockerz Debuts A Pinterest-Like Self-Expression Platform | Kleiner Perkins-backed social commerce network Lockerz is debuting a new Pinterest-like self-expression platform, where members can create and share collections of images and videos from anywhere on the Web. But unlike Pinterest, users can ... |
| Jan 22, 2012 | In further Megaupload retaliation, hacker group Anonymous takes down CBS.com | Hacker collective Anonymous continues to strike at sites around the Web in retaliation for the government shuttering Megaupload.com, and today the notorious group briefly took down broadcast network CBS’s homepage.
Anonymous has a long hist... |
| Dec 5, 2011 | Historic UK Tube Station Bans DSLRs But Not Other Cameras | Here’s an odd little quirk of the modern age you’re not likely to see again soon. South of Holborn in London (many nice bookstores in the area), there’s a tube station that has been out of use for decades. Aldwych (previously Strand) statio... |
| Sep 21, 2011 | Social Commerce Network Lockerz Acquires Personalized Video Curation Platform Vodpod | Exclusive-Flush with $45 million new funding in new funding, Kleiner-backed social commerce network Lockerz has acquired personalized video curation platform Vodpod and all related assets from parent company Remixation. This acquisition doe... |
| Aug 10, 2011 | Lockerz Opens Up Social Commerce And Sharing Network To Non-Members, Signs Deal With EMI | Social commerce network Lockerz is opening its up the site to non-members. As you may know, Kleiner Perkins-backed Lockerz, which just raised another $36 million from Live Nation, Dag Ventures, Kleiner, and Liberty Media; revolves around th... |
| Aug 9, 2011 | Adlibrium Launches In Beta On Android To Help SMBs Close The Redemption Loop On Mobile | Camber Tech, an advertising and social media startup founded in 2008, is officially revealing today that it has raised $1.5 million in seed capital from a host of international angel investors. The startup plans to use its recent infusion o... |
| Aug 5, 2011 | Lockerz Raises $36M Series C |
Financing includes DAG Ventures, as the lead investor, and seed investors, Liberty Media and Liberty’s CEO, Greg Maffei, as well as Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
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| Aug 3, 2011 | Lockerz Raises $36M in Series C Funding | Lockerz, a Seattle, WA-based social commerce company designed to serve the needs of Generation Z (ages 13 to 30), raised approximately $36m in Series C funding.
The round was led by DAG Ventures, with participation from seed investors Liber... |
| Aug 3, 2011 | Lockerz grabs $36M, aiming to become Generation Z’s homepage | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
What if you opened your high-school locker to fin... |
| Jul 12, 2011 | Heavily-funded social networking upstart Lockerz buys AddToAny | Fresh off its $30 million venture capital round, Seattle-based Lockerz has purchased AddToAny for an undisclosed amount. AddToAny, whose free widget is used by online publishers, describes itself as the “world’s best sharing platform.” It h... |
| Jul 12, 2011 | Kleiner-Backed Lockerz Acquires Social Sharing Platform AddToAny | Exclusive-Social commerce network Lockerz has acquired social sharing platform AddToAny. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
AddToAny, which has never raised any outside financing and is profitable, allows users to share ... |
| Jun 23, 2011 | Ask Ars: which image services might commercialize my photos? | reader comments 29 with 27 posters participating
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| Jun 2, 2011 | How People Share Photos On Twitter Today [Study] | Twitter is getting into the photo-sharing business. This is a natural extension to the Twitter product and its stated goal of giving users a consistent user experience across all of its clients. But how will this affect other photo sharing ... |
| May 20, 2011 | Is Barnes & Noble worth $1 billion? Liberty Media thinks so | Liberty Media proposed a deal late Thursday to buy the largest U.S. book retailer Barnes & Noble for $1.02 billion through the purchase of the company’s stock at $17 per share, according to Reuters.
The offer may seem high for an ailing... |
| May 17, 2011 | Meet Marcy: An original Web comedy from Lockerz | Lockerz just scored $30 million in venture capital financing from the likes of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and former Microsoft CFO Greg Maffei. And how is the Seattle social networking upstart — geared toward teens and twenty some... |
| May 6, 2011 | Swag for Swagbucks: Rewards site on-track for $15M revenue | A startup called Swagbucks says it has found a growing audience and real revenue for its website where users can earn virtual currency and rewards for performing basic online tasks.
The concept sounds a bit similar to Lockerz, a Seattle sta... |
| Apr 12, 2011 | Social Commerce Network Lockerz Raises $30 Million | Social commerce network Lockerz has raised $30 million in new funding, according to a new SEC filing. We’ve confirmed the raise with a spokesperson for the company. Lockerz previously raised $30 million from KPCB, Liberty Media and the CEO ... |
| Apr 12, 2011 | Lockerz secures $30 million for social retail | Kleiner Perkins and Liberty Media continue their support for social commerce
Social shopping service Lockerz confirmed Tuesday that it has closed $30 million of a planned $45 million round, according to an SEC filing. Besides the executives... |
| Apr 12, 2011 | Lockerz, a Gamified Social Network Site with Original Content, Scores Another $30M | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Seattle startup Lockerz, which is positioning itself as a unifying platform for the online lives of teens and young adults, has raised $30 million out of a possible $45 millio... |
| Apr 12, 2011 | Seattle social commerce startup Lockerz scores massive $30 million round | Kathy Savitt
Last week, Lockerz CEO Kathy Savitt told GeekWire that we’d have to “stay tuned” for news about the company’s future financing plans. Well, that news is starting to leak out. The Seattle social networking company, which targets... |
| Apr 12, 2011 | Confirmed: Lockerz raises $30M for social shopping | Lockerz, a social shopping startup aimed at users in their teens and 20s, is raising a big new round of funding. The Seattle company has already closed $30 million, and the round could go as high as $45 million.
The news first leaked out th... |
| Apr 7, 2011 | Lockerz taps former Amazon exec, plans deeper Facebook integration | Fast-growing, youth-oriented social networking site Lockerz has been undergoing a serious growth spurt since moving its headquarters from Pittsburgh to Seattle. And now the 70-person company — backed with more than $30 million from Kleiner ... |
| Feb 25, 2011 | Lockerz Rolls Out Rewards-Based Photo Sharing; Plixi Users To Earn Discounts Soon | A few weeks ago, social commerce network Lockerz acquired photo sharing app Plixi as a way to boost photo sharing on its platform. It looks like the company has hit the ground running in terms of integrations and today is launching a new ph... |
| Feb 11, 2011 | Social shopping site Lockerz goes mobile | Lockerz, a social shopping site aimed at users between 13 to 30, announced that it’s making its first move into the mobile world today with the launch of a new smartphone website.
The Seattle startup launched the first version of its produc... |
| Jan 27, 2011 | Exclusive: Lockerz Acquires Social Photo Sharing App Plixi (Formerly TweetPhoto) | Social commerce network Lockerz has acquired photo sharing app Plixi (which was formerly known as TweetPhoto), we’ve learned exclusively. Terms of the deal were not disclosed but we hear that the acquisition price was between $10 million an... |
| Nov 10, 2010 | sFund-Backed Lockerz Wants To Be A Social Commerce Destination For Young Adults | While social commerce network Lockerz has been flying under the radar, the startup has quietly been able to raise an impressive amount of funding and accumulated nearly 18 million members after being open to the public for under two years. ... |
| Aug 19, 2010 | Tereza's Op Ed | The following is a guest post by our friend and AVC community member Tereza Nemessanyi, founder and CEO of Honestly Now Inc., a web and mobile social media platform which will release its beta product to the market in September. It was init... |
| Jul 6, 2010 | Lockerz.com Raises Cash From Kleiner Perkins for Social Commerce Site | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Seattle-based startup Lockerz is a new kind of social networking service—an invitation-only social commerce site where the ultimate goal is for members to earn rewards for the... |
