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Stack Overflow, Now Stack Exchange Inc, Raises $12M From Union Square Ventures And Others
Alexia Tsotsis works for TechCrunch as a writer. She attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA, majoring in Writing and Art, and moved to New York City shortly after graduation to work in the Media industry. After four years of living in New York and attending courses at New York University, she returned to Los Angeles... → Learn More Vertical Q&A site network Stack Overflow has just announced new funding, in a $12 million Series B round lead by Index Ventures, Spark Capital, and their first investor Union Square Ventures. This brings the company’s total funding to $18 million. It will also be changing its name to Stack Exchange Inc to better reflect its cross vertical aspirations.
These days old age is associated with such a steep decline in health, mobility and even basic functioning that people often say they'd rather die young than get old. If you think poor health is an inevitable part of old age, think again. With Easter around the corner we're sure we're not the only ones looking forward to indulging in a little chocolate. So often we feel guilty about these little indulgences, but today we’re going to focus on the positive. After all, what's a life without chocolate?
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Formspring Wants a Place Next to Twitter and Facebook Buttons
Formspring has announced $11.5 million in new funding, confirming earlier reports that the popular questions and answers service had taken on significant new capital from lead investor Redpoint Ventures. The company has also revealed a big new way to grow its audience: a button, called “Respond,” that publishers can use to ask questions on their website. As the name suggests, it lets visitors respond to a question posed by the publisher. The button itself resembles the Tweet, Facebook share and Digg buttons already pervasive on millions of sites across the web.
