• By Nick Douglas
    Nov 9, 2006 2:46 PM 140
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    Numbercrunch: How much did Zimbra, Veoh, and Wink raise?

    At the Web 2.0 Summit, host John Battelle asks each of three startup founders how much VC funding they recently took. Their answers:

    • Zimbra founder/CEO Satish Dharmaraj: $15 million from Benchmark, Redpoint, and others. They "haven't touched it...we didn't want to position ourselves for a buyout as the goal of the company. When the capital was available at an attractive valuation, we took it in." As Battelle notes, the venture capitalists may care a bit, no?
    • Veoh founder Dmitry Shapiro: $14.75 million.
    • Wink founder/CEO Michael Tanne: Didn't hear a number from him. Survey says $6.2 million.

    Aaaand panelist Jason Calacanis from AOL has something to say about that. Surprise surprise.


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