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| Going.com gets it going with $5 million |
| Published: July 26, 2007, 9:23 am |
| Tags: Facebook, General Catalyst, Generalcatalyst, Going Com, Goog, Highland Capital, Msft, Myspace, Yhoo |
| Filed under: Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), Yahoo! (YHOO), Private equityGoing.com is an event site with social networking features that is focused on the 20-something crowd (which I guess leaves me out). The company seems to be getting traction, and today it announced a $5 million round of venture capital. The investors include General Catalyst |
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| Going.com Enters Ticket Sales Market, Schwag However Needs Some Work |
| Published: November 14, 2007, 7:48 pm |
| Tags: Company Amp 038 Product Profiles, Going Com |
| Event based social network Going.com has entered the ticket sales business. The new functionality will tie in with their existing social events focus, where over 300,000 Going.com members already use the service to RSVP for events. Going.com believes that the service provides a better long-tail targeted service compared to bigger ticket sellers |
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| Going.com Gets Extra Social On Events |
| Published: December 21, 2007, 10:30 am |
| Tags: Company Amp 038 Product Profiles, Going Com |
| Events based social network Going.com have launched their 3.0 version with several new features. Central to Going.com 3.0 is a new events and people recommendation engine that allows users to discover events and people in their area. The new features takes Going.com’s event focused social networking service to nearly a dating service. |
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