The Inquisitr (Free subscription) | yesterday
Commenting 2.0 provider JS-Kit has taken $3.6 million Series B in a round led by Altos Ventures that included earlier investor TEF3. JS-Kit said it would use the new round to expand its developer and executive team. The first hiring is Chris Saad, founder of Faraday Media (Particls) and the Co-Founder of the DataPortability Project. Its money [...]
The Next Web (Free subscription) | 14/10/2008
Khris Loux is a special guy. He’s one of the most optimistic and energetic persons I’ve met. That was during The Next Web conference, last April. He gave a keynote about open standards and interviewed Mr. DataPortability, Chris Saad, on stage. They certainly connected, and not just on the white couch: industry visionary Saad has [...]
ReadWriteWeb (Free subscription) | 14/10/2008
... of one of the web's most forward looking innovators, Data Portability Working Group co-founder Chris Saad. Though JS-Kit has a funny name, the company has a big installed base. In addition to being very easy to install, it recently partnered with red-hot content sharing service ShareThis and acquired the early market leader in plug-and-play commenting, Haloscan. What does the future...
Snipperoo (Free subscription) | 14/10/2008
... engineers, a quadrupling of the size of the data center, and the addition of industry visionary Chris Saad (Co-Founder DataPortability) as a Strategic Advisor. * Series B funding was led by Altos Ventures, with participation from Series A Investor TEF3. * Contact: khris@js-kit.com. Today I am proud to announce that JS-Kit has closed a Series B funding round totaling $3.6M. The round...
Widgets Lab (Free subscription) | yesterday
... engineers, a quadrupling of the size of the data center, and the addition of industry visionary Chris Saad (Co-Founder DataPortability ) as a Strategic Advisor. Series B funding was led by Altos Ventures , with participation from Series A Investor TEF3 . Contact: khris@js-kit.com . I also have to note that they don`t only announced this founding round. but announcing that Chris...
Mashable (Free subscription) | 14/10/2008
... developer power, says CEO Khris Loux. Also, the assistance of DataPortability co-founder Chris Saad, who has been given the title of strategic advisor for the widget venture, is being noted as key to JS-Kit’s continuance in the field. ---Related Articles at Mashable | All That's New on the Web: Undisclosed Buzzd Funding Amount Finally Comes To Light Huffington Post Raises Another...
Pulse2 (Free subscription) | 14/10/2008
... 550,000 sites. Khris Loux stated that he received the funding by being featured on TheFunded.com. Chris Saad, co-founder of the DataPortability Project, Media 2.0 Workgroup, and APML joined JS-Kit as Strategic Advisor. JS-Kit will be adding other team members shortly.
TechCrunch (Free subscription) | 14/10/2008
JS-Kit , a startup that develops a series of widgets that can be quickly integrated into websites, has raised $3.6 million in a Series B funding round led by Altos Ventures, with existing investor TEF3 also participating. The company says that it will use the funding to expand its team of engineers, along with the addition of DataPortability's Chris Saad as Strategic Advisor. JS-Kit's...
