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1Mby1M Deal Radar 2010: Accrisoft
Accrisoft Corporation provides SaaS solutions to organizations of all types. The company’s main products are Accrisoft Freedom, a content management system, and Accrisoft Business Tools, a software suite designed for website development companies to help manage their business and automate processes. The aim is to enable companies to manage their business from a single place by offering a high degree of control combined with depth of features. >>>
1Mby1M Deal Radar 2010: Avatron Software
Avatron Software develops productivity apps for Apple’s iOS platform, three of which have topped the list of top grossing third-party apps. Avatron has produced dozens of apps in partnership with media content owners in order to bootstrap its financing, but the company’s primary focus is on developing and marketing its own apps. Avatron has built its reputation around apps that help people get work done more productively, with a focus on wireless connectivity. >>>
The 1M1M Deal Radar 2010: Balihoo ,Boise, Idaho
Balihoo provides local marketing automation technology and creative, media buying, and media planning services to the distributed marketing partners (i.e., franchisees or resellers) of national brands. Balihoo’s customers have reduced local production costs by up to 90%, improved local ROI by more than 30%, and improved national visibility into local marketing efforts and their results. >>>
The 1M1M Deal Radar 2010: Xvand ,Houston,Texas
Xvand Technology is the provider of IsUtility, an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solution. The company invests in servers and technical support and delivers enterprise-level IT resources by selling access to clients as a utility. The aim is to eliminate the costs and risks of buying and managing an on-site IT system and to help clients put more money back into their businesses. >>>
Deal Radar 2010: Logic Software ,Toronto
Logic Software started as a custom development house and still does custom work, but in 2003 it started working on its first “shrink-wrapped” product – Easy Projects.NET, a Web-based project management software. Easy Projects now accounts for about 95% of the company’s revenue. >>>
The 1M1M Deal Radar 2010: SitStay ,Lincoln,Nebraska
SitStay, Inc. started as an online mom-and-pop dog supply store that has become one of the largest dog supply retailers on the Internet, defying conventional wisdom about the viability of selling pet products online. Readers may recall the failure of Petopia and the collapse of Amazon-backed Pets.com, which raised $82.5 million in an IPO in February 2000, bought rival Petstore.com in June 2000, and folded in November 2000. SitStay, which was founded in 1998, survived perhaps in part because of its niche approach. With a focus on “good for your dog supplies,” SitStay believes strongly that the health of the dog comes first. This philosophy has led it to focus on healthy dog treats, chews, and foods, and safe dog toys and equipment. >>>
The 1M1M Deal Radar 2010: Paltalk ,Los Angeles
Paltalk provides software and technology for real-time, rich media, interactive social networking. The Paltalk platform powers the largest collection of video-based communities on the Internet and has more than 4 million active members, with nearly 100,000 people at any one time chatting in rooms on a variety of topics, talking with friends, instant messaging, or conducting meetings. >>>
The 1M1M Deal Radar 2010: BlackLine Systems ,Los Angeles,California
BlackLine Systems creates and sells enterprise software designed to automate and control the entire financial close process. This is the basic monthly accounting process wherein a company reconciles its books. In April, Gartner named BlackLine in its 2010 “Cool Vendors in Risk Management and Compliance” report. >>>