1Mby1M Deal Radar 2011: ReCourses, Nashville, Tennessee

David C. Baker’s chosen profession aligns perfectly with one of the many things entrepreneurs need to be successful: management skills. Baker founded ReCourses, a one-man management consulting firm, in 1994 to give exclusive help to small and mid-sized marketing services firms (advertising, design, interactive, public relations and in-house departments that also perform those functions). >>>

1Mby1M Deal Radar 2011: Tapjoy, San Francisco, California

Tapjoy is an engagement and monetization service for mobile applications. The company’s turnkey in-app advertising platform helps developers acquire new users, drive engagement within their applications, and create incremental income by providing ad-in-game currency free. The company’s network includes more than 9,000 apps and 200 million global consumers on iOS, Android, and emerging mobile platforms. Tapjoy has 1.5 million transactions a day across its network for app developers and advertisers. >>>

1Mby1M Deal Radar 2011: VigLink, San Francisco, CA

VigLink is a content monetization company that helps publishers of all kinds earn money from content on their sites. The company’s core product provides automated link affiliation that secures commissions from existing outbound links on the publishers’ sites. The site experiences no visible changes or interference with its monetization efforts; however, when someone clicks through to a commercial site and buys something, the content publisher receives a commission. The company is currently testing link insertion, which would add links to a site’s existing content. It would also be automatically affiliated. >>>

1Mby1M Deal Radar 2011: Contify, Delhi, India

Contify is a content aggregation and distribution company based in New Delhi, India that markets content obtained through its partnerships with 250 of India’s leading and niche publications. That content, more than 3,000 business news stories, is then distributed daily to clients in the form of global information databases such as Dow Jones Factiva, Thomson Reuters, LexisNexis, and Bloomberg.

The idea for Contify came to Delhi native, Mohit Bhakuni, during his tenure as the head of the content syndication department at Hindustan Times Media Limited (HTML). He had experience working with information databases like Factiva not only while pursuing his MBA at INSEAD in France, but also while working as a consultant for Deloitte Consulting in the United States. He returned to India in 2005 and started working for the Indian Express Group (IE). From there, he went to HTML. Working with the content license managers of information databases showed Bhakuni that “there is much demand for good quality content from India.” >>>

1Mby1M Deal Radar 2011: BonitaSoft, Grenoble, France

Deal Radar revisits open source with Grenoble-based BonitaSoft. The company creates a functional open source business process management (BPM) solution that designs, simulates, and automates processes. The aim is to allow businesses to turn their processes into business applications. Bonita Open Solution is designed to be comprehensive and scalable BPM solution that includes three main components: a process studio, an execution engine, and a Web user experience. >>>

1Mby1M Deal Radar 2011: DisputeSuite, Tampa Bay, Florida

DisputeSuite develops niche technology and education services to assist credit repair companies in the management and growth of their business. These companies help consumers who notice an error on their report or whom want assistance in rebuilding or repairing their credit. DisputeSuite provides an interactive platform for professionals to communicate with consumers in a secure environment while tracking and managing the consumer’s credit repair process. >>>

1Mby1M Deal Radar 2011: HootSuite, Vancouver, British Columbia

Mashable perhaps says it best: “So many statuses, so little time.” Social media can be an excellent tool for small businesses to collaborate and to build and maintain relationships with new and returning customers, but managing multiple profiles, commentary, and brand mentions – and keeping social media assets secure – can be a daunting task. HootSuite, which builds and markets a social media dashboard for Web and mobile platforms, aims to help individuals and organizations manage multiple social profiles including Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn, among others. Users can also monitor brand mentions, schedule updates, and track results with modular reports that integrate with Google Analytics and Facebook Insights.  The product includes security features to prevent account hijacking and mistakes when posting to corporate profiles. >>>

1Mby1M Deal Radar 2011: CapLinked, Manhattan Beach, California

My regular readers may be surprised to the see the subject of today’s 1M/1M Deal Radar. For the past three years, Deal Radar has been covering companies that have at least $1 million in annual revenue. It’s an important milestone that we take seriously. So why CapLinked, a pre-revenue company? Well, primarily because it’s a company that has been misunderstood as financing exchange, and to give the 1M/1M entrepreneurs a clear view of what they really do. CapLinked is an online platform for private companies, investors, and their advisors to collaborate, manage a capital raising or asset sale, and exchange updates. >>>