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Websitebuddymedia.com
Blogbuddymedia.com/blog
CategoryWeb
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Founded9/07

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[map] United States
USA

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Funding

Total$8M
Angel, 2007
Roger Ehrenberg
Series A, 9/07
$1.5M
Series B, 4/08
Softbank Capital
European Founders Fund
Greycroft Partners
Ron Conway
$6.5M

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Buddy Media

Buddy Media is a developer of applications for social media sites, including Facebook and MySpace. Within days of the launch of the Facebook Platform, Buddy Media launched 7 applications which were added by more than 500,000 Facebook users and accessed by millions of others.

Buddy Media is backed by Howard Lindzon, Peter Thiel, Mark Pincus and James Altucher.

In 2007, Buddy Media acquired Acebucks, a virtual currency Facebook application developed by Aryeh Goldsmith. Acebucks later received $1.5 million in financing. In 2008, Buddy Media acquired 5 more Facebook applications from ChipIn, Inc.

Their other applications include Griddle, Matches, and My Profiles.

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  1. Investor Portfolio (informationarbitrage.com) [edit]
  2. techcrunch.com [edit]
  3. Buddy Media raises $6.5 million, launches ad network (news.com) [edit]
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