FlyCast delivers music, talk, weather, and traffic to portable devices. Introduced in January 2008, the network has grown very rapidly from 80 channels to well over 1000 in a nine month period, and more channels are added weekly.
Financials
| Date | Type | Amount | Investors | Valuation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/01/99 | Series C | 17M | Unknown |
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News
How Rick Thompson became the über investor for gaming (interview)
January 18, 2013 5:00 pm
For more stories from the Consumer Electronic Show 2013, see VentureBeat's full coverage of CES 2013. In between the miles of… Continue reading ⟩
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(Editor’s note: Jeff Bussgang is a General Partner at Flybridge Capital Partners. This column originally appeared on his blog Seeing… Continue reading ⟩
Playdom co-founder starts Wild Needle to focus on social mobile games (exclusive)
January 11, 2011 4:00 pm
Rick Thompson is hoping that lightning strikes another time. Thompson was the chairman and co-founder of Playdom, the social game… Continue reading ⟩