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Website: http://www.rockyou.com/

RockYou is a leading provider of applications and widgets on the web. RockYou widgets include photo slideshows, glitter text, customized Facebook applications and voicemail accessories that are simple to use and enable people to frequently refresh their online style. Founded in 2006, RockYou has over 35 million users, serving over 180 million widget views per day in more than 200 countries....More»

Address: 585 Broadway Street, Suite A Redwood City, CA 94063 Map it »

Phone: 650-368-8081

Founded: 2006

Employees: 75

Industry: Consumer Internet

Sub-Industry: Photo / Video / Music

Legal Structure: Corporation

Ownership: Private

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Lance Tokuda [x]

Date	Type	Capital Amount	Post-Money Valuation	Investors
06/2006	Series A	1.5M	Unknown	Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, First Round Capital
05/2007	Series B	15M	Unknown	Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, Partech International
05/2008	Convertible Debt	1M	Unknown	Doll Capital Management
06/2008	Series C	67M	Unknown	Doll Capital Management, Sequoia Capital, Partech International, Lightspeed, Softbank Japan, SK Telecom Ventures

Name:	RockYou
Product URL:	http://www.rockyou.com/
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Bullish Opinions (8)	Author/Date	Do you agree?
Should go with 35M in funding 1 comment Add Comment	bbrunelle 08/07/2008		80% 5 votes 4 20% 1
Just got another 17m	looseygoosey	11/03/2008
This market is yet another bubble Add Comment	ryang 08/15/2008		100% 3 votes 3 0% 0
There is so much room for growth in this market, rockyou has a good start point Add Comment	tommyb 07/31/2008		83% 6 votes 5 17% 1
They claim 87.5 million monthly users with 2.7 billion monthly pageviews Add Comment	dr.chang 06/09/2008		80% 10 votes 8 20% 2
They just annouced a $35mm round of funding Add Comment	dr.chang 06/09/2008		90% 10 votes 9 10% 1
Their ad platform enables monetization of social network app traffic Add Comment	jenny 05/25/2008		90% 10 votes 9 10% 1
They have some of the most popular apps on Facebook and MySpace Add Comment	jenny 05/21/2008		89% 9 votes 8 11% 1
Social network widgets/ apps continue to be popular Add Comment	jenny 05/21/2008		90% 10 votes 9 10% 1

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Bearish Opinions (7)	Author/Date	Do you agree?
great name; smart founders; investors will lose shirts w/ nutsy valuation nutsy valuation; watch! Add Comment	effica 10/09/2009		100% 1 vote 1 0% 0
management team is very slick Add Comment	gameon323 08/27/2008		100% 1 vote 1 0% 0
New Facebook profile makes it harder for app makers to grow virally Add Comment	brianv 08/17/2008		100% 2 votes 2 0% 0
not a big fan of their apps Add Comment	sherpa22 08/10/2008		67% 3 votes 2 33% 1
social networks will begin to enter this space 1 comment Add Comment	mngofasho 07/24/2008		100% 3 votes 3 0% 0
Which social network will do it first (take over the ad distribution on applications)? Is that really what they're after?	ryean	07/24/2008
Many of slide's applications work/look better Add Comment	steven 06/09/2008		100% 6 votes 6 0% 0
Slide was able to raise more money at a better valuation Add Comment	dr.chang 06/09/2008		100% 6 votes 6 0% 0