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Gigya Takes In A Fresh $11M For Widget Distribution And Social Network Plug-In

by Jason Wilk on October 1, 2008

  • Israeli startup, Gigya, takes in $11m series C from DAG venture, and returning investors Benchmark Capital, First Round Capital, and Mayfield Fund.
  • Gigya focuses on two areas: 
    • Widget distribution platform and advertising network. 
    • Socialize. Their plug-in that allows any site to integrate social networking features. 

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Gigya Brings MySpace and Facebook Friends Together

by John Jorgensen on September 9, 2008

  • Gigya, a widget creation/distribution/analytics company, has just rolled out a new version of its Gigya Socialize widget that originally allowed people to share content within large social networks.
  • Gigya Socialize now has cross-functional support for MySpace and Facebook (utilizing the sites’ APIs), allowing friend lists from both of the networks to be pulled together in one place.
  • Includes newsfeed, invitiations, and notification functionality.
  • Gigya raised $9.5 milion in a series B round in March ‘08 led by Mayfield Fund, Benchmark Capital and First Round Capital.
  • Competes with Google’s Friend Connect, MySpace Data Availability and Facebook Connect.

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