{"id":43413,"date":"2009-11-17T10:35:13","date_gmt":"2009-11-17T15:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.wordpress.com\/?p=80015"},"modified":"2009-11-17T10:35:13","modified_gmt":"2009-11-17T15:35:13","slug":"another-50-million-for-rockyou%e2%80%a6why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/43413","title":{"rendered":"Another $50 Million for RockYou\u2026Why?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='snap_preview'>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-80021\" title=\"ry_logo28\" src=\"http:\/\/gigaom.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/11\/ry_logo28.png?w=111&#038;h=28\" alt=\"\" width=\"111\" height=\"28\" \/>Wow&#8230;I had completely forgotten about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rockyou.com\/\">RockYou<\/a>, a Redwood City, Calif.-based startup that started out as a widget maker but then turned social app developer and now is trying out hawking virtual goods. Sort of like the company it loves to imitate: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slide.com\/\">Slide<\/a>. RockYou made a splash today by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techcrunch.com\/2009\/11\/16\/rockyou-raises-a-whopper-50-million-in-venture-capital\/\">raising a whopping $50 million<\/a> in new funding from existing investor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.softbank.co.jp\/en\/index.html\">Softbank<\/a>. That brings the total funding raised by the 4-year-old company to $119 million. My view is that if the first $69 million didn&#8217;t make RockYou into a real, profitable business, what are the odds that the new $50 million will? 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