User Analytics Company Kontagent Sees Data Volumes Surging, Now Tracking Over 1 Billion Daily Events, 1 of every 4 Social Gaming Dollars Spent

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) August 16, 2011

Kontagent, the leading user analytics company for social and mobile application developers, today announced it had surpassed 1 Billion daily event messages and 150M Monthly Active Users (MAUs) handled, reaching an important milestone in the companys scale and reach with its kSuite platform. The company is also tracking 1 in 4 dollars being spent in the social gaming industry.

With over 1,100 active social and mobile applications using its on-demand enterprise software including industry leaders such as Ubisoft, Time Warner, A&E Networks, EA and Tencent, among others, the company is seeing larger clients making sizeable investments in social gaming. According to AppData, Kontagent now handles more MAUs than any social developer except Zynga. [See infographic]

From social games to mobile applications, we continue to see an uptick in new companies coming online that need innovative ways to discover behavioral insights and social usage patterns around their applications. Were thrilled leading developers continue to leverage our social and mobile analytics as their platform of choice, said Jeff Tseng, co-founder and CEO of Kontagent. Just three years ago, we were processing less than a million MAUs amongst a select group of client applications. Since then, weve seen explosive growth in the social and mobile markets and are thrilled that weve successfully architected our system from the ground up to scale quickly with our customers.

Kontagents unique approach to user analytics allows for people at all levels of an organization to gain the critical insights they need to make real-time data-driven decisions. Its kSuite platform powers insights that include best-practice metrics as well as custom insights based on flexible event handling that allow companies to optimize user acquisition, retention and monetization across platforms.

About Kontagent

Kontagent is the leading user analytics platform for developers, marketers, product managers and strategic partners across the social and mobile web. Our proprietary platform kSuite has been built from the ground up to provide deep social data pattern visualization and analysis that delivers actionable insights via an on-demand service. Kontagent tracks more than 1,000 social applications, over 150 million monthly active users, and in excess of 15,000 messages every second. Kontagent is funded by ALTOS Ventures and Maverick Capital, with additional funding from Facebook and other well known angel investors. Founded in 2007, the company is headquartered in the SOMA district of San Francisco with additional offices in Toronto and London.

For more information, visit http://www.Kontagent.com

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COMPANY Leaps To Front of Online Art Sellers With Major Seed Funding

New York, NY (PRWEB) August 18, 2011

Silicon Alley-based startup COMPANY a social network for emerging art collectorsonline art market and social content company which also has an offline networking event series and reality cable show debuting in the fall announces their first seed funding of $ 1.6 million. The capital was raised from New York angel investors including the Reen Family Office and Ten Paces Capital Partners.

COMPANY is the only online art market offering collectors of contemporary and emerging art a curated secondary market to sell and exchange artworks from their own collections as well their recently unveiled website expansion offering Limited Edition Prints from the hot young artists exclusively.

The business was launched only this past March and already generating a profit which made for a quick capital raise. In the coming weeks, COMPANY will debut its art rental business modeled on Netflix and AirBNB catering to commercial real estate companies and hotel operators. Then in the fall its new reality show The Collector NYC debuts on cable fully underwritten by sponsors.

According to Founder CJ Follini, This investment is a game changer for online art sales by allowing us to expand our unique offline networking events and digital content creation to become the only enterprise in our space with multi-platform ad and sponsorship offerings.. Most importantly, these proceeds will catapult us into an extremely scalable art rental model for large commercial art consumers.

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The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers, Inc. Broadens Its Reach by Expanding Services to the Entertainment Industry

Woodland Hills, CA (PRWEB) November 23, 2011

The team at the Liberty Company Insurance Brokers, Inc. has been serving the needs of California residents and businesses for nearly 25 years. Whether customers need California home insurance or a comprehensive policy to protect their company, the experts at the Liberty Company always make themselves available to help. Now, the agency is expanding its services to the entertainment industry with the formation of Liberty Entertainment Insurance Services, LLC.

The agency is thrilled to announce this exciting new offering for individuals and businesses within the entertainment industry and is pleased to have the opportunity to grow its book of business. Daniel Rbibo will serve as President of Liberty Entertainment Insurance Services. Rbibo has extensive experience in servicing the entertainment industry, including studio accounts and independent film productions. He was recently awarded the 2011 Power Broker Award in the Entertainment and Media category by Risk and Insurance Magazine.

As Liberty Entertainment Insurance Services opens its doors and gears up to find the most suitable insurance policies for all of its entertainment customers, the team at the agency encourages people to reach out to Rbibo regarding employment and partnership opportunities. The Liberty Company makes it easy for people to get answers to all of their policy questions. Potential customers can stop by one of their four locations throughout California, get social with the experts on the agencys Facebook page or simply call the new Liberty Entertainment Insurance Services branch at (818) 914-3983. The Liberty Company takes pride in protecting its local community with everything from personal lines to California business insurance and is proud to be able to extend its available services even more.

About Liberty Company Insurance Brokers, Inc.:

The Liberty Company is an independent California insurance broker handling the insurance needs of individuals, families, and businesses for 20 years. From the agencys four different locations, the professionals at the Liberty Company manage the personal and business insurance requirements for over 20,000 clients with nearly $ 30 million in premiums. The agencys sales and servicing environment is highly automated to ensure the greatest efficiency and accuracy in working with each account, but our people, with their personable approach and careful attention to detail, are at the core of our longstanding client relationships.

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HIG Capital Portfolio Company Acquires Blue Moon Beads

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) November 10, 2011

Regarding HIG Capitals acquisition of Blue Moon beads, Neil Tuch, a Managing Director of HIG Capital, stated that, The Blue Moon acquisition shows DCWVs commitment to leadership in the crafts industry. We looked past the parent companys troubled balance sheet and found a company with innovative products, important customer relationships, a recognized brand, and strong, creative employees.

Neil is a Managing Director based in HIG's San Francisco office. He has over a decade of investment experience and focuses on building HIG's investment portfolio in the western United States. Neil is involved in all aspects of the investment process including deal sourcing, transaction negotiation and execution, and portfolio company oversight.

Prior to joining HIG, Neil was with Summit Partners, a private equity firm, and a Senior Engagement Manager with McKinsey & Company, the multi-national consulting firm. Earlier in his career, Neil worked for Goldman Sachs Mergers and Acquisitions department and founded a program for New York Cares, a not-for-profit organization. Neil has served on the board of directors of numerous private companies and community organizations.

HIG Capital is a leading global private equity investment firm based in Miami. The firm has more than $ 8.5 billion of capital under management. HIG specializes in providing capital to small and medium sized businesses and has offices in Atlanta, Boston, New York and San Francisco, as well as Hamburg, London and Paris in Europe.

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