Shopify, a leading ecommerce platform used to create and power online stores, today announced that it closed a $ 15 million Series B growth investment from Bessemer Venture Partners, FirstMark Capital, Felicis Ventures, and Georgian Partners. This new investment adds to the $ 7 million of Series A funding received last year, providing a sizable balance to fund continued growth.
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Digital Shelf Space Corp. (the Company or DSS) (TSX.V: DSS; OTCQX: DTSRF) is pleased to announce that its innovative GSP RUSHFIT (http://www.gsprushfit.com) ultimate home workout DVD fitness series has become the #1 selling fitness DVD series of all time by a professional athlete in only its first year of distribution with in excess of 250,000 DVDs sold. The GSP RUSHFIT workout series stars the Montreal-based Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), World Welterweight Champion Georges St-Pierre (GSP).
To celebrate the 1st anniversary of GSP RUSHFIT, Georges St-Pierre will be in-store to sign autographs for the first 150 fans at Sport Chek Sherway, located at Unit B1, 167 North Queen Street, Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada on November 26, 2011 at 10:00 AM EST, and at the Sports Experts St. Catherine located at 930 St. Catherine Street West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada on December 4, 2011 at 10:00 AM EST.
We are honored to have partnered with GSP on the GSP RUSHFIT program, and to have achieved such an incredible milestone in only our first year is an amazing feeling, said Jeffrey Sharpe CEO and President for DSS. We believed when we created and produced GSP RUSHFIT with Georges late last fall, that it was going to be a hit with his fans and fitness enthusiasts around the world, but we did not expect to see this level of success in such a short timeframe.
GSP RUSHFIT was designed to appeal to the massive global audience with an interest in MMA and MMA training methods as a complete home fitness workout program. GSP RUSHFIT combines three of the hottest fitness trends. The complete program uses various MMA conditioning exercises, intense circuit style training and body weight training for fitness consumers to build muscle, cut weight and get in shape. GSP RUSHFIT is unlike any fitness program available. This program was carefully designed to give the most efficient and effective workout possible at home with minimal equipment. When consumers see how hard internationally respected athlete Georges St-Pierre pushes himself, working out alongside him will motivate and inspire consumers to push themselves harder, and achieve more than they ever thought possible. Georges St-Pierre has dedicated his life to Mixed Martial Arts and is regarded as one of the top conditioned athletes not only in the sport, but also in the world. Fitness fans everywhere can benefit directly from the same commitment GSP has made to his own health and fitness.
About Georges St-Pierre
Georges "Rush" St-Pierre (also referred to as "GSP") is a Canadian professional mixed martial artist and MMA world welterweight champion who holds black belts in both Kyokushin Karate and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. He is managed by LB3i Sports and represented by CAA Sports, a division of Creative Artists Agency. For more information about GSP, visit http://www.gsprushfit.com, http://www.gspofficial.com, http://www.facebook.com/georgesstpierre, or follow him at http://www.twitter.com/georgesstpierre.
About Digital Shelf Space Corp.
Digital Shelf Space is an independent producer of home entertainment content and online delivery technology provider to digital retailers, content owners and aggregators. Digital Shelf Space's proprietary technology platform has been custom built to deliver home entertainment content directly to consumers. The platform blends e-commerce functionality and paid DVD, digital download and streaming video delivery. For more information please visit http://www.digitalshelfspace.com and to view our project with Georges St-Pierre, please visit http://www.gsprushfit.com.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
Jeffrey Sharpe
President & CEO
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Jeff Sharpe
ShowClix (http://www.showclix.com), a full-service event ticketing company, today announced that it has secured a $ 1.65 million Series B round of funding. The round was led by Swallow Point Ventures and included Pittsburgh Equity Partners, Woodland Partners, Innovation Works, and Smithfield Trust.
The funding comes on the heels of the company experiencing tremendous growth in 2010, including a 650% increase in ticket sales, a 275% increase in clients, a strategic partnership with Groupon, and the addition of The Museum of Modern Art in New York City, Lucas Oil Speedway and Val-Du-Lakes Pavilion to its client portfolio.
ShowClix, which has built its business to date with online marketing and advertising tactics, will invest this round of funding into expanding sales, marketing, and product development.
Weve always tried to operate in a lean, capital-efficient manner and have never felt it necessary to have a large war chest of funds available. However, we did believe that it was important to raise sufficient capital to throw some fuel on the fire and increase our sales and brand awareness, explains ShowClix CEO Joshua Dziabiak. We were also excited to have the opportunity to add Harris Jones to our Board of Directors, as his extensive experience in both the mobile industry and in international business will be very valuable to the company moving forward.
ShowClix has just completed an impressive year of growth and we are pleased to be able to join the existing set of investors, says Harris Jones, Managing Partner of Swallow Point Ventures and former CEO of T-Mobile, UK. ShowClix has the rare combination of a top leadership team, innovative services that customers have found easy to adopt, and a market that is eager for fresh competition.
ShowClix focuses primarily on providing ticketing solutions to mid to large-size promoters, event organizers and venues that rely heavily on the companys online marketing tools, box office processing and admissions solutions. The company has also had success with its self-service model, which is used to power smaller events.
About ShowClix: ShowClix is a full-service, primary ticketing company that provides venues, promoters and event organizers with innovative solutions to manage every aspect of their ticketing operations, including online and telephone ticket sales, box office management, admissions control, and event promotion. The company currently works with over 1,800 live music venues, performing arts groups, museums, festivals, nightclubs, artist management companies, non-profit organizations and colleges and universities around the world. For more information about how ShowClix is bringing innovation to the ticketing industry, visit http://www.showclix.com/ticketing.
About Swallow Point Ventures: Swallow Point Ventures is a Pittsburgh-based growth capital firm that focuses on technology opportunities in the mobile, software, communications, and alternative energy industries.
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