Where’s Wallop? - Online Marketing Blog

Lee Odden

Where’s Wallop?

Comments | Posted by Lee Odden on Sep 27th, 2006 in Online Marketing, Social Media

The Microsoft Research Labs spinoff has launched their Flash based, social networking service, Wallop to compete with MySpace, Facebook, Yahoo 360, etc.

I reviewed Wallop in June of last year. At that time, Alfred Thompson commented that, “I don’t know what the official plans are but I would not expect to see Wallop open up as more than a research project.” Apparently plans have changed.

Wallop has also rounded up $10 million in venture financing according to seattlepi.com.

So many social networking sites, so little time.

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Mr Wave Theory

Microsoft's social networking site Wallop has raised $10 million. The investors are Norwest Venture Partners, Bay Partners and Consor Capital. This is just one week following Soapbox's launch. You can bet the Wallop spinoff is a sign of more Microsoft spinoffs to come. Microsoft is a hotbed of innovation trapped inside a big software company waiting to be unleashed. I would bet there is more to come. I can just see a line of VCs waiting to invest in these Microsoft spinoff companies.

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