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∙ Snitsig Inc., the developer of SnappyStuff.com, a site with related widgets that help people buy, sell and swap their belongings. The site dovetails with users' eBay Inc. auctions and Amazon.com Inc. buying histories, as well as their social networking pages. Bootstrapped to date, seeking an institutional round soon. ∙ MyDogSpace Inc., a social network for dogs and their owners. Initially created as a dating service for pet lovers, now featuring galleries, profiles, games and even movie tie-ins. A rival to the angel-backed Dogster, MyDogSpace claims to be "very profitable" already although founding CEO Robert Yau says it will consider the right offer. ∙ Govit, which facilitates the process of writing to elected officials about current legislation and other public affairs. Still a self-funded two-person operation, Govit has not yet begun fundraising in earnest but would like to connect with investors. ∙ TipJoy, a micropayment service easily hooked into blogs. Incubated by Y Combinator, TipJoy has also received a small angel funding but is seeking institutional investors as well. Founding CTO Ivan Kirigin said he expects its first round will be worth about $1.5 million, after a rolling close. ∙ Spongecell LLC, which combines event calendaring with an advertising and marketing service. Marketers, promoters and consumer brands can publish Web pages about upcoming events, then build interactivity into the advertisements so that they push out to social networks, ticket sellers, calendaring services and devices. Spongecell took a Series A round from Interpublic Group, Halo Ventures and the Pilot Group in 2006, and is seeking another round this year. ∙ Backblaze Inc., a consumer-facing file backup service that scans a user's hard drive, locates photos, music, Word and other critical files, and backs them up in the cloud automatically as a background function. Users pay a $5 monthly subscription fee, and can be charged for convenient options (DVD, USB drive) if files are lost and need to be restored by Backblaze. Bootstrapped to date, raising capital now. -- Paul Bonanos See Tech Confidential's special report concerning early-stage investing See "Social Calling", concerning twelve social media startups receiving early-stage funding
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