Facebook Announces First Recipients of fbFund, Launches $10 Million Competition

July 23rd, 2008

Facebook today is announcing the first recipients of fbFund grants. Winners include:

ConnectedWeddings
CourseFeed by Classtop
GoalCamp
HotBerry
J2Play
LuckyCal
MyListo
Podclass
Trazzler
Zimride Carpool App

Facebook has also announced a new fbFund Compeition that will award $10 million to 25 fbFund recipients. This year, users will test applications and vote on their favorites after the deadline of August 29, 2008.

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4 Responses to “Facebook Announces First Recipients of fbFund, Launches $10 Million Competition”

Inside Facebook » Facebook Launches $2 Million fbFund Developer Competition Says:
August 5th, 2008 at 12:01 am
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September 2nd, 2008 at 8:51 am
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Inside Facebook » 600 Developers Apply for Free* fbFund Money Says:
September 22nd, 2008 at 7:00 pm
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