Articles about Lockerz

Yahoo CMO Kathy Savitt departs for Hollywood TV, movie studio STX Entertainment

Kathy Savitt is leaving Yahoo. The tech giant’s chief marketing officer announced today that she is taking a new role at STX Entertainment as president of… Read More

Lessons from Lockerz? Kathy Savitt uses past startup experience to fuel new push at Yahoo

The story of Lockerz — the battered and bruised Seattle upstart that sold earlier this year to a Chinese e-commerce company… Read More

What happened to Lockerz? Heavily-funded startup purchased by Chinese e-commerce company

Remember Lockerz? A little over two years ago, Lockerz founder Kathy Savitt declared that the heavily-funded social commerce startup was… Read More

Twitter mystery: The strange case of Lockerz and the Ethiopian supermodel

Lockerz, the heavily-funded Seattle social commerce startup backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, DAG Ventures and others, is going… Read More

Amid transformation, Lockerz sells AddToAny back to founder

Yesterday, Michael Birch announced that he had successfully re-purchased Bebo for $1 million from AOL, the company that originally bought… Read More

What’s up with Lockerz? Heavily-funded startup mum on new fashion site Ador

Lockerz appears to be unlocking its next chapter. The Seattle social commerce startup is behind a service called Ador, a… Read More

Seeking a new combination, social commerce startup Lockerz confirms cutbacks

Lockerz, the heavily-funded social commerce startup, has reportedly laid off a chunk of its staff and closed down an office… Read More

After CEO departs for Yahoo, Lockerz raises more cash

Seattle startup Lockerz lost its founder and CEO — retail and PR vet Kathy Savitt — to an executive role at Yahoo… Read More

Lockerz makes another buy, unlocks deal with Wishpot

Sometimes you run into stories in the strangest places. On an elevator ride in Pioneer Square this morning, I bumped… Read More

Kathy Savitt goes to Yahoo, Lockerz names new CEO

Marissa Mayer continues to put her mark on Yahoo, announcing today that Seattle public relations veteran and entrepreneur Kathy Savitt… Read More

Tech Moves: Pearl Jam Web developer joins Seattle’s Yabbly; Rosenthal leaves Madrona; etc.

Ian Shafer has joined Yabbly, a new social decision making app created by former Marchex exec and Google product manager… Read More

Lockerz buys online fashion site Chick Approved

Lockerz continues to bolster its ranks through acquisitions, with the fast-growing Seattle social shopping company announcing that it has acquired… Read More

Newsmakers 2011: Lockerz CEO Kathy Savitt

Some of the biggest names in venture capital are putting their faith in Lockerz, a Seattle upstart that came on… Read More

Zulily, Redfin named to list of the 100 most valuable startups

Fast-growing Seattle startups Zulily and Redfin have been named to Alley Insider’s Digital 100 ranking of the most valuable startups… Read More

Lockerz makes another buy, gobbles up video service Vodpod

Heavily-funded social networking startup Lockerz, which just scored $36 million in venture capital financing, is using some of that cash… Read More

Watch a Coldplay or Katy Perry video on Lockerz, and earn rewards along the way

Lockerz, the fast-growing Seattle social networking upstart targeting teens and twenty somethings, has inked a deal with EMI Music to… Read More

Lockerz taps DAG Ventures, Live Nation as backers, targets $45M

Lockerz intense hunger for fresh capital continues. The fast-growing social networking company today announced that it has raised $36 million… Read More

Heavily-funded social networking upstart Lockerz buys AddToAny

Fresh off its $30 million venture capital round, Seattle-based Lockerz has purchased AddToAny for an undisclosed amount. AddToAny, whose free… Read More

Tech Moves: Dave Scott heads to NYC; Lockerz CTO takes a break; and many more

We’ve been tracking a number of key appointments, departures and relocations in the Seattle tech industry in recent days. Here… Read More

Lockerz unveils iPhone app, creating new ways to earn PTZ

Lockerz boasts more than 19 million members of its social shopping service. But until today it was largely a Web-based… Read More

Meet Marcy: An original Web comedy from Lockerz

Lockerz just scored $30 million in venture capital financing from the likes of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and former Microsoft… Read More

Seattle social commerce startup Lockerz scores massive $30 million round

Last week, Lockerz CEO Kathy Savitt told GeekWire that we’d have to “stay tuned” for news about the company’s future… Read More