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Zuora

Conference: DEMOfall 09
Market Segment: Enterprise Software and Services
Funding Amount: $10,000,001-$25,000,000
Funding Round: Series B
Funding Details: Benchmark Capital, Shasta Ventures, Marc Benioff
Competitors: Aria Systems Vindicia
Product Description: Z-Commerce for Media() is the first online commerce platform for media companies to manage their online and offline subscribers. ZCFM helps companies realize the benefits of software-as-a-service by having a "point and click" application to price and package new products and services, manage subscribers and their subscription plans, and invoice and collect payments.
Market Opportunity: Any media company including traditional publishers, online media companies, and bloggers. Publishers can include newspapers, magazines, digital media, broadcast, and entertainment.
DEMO Says: Just six months ago, Zuora established its place as the infrastructure provider for Facebook commerce when it launched Zuora for Facebook at DEMO 2009. Now, the company leverages its commerce infrastructure against a growing commercial challenge: monetizing media sites across the Web. Subscription management poses unique challenges in the offline world, challenges that are only exacerbated by the volume and complexity of online subscription offerings. Zuora takes care of these challenges, allowing media sites to focus on what they do best: creating engaging content for their audiences.