Filed in archive Companies by Marc on August 14, 2006

College digital service Ruckus raised $13.7 million in new funding from Battery Ventures, Eastward Capital, Pinnacle Ventures and Shelter Capital. The company added a new CEO in industry job hopper Michael Bebel, who had moved from napster COO to Mashboxx CEO.

About Ruckus:

Ruckus is the premier digital entertainment network designed specifically for college students. The Ruckus experience blends college students' top interests - friends and entertainment - to create a strong sense of community at universities across the country. The company's academic initiative, Ruckus on Reserve, offers college professors and libraries the same fast, flexible access to multimedia content for classroom use. Today, the Ruckus service is available to hundreds of thousands of U.S. college students and is quickly becoming the brand of choice for higher education institutions nationwide.

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