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The race for the next eBay: Will Accel and Kleiner beat Benchmark?
Venture Beat &bull Aug 31, 2010
Accel Partners, the venture capitalists behind Facebook, have a lot in their shopping bag. The latest bauble they've picked up: part of a $47 million investment in Showroomprive.com, a European members-only sales site. The members-only sales phenomenon, popularized by Showroomprive rivals like Gilt Groupe and HauteLook, is part of what I'm calling E-commerce 2.0, a wide-ranging rethinking of… Full Story »
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Clicker Launches iPhone App
Socal Tech &bull Aug 24, 2010
Los Angeles-based Clicker, the online video viewing guide firm backed by Benchmark Capital, JAFCO American Ventures, and Redpoint Ventures, said Tuesday that its iPhone application is now available on the Apple App Store. The new app allows users to search… Full Story »
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Linden Lab Seeks Second Life As Its Value Plunges
Silicon Valley Watcher &bull Aug 20, 2010
The value of Linden Lab, which operates the virtual world Second Life, has plunged by more than 21%, according to SharesPost, which tracks the private secondary market. In late June, Linden Lab brought back founder Philip Rosedale as interim CEO,… Full Story »
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Marin Software expands its ad tools into Facebook
Venture Beat &bull Aug 17, 2010
With tools that should make it easy to manage large search advertising campaigns, Marin Software says it already manages more than $1 billion in annual ad spending. Now it's looking to expand into a new market - Facebook. The San… Full Story »
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Yes, Investors Make Decisions Based On What Other People Are Saying About You
Silicon Alley Insider &bull Jul 26, 2010
I recently read a book I'd highly recommend to every reader of this blog called "Yes, 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to be Persuasive" by Robert B. Cialdini who is also author of a very well received book called "Influence" (which I plan to read). Yes" was given to me by one of my favorite angel investor / seed VC's to work with - John Greathouse of Rincon Venture Partners and author of the blog InfoChachkie that you should check out because it is filled with great info from a guy who has been a very successful operator. Rincon is part… Full Story »
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Gaikai Gets Backing From Intel, Limelight
Socal Tech &bull Jul 21, 2010
Los Angeles-based Gaikai, which is developing technology which allows computer gamers to play games through their web browser, said this week that it has added Intel Capital and Limelight Networks as investors in the firm. Additional investment in the firm… Full Story »
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Game-streaming firm Gaikai raises funding from Intel Capital and Limelight Networks
Venture Beat &bull Jul 20, 2010
Game-streaming firm Gaikai has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Intel Capital and Limelight Networks. Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based Gaikai will use the money to build its ability to stream games to large numbers of users from the cloud, or… Full Story »
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Google Gets Semantic: Buys Metaweb
GigaOm &bull Jul 16, 2010
Google today announced it had acquired Metaweb Technologies, the ambitious startup building a database of all the web's information called Freebase. Metaweb was yet another semantic web startup before its time, but with the help of Google it now has… Full Story »
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Google Buys VC-Backed Metaweb
Private Equity Hub &bull Jul 16, 2010
Google has acquired Metaweb Technologies Inc., a San Francisco-based maker of infrastructure for sharing data and building applications on the web. No financial terms were disclosed. Metaweb had raised over $57 million in VC funding from Benchmark Capital, DAG Ventures,… Full Story »
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Google Acquires Metaweb To Make Search Smarter
TechCrunch &bull Jul 16, 2010
Metaweb develops both semantic data storage infrastructure for the web, and Freebase, an aopen, shared database of the worldas knowledgea. Freebase is a massive, collaboratively edited database of cross-linked data. The idea behind the product is to create a system… Full Story »
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NBC/GE joint venture invests $2M in game voice chat firm Vivox
Venture Beat &bull Jul 14, 2010
Peacock Equity has invested $2 million in online game voice chat company Vivox. Peacock is a joint investment fund of General Electric Capital's Media, Communications and Entertainment business and NBC Universal. Boston-based Vivox lets players engage in voice chat in… Full Story »
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Vivox gets $2M from the Peacock
Biz Journals &bull Jul 13, 2010
Vivox Inc., a venture-backed company in Natick making voice-over-Internet software for games and social media, has taken a $2 million financing from NBC venture arm Peacock Equity, according to a press release Peacock issued this morning. Vivox's existing investors -… Full Story »
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Peacock Equity Backs Vivox
Private Equity Hub &bull Jul 13, 2010
Vivox Inc., a Framingham, Mass.-based provider of VoIP services for online games and virtual worlds, has raised $2 million from Peacock Equity. The company previously raised around $20.6 million from Benchmark Capital, Canaan Partners, Grandbanks Capital and IDG Ventures San… Full Story »
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Voice Chat Firm Vivox Lands $2M from Peacock Equity
X-Conomy &bull Jul 13, 2010
Vivox, the Natick, MA-based voice software startup, said today it has received a $2 million equity investment from Peacock Equity, a fund that is run jointly by GE Capitalas Media, Communications Entertainment business and NBC Universal. The company says the… Full Story »
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Zendesk turns tweets into customer support "twickets"
Venture Beat &bull Jul 13, 2010
San Francisco-based Zendesk has launched a way for businesses to feed tweets through their customer support system. Twitter has long been used to manage customer complaints by local businesses and tech startups, which make up a big part of Zendesk's… Full Story »
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Zillow taking over Yahoo's real estate listings
Venture Beat &bull Jul 9, 2010
Zillow and Yahoo Real Estate just announced a partnership where the popular real estate startup will take over the Yahoo's home for-sale listings and also work with Yahoo on advertising. This follows a number of similar announcements from Yahoo -… Full Story »
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Video's Move Networks In Troubled Waters. Drops CEO, Fires Staff & Looks To Sell Assetts
Alarm Clock &bull Jul 1, 2010
Move Networks has retained a financial advisor to evaluate strategic alternatives, including a possible sale. Roxanne Austin, Move's president and CEO is jumping ship or was pushed out. Austin was COO of DirecTV so this is a big blow to… Full Story »
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Move Networks Hires Advisor for Possible Sale
Private Equity Hub &bull Jul 1, 2010
Move Networks said late Wednesday that it has retained a financial advisor to evaluate strategic alternatives, including a possible sale. Roxanne Austin, Move's president and CEO, is also stepping down. Move, a video streaming technology provider, has received funding from… Full Story »
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Report: Move Networks Shuts Down, Seeking Sale
Socal Tech &bull Jun 30, 2010
Streaming video technology firm Move Networks--which apparently moved to Irvine sometime over the last year from Utah after a management shakeout--is reportedly shutting down, and by some reports is now looking for a buyer. The firm, which was started by… Full Story »
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Prosper Marketplace Inc. gains prominent backers
Biz Journals &bull Jun 28, 2010
Private companies often reach a stage where they face a variety of choices: Seek an initial public offering, get more private funding or merge or be acquired. Oftentimes what is best for the business is contingent on the marketplace, its… Full Story »
