Ron Conway
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There's Another Facebook In Silicon Valley
Silicon Alley Insider &bull Feb 10, 2012
Boonsri Dickinson, Business InsiderRon Conway has been called the Godfather of Silicon Valley. The angel investor is one of the most well-connected men in tech, if not the world, with at least 18-pages of A-list contacts in business and tech.… Full Story »
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Aiming To Be The 'Groupon Of Groceries', SavingStar Passes 1 Million Users In Under A Year
TechCrunch &bull Dec 15, 2011
It's been a pretty good ride so far for digital couponing startup SavingStar . The company launched its beta last August behind $2.3 million in financing from Flybridge Capital Partners , First Round Capital , and Founder Collective , with… Full Story »
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Factual Revs API Stack
Socal Tech &bull Dec 8, 2011
Los Angeles-based Factual, the open data API startup headed by Gil Elbaz, said Thursday that it has updated its application programming interfaces, which makes calls to the APIs faster, more reliable, and more scalable. Factual said its V3 API stack… Full Story »
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SteelHouse Raises $6.3M In Series B
Socal Tech &bull Dec 2, 2011
Los Angeles-based StellHouse, a developer of e-commerce software, said this morning that it has raised $6.3M in a Series B funding round. The round came from Greycroft Partners, Rincon Venture Partners, Lighthouse Venture Group, Baroda Ventures, and angel investor Ron… Full Story »
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Ron Conway's Kid, Danny, Just Quit Facebook For Sean Parker's Startup, Airtime
Silicon Alley Insider &bull Nov 18, 2011
Danny Conway - you recognize his surname because his dad is Ron Conway , the most powerful angel investor in the world - has quit his job at Facebook to work for Sean Parker's secret startup, Airtime.com. Conway confirmed the… Full Story »
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When MC Hammer Visited Twitter...
Silicon Alley Insider &bull Nov 17, 2011
Several years ago, MC Hammer discovered Twitter and called Ron Conway, who was a very early investor in the company. Conway explained that he was already an investor - he had been an investor in Odio, Evan Williams' company that… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Angel investor
- Ron Conway
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Ron Conway Explains Why Digital Music Is Not A Dud Business
Silicon Alley Insider &bull Nov 17, 2011
Super angel investor Ron Conway thinks that digital music is still in its infancy -- more than a decade after he lost money on an early investment in Napster. Speaking at Billboard's FutureSound conference in San Francisco this afternoon, Conway… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Angel investor
- Ron Conway
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Google Ventures Takes A Sip Of Milk, Invests In Kevin Rose's New Startup
TechCrunch &bull Nov 7, 2011
Kevin Rose's mobile lab, Milk , has a new investor: Google Ventures. The startup raised $1.5 million in a seed round last April from investors including Chris Sacca, Evan Williams, Dave Morin, Joshua Schachter, Ron Conway, Chamath Palihapitiya, TechCrunch founder… Full Story »
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Tech elite pay tribute to Steve Jobs at memorial service
Venture Beat &bull Oct 17, 2011
The attendees bid farewell to Jobs, who died of pancreatic cancer on Oct. 5, in the same Memorial Church where David Packard, co-founder of Hewlett-Packard, was memorialized in 1996. It's the kind of ceremony you imagine takes place when one… Full Story »
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Shawn Fanning And Sean Parker Talk About Airtime And "Smashing People Together"
TechCrunch &bull Oct 6, 2011
The last company Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker started together was Napster, over a decade ago. Now they are teaming up again to create a new startup called Airtime (previously codenamed Supyo ). The two have completed an $8.3 million… Full Story »
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TellApart Selected for FASTech 50 List of Most Innovative Technology Start-Ups
Yahoo Finance &bull Oct 6, 2011
BURLINGAME, CA--(Marketwire -10/06/11)- TellApart Inc. today announced its inclusion on VentureWire's FASTech 50 list of the most innovative technology start-ups. The editors of Dow Jones VentureWire and a board of leading venture capitalists selected TellApart from a pool of nearly 1,000 venture-back companies. The VentureWire FASTech 50 is an annual list of the most investment-worthy technology start-ups. This year's theme was innovation, and the winners… Full Story »
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DST Global, Hoping to Grow Across Asia, Puts Down Roots
New York Times - DealBook &bull Sep 28, 2011
DST Global, the Russian multibillion-dollar investment firm, quietly opened its China headquarters here in August. The office, with four investment professionals, is DST's largest single team - a telling sign of its founder Yuri Milner's growing ambitions for the region. China really stands out in the Internet world," said John Lindfors, a former Goldman Sachs banker who heads DST's Hong Kong office. While Mr. Milner achieved international fame by way of Silicon Valley, as a major investor in Web companies like Facebook and Groupon, the Moscow-born billionaire's roots are in emerging markets, to which DST is dedicating more resources. From… Full Story »
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Steelhouse Scores $3.8M For Behavioral Targeting
Socal Tech &bull Sep 27, 2011
Los Angeles-based Steelhouse, a provider of behavioral targeting technology for e-commerce sites, has raised $3.8M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the firm Tuesdy. The funding is a Series B, and was led by Rincon Venture… Full Story »
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Turntable.fm: How A Failed Startup Became An Overnight, Multi-Million-Dollar Success
Silicon Alley Insider &bull Sep 27, 2011
This morning we grabbed coffee with Polaris Ventures partner, Peter Flint . The Boston-based firm has a $3 billion+ fund and a strong New York presence. It is the force behind startup coworking space, DogPatch Labs. Polaris Ventures' investment thesis… Full Story »
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Y Combinator-backed 1000memories launches Shoeboxes, says revenue in sight
Venture Beat &bull Sep 27, 2011
Anyone can jump to a page and write a few words or post a picture or song. The result is a collage of photos, music and thoughts that's supposed to capture the essence of that person. With Shoeboxes, 1000memories is trying to… Full Story »
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Thanks, Everyday Health, For The Free Booze - All Of It!
Silicon Alley Insider &bull Sep 27, 2011
We went to Everyday Health's 5th Anniversary party last week. EH is a collection of 25 websites and branded content, including the "What To Expect" series and www.jillianmichaels.com. Revenues are derived from advertising and the selling of it's content, as… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Dave Mcclure
- Ron Conway
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Paul Carr's next move? A new startup backed by former TechCrunch boss Michael Arrington
Venture Beat &bull Sep 23, 2011
Former TechCrunch staff member Paul Carr announced today on his blog that he was starting a new company based in Las Vegas, Nevada with investments from Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh and Michael Arrington's CrunchFund. Carr resigned from TechCrunch last week… Full Story »
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Twilio announces its hackathon finalists (exclusive)
Venture Beat &bull Sep 22, 2011
It seems every conference has a hackathon these days, where developers band together at night and face the next day with a new and hopefully useful product. Twilio's hackathon requires developers use Twilio's application programming interfaces (APIs) and hack together… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Dave Mcclure
- Ron Conway
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10 Things You Need To Know This Morning (HPQ, GOOG, AAPL, RIMM, AOL)
Silicon Alley Insider &bull Sep 22, 2011
Good morning! Here's what you need to know: Big day at HP yesterday! HP's board met, and word leaked out that it's considering firing its new CEO Leo Apotheker , after less than a year. A rumored potential candidate is… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Eric Schmidt
- Ron Conway
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Twilio Fund Announces Another $250,000 for Startups Using Twilio Connect
Yahoo Finance &bull Sep 22, 2011
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Twilio Fund announced today that it will launch a second $250,000 fund focused on companies using Twilio Connect, which was launched earlier today at the Twilio Conference. The fund is appropriately named Twilio Fund CONNECT and is run by Dave McClure of 500 Startups, an early-stage seed fund and incubator, who will invest $125,000 in… Full Story »
