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LPs to VCs: Show me the money

by Matt Bowman, November 8, 2009 | Comments

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Limited partners are demanding more facetime from VCs. How much do LPs really care about returns?

Everybody’s taking a hard look at the P & L these days, and that includes the limited partners who fund VC firms, according to a panel of general partners and consultants at the Dow Jones Limited Partner Summit West event last week. The panelists said LPs--the pension funds, endowments, and other investment firms that keep money flowing to venture capital ...

Get ready for lots of small IPOs

by Matt Bowman, November 6, 2009 | Comments (2)

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Sarbox relief and Open Table's mini offering may set the model for post-crash public launch

On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a small-business exemption to the Sarbanes-Oxley accounting rules, permanently waiving the audit requirements for all companies with market caps under $75 million. Venture capitalists and entrepreneurs have long bemoaned the newly repealed requirements, which were intended to prevent Enron-style scandals in big companies, but have also contributed to the IPO drought among ...

Google Maps goes to Mexico

by Ronny Kerr, November 6, 2009 | Comments

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In a few days, Mexico will be the first Latin American country to enjoy Street View

Google announced Friday afternoon that Mexico now has its own version of Google Maps, available at maps.google.com.mx. Besides being able to take advantage of the most basic use of Google Maps (as a navigational tool), Mexicans will also be able to enjoy an incredibly convenient feature that has been offered in the U.S. for some time now, called the Local ...

Brizzly Twitter client already supports Lists

by Ronny Kerr, November 6, 2009 | Comments

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Third-party Web-based Twitter client seamlessly merges Lists with its own Groups feature

Though Twitter officially launched Lists only a week ago, third-party developers are already hard at work implementing the new feature into their applications. Seesmic, a desktop client that supports both Facebook and multiple Twitter accounts, was the first, adding support earlier this week.Thursday night, Web-based Twitter client Brizzly took second place by announcing that Lists would work with Groups without ...

Twitter rolling out its own retweet button

by Chris Caceres, November 5, 2009 | Comments (1)

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Microblogging site continues to add new features to service

Last week Twitter rolled out its new "Lists" feature to try and get its declining users more engaged. Today the micro-blogging service announced it's launching its own official Retweet button to a small percentage of accounts. Retweeting is common practice already. You see it on blogs and news sites across the Web. Basically, a user reads an article and if ...

IBM introduces cloud platform for developers

by Ronny Kerr, November 5, 2009 | Comments

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New solutions for testing software in the cloud offers developers more flexible options

IBM on Thursday announced a group of solutions for developers to develop, test, and deliver applications in private and public cloud environments.IBM Smart Business Development and Test on the IBM Cloud is a new and free public cloud for software development designed to speed up and enhance development and delivery of software. The platform is specifically targeted at larger enterprises ...

Everlater receives Series A funding

by Chris Caceres, November 5, 2009 | Comments

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Techstars startup receives investment from Highway 12 Ventures, leveraging Facebook Connect

Techstars graduate, Everlater has received an undisclosed amount of Series A funding from Highway 12 Ventures. Mark Solon of Highway 12 Ventures told TechCrunch the amount is more of a seed fund and less than $1 million. Boulder, Colorado-based Everlater offers its users an online space to create a travel journal. It hopes to attract users to post their journeys ...

Ancestry.com: oldest VC-backed IPO in '09

by Matt Bowman, November 5, 2009 | Comments (1)

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Web-based geneology site priced in range, confirms need for longer runway.

Ancestry.com, the Spectrum Equity Investors-backed website that allows people to trace their family roots by scouring online records, priced its IPO of 7.4 million shares at $13.50 per share on Wednesday, within the expected range, bringing in about $100 million. The company was founded in 1983 as a publisher of family history books and moved online in 1997. This brings ...

Google creates Commerce Search for Web retail

by Ronny Kerr, November 5, 2009 | Comments

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New enterprise search tool set to spur holiday shopping in Google fashion

The holiday season is brewing and, poor economy or not, it'll soon be about time to start some serious shopping.With online vendors in mind this winter season, Google introduced a new enterprise product Wednesday night called Google Commerce Search, a powerful search solution aimed specifically at Web commercial retailers.Citing a statistic from MarketingSherpa that says Web surfers spend an average ...

CubeTree raises $8 million

by Chris Caceres, November 4, 2009 | Comments

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Freemium enterprise social networking platform secures Series B round

CubeTree, a freemium enterprise collaboration suite built on a social networking platform, announced on Wednesday that it raised $8 million in Series B financing. InterWest Partners led the round, while Trinity Ventures also participated in the round. To date, the company has raised about $12 million in funding InterWest Partners, Trinity Ventures and Mitch Kapor.In short, the Redwood City, Ca.-based ...

Social media not causing isolation after all

by Ronny Kerr, November 4, 2009 | Comments

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New technologies criticized for alienating people, but they actually foster stronger networks

Though criticism of social media networks may have cooled in the past year, one still sees the occasional religious or political finger wagging at sites like Facebook and Twitter, condemning them for the death of social interaction and the rise of total isolation. Hopefully, a new finding by the Pew Internet & American Life Project will put such theories to ...

Apple's App store hits over 100K apps

by Chris Caceres, November 4, 2009 | Comments

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Launched only 15 months ago, the App Store is the largest application store in the world

Apple announced another milestone on Wednesday. Its popular App Store now holds over 100,000 applications, securing its place as the largest application store in the world. The announcement doesn't only serve as an indicator that Apple is in the lead among other platforms like Nokia's Ovi, Blackberry's RIM, Google's Android and too many others to name. But also proves out ...

Who's looking after Main street?

by Matt Bowman, November 4, 2009 | Comments

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As Wall Street goes global and DC ignores the deficit, a new roll for (soon to be ex) VCs emerges.

The economy expanded at a 3.5 percent rate in the third quarter even though the unemployment rate is high, incomes aren't going anywhere, and consumers are shaky. Why is the stock market improving while the domestic economy stalls? Dan Gross at Slate says it’s because our public companies buy and sell a huge and growing portion of their goods overseas; ...

Google Music promotion offering free MP3s

by Ronny Kerr, November 4, 2009 | Comments

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Kickstarting Google's new Music Search feature, Lala launches artist promotion with exclusive tracks

Google Music Search just officially launched in the last week, and it looks like it's already got a few tricks up its sleeve.On Tuesday night, Google kicked off a promotion offering free MP3 downloads for a few exclusive tracks from a number of prominent artists. Lala, the music streaming Web site that is central to the success of Google's new ...

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