U.S. venture funds raised $7.7 billion in the first quarter of 2011, almost double the $3.9 billion collected Read More
“24 hours ago, it was just an idea. And now, I really understand virality on the Internet.” So Read More
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Funding roundup – week ending 04/08/11
Early-stage Mpire, provider of verification and optimization technology company, changed its company name to AdXpose and raised a Read More
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Did Facebook just change age-old SEC rules?
By waiting longer than is typical to go public, hot tech companies like Facebook, Twitter and Zynga might Read More
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Social Sense: My favorite Korte/McClure demos
In the past two weeks, we’ve seen over 30 startups lift, ever so slightly, the wraps off the Read More
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SocialFlow gets $7 million and the Firehose
SocialFlow, a social media optimization platform, announced Friday that it has raised $7 million in Series A funding Read More
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What you need to know – 04/08/11
Chirply, a community of artists and designers, raised $1.1 million from several investors, including Keith Rabois, Warren Hellman, Read More
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StumbleUpon sees one billion stumbles a month
Hot on the heels of a nicely-sized second funding round and the launch of Paid Discovery, StumbleUpon has Read More
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What you need to know – 04/07/11
500 Startups held one demo day yesterday and is holding one today, where 22 startups are unveiling what Read More
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Andreessen Horowitz raises $200 million more
Only five months after unveiling a $650 million fund, Ben Horowitz and Marc Andreessen’s young but esteemed venture Read More
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22 startups debut at 500 Startups Demo Day
Today and tomorrow, 500 Startups is hosting its spring demo days, where all eyes are on 22 just-now-launching Read More
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MyHealthDIRECT raises $4 million
MyHealthDIRECT, a company providing tech solutions to connect people with health providers, announced Wednesday that it has raised Read More
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San Francisco writes Twitter a tax break
It’s morning in San Francisco and the birds are tweeting with glee. In a split 8-3 vote, the Read More
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What you need to know – 04/06/11
DISH Network Corporation won the bid in the bankruptcy court auction for all of the assets of Blockbuster. The Read More
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Obama betting on Facebook for 2012 victory
It’s pretty much undisputed that President Barack Obama owes much of his 2008 victory to the power of Read More
