The Twitter story just keeps getting more…breathtaking. The micro-blogging cultural phenomena is close to raising a $50 million Read More
Twitter raising $50 mln? $1 bln valuation?
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Zoove raises $13 million
Zoove, a mobile marketing company, announced the first close of a $13 million Series C funding round. Investors Read More
Private company valuations are down, no one else has cash, and the decade’s earlier affluence produced a cornucopia Read More
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Google acquires reCAPTCHA for book scans
Google has acquired reCAPTCHA, the company known by most users as a provider of those (slightly annoying) tests Read More
For a few months I’ve been contemplating bringing the VatorNews contributors together for a small gathering. For those Read More
Last year at the Churchill Club Top Ten Tech Trends event, Steve Jurvetson predicted that we would see Read More
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Facebook is cash-flow positive
Facebook, the extremely popular social networking site, announced today it is cash-flow positive, at the TC50 conference in Read More
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Intuit buys Mint for $170 million
Web startup Mint, was acquired by Intuit for $170 million. Why would a company like Intuit, which is Read More
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InXpo secures $9 million
InXpo, a company which creates branded virtual events, said today it’s secured $9 million in its first round Read More
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Mint acquisition still good for Series C lead
This is my two minute answer to why the lead investor in Mint.com’s Series C round, DAG Ventures, would Read More
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Bing grows and grows, Google is unaffected
Microsoft Bing is the fastest growing search engine, with its total searches growing 22% month-over-month in August, according Read More
The votes are finally in for the Summer of Innovation $2k to $25k Competition. Sixty startups joined the Read More
Zynga, the hottest social gaming company with 100 million users, is believed to be raising another round of Read More
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India 3G & WiMax auctions moved to December
India has rescheduled its auction of the 3G and WiMax licenses to December, according to an update on Read More
I think it’s dangerous and often fatal to put free on top of an existing business model. Things Read More