Introduction Background – Fenwick & West LLP analyzed the terms of venture financings for 126 companies headquartered in Read More
Fenwick & West Venture Capital Survey – Silic
Facebook is readying to launch its Foursquare competitor in a few weeks, according to CNet. This is probably Read More
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors and SpaceX, was born in South Africa. At 12 years old, he Read More
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How deal terms affect valuation & liquidity
Recently, entrepreneur-turned-venture-capitalist-and-blogger Mark Suster had an excellent post titled, “Want to Know How VC’s Calculate Valuation Differently from Read More
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Funding roundup – week ending 08/06/10
After a month of gargantuan fundraisers and acquisitions, this week’s list of new financing looks humble. Still, all Read More
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Vonage app lets Facebook friends talk free
Vonage Mobile for Facebook is a new app for Android and iOS devices (iPhone and iPod Touch, with Read More
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Zulily raises $6 million for private shopping
Zulily, a private online store targeting moms shopping for apparel and gear for babies and kids, has closed Read More
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Two in five mobile users access location apps
When Ron Bowes of Skull Security created a publicly available 2.8GB torrent download last week including 100 million Read More
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Funding roundup – week ending 07/30/10
The biggest funding news of the week, perhaps ironically, is over a month old. Zynga, still one of Read More
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Zynga finally announces Softbank investment
Confirming news over a month old, Zynga on Thursday announced that Japanese telecommunications and media corporation Softbank has Read More
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YouTube blocked by Russian court over video
YouTube just got the censorship treatment again. This time around, a Russian court in the city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur Read More
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IGN launches social network for gamers
IGN, a subsidiary of News Corp. and the Web’s biggest video game site, just launched My IGN, a Read More
Ask.com, returning to its roots, on Tuesday launched a new limited test version of a search engine that Read More
More money is pouring into the social gaming space. Playdom announced Thursday that it’s raised $33 million from Read More
The meme of the lack of women in tech (or software, or entrepreneurship) appeared in several places today. Read More