VC firm Insight Venture Partners announced Monday that it has closed two new funds totaling $2 billion in Read More
Insight secures $2 billion across two funds
The clones are already on Groupon’s real-time deals game. Cing.com, a new daily deals site that promises to Read More
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Report: Facebook acquires Groupon
Get out the champagne–Facebook, the social titan with a valuation of some $50 billion, has acquired Groupon, the Read More
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Yuri Milner creates new fund, bets on Spotify
Looks like Yuri Milner wondered recently what would be better than DST Global. DST Global 2! The investment Read More
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What you need to know – 03/30/11
AngelPad, a young mentorship program founded by a group of ex-Googlers, hosted a demo day at its office Read More
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Startups court investors at AngelPad Demo Day
AngelPad, a mentorship program founded by a group of ex-Googlers, just hosted a demo day at its office Read More
Update: LivingSocial says that the funding is in conjunction with the company’s recent acquisition of InfoEther, so it Read More
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Limos.com raises $10M from Austin Ventures
Limos.com, the prom night champion of millions (remember, kids: it’s all fun and games until someone loses their Read More
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What you need to know – 03/29/11
Adap.tv, the platform that makes buying and selling video advertising simple and efficient, closed $20 million in financing Read More
E-commerce giant eBay on Monday announced that it has agreed to acquire GSI Commerce, an e-commerce and digital Read More
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Funding roundup – week ending 03/25/11
Seed-stage Health care and technology industry hybrid HealthTap raised $2.35 million in a Convertible Note Seed financing led Read More
So did you hear Groupon’s revenue took a spill in February and LivingSocial is moving in for the Read More
It’s official: Rob Solomon, President and COO of Groupon, is leaving the windy city (why is Chicago called Read More
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What you need to know – 03/24/11
In an effort to maintain its leadership position amidst rising copycat services, Chegg made changes to its site Read More
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Chegg gets education happy, eyes digital
Renting out textbooks is so 2009. Correction: only renting out textbooks is so 2009. In an effort to Read More