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
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Funding roundup – week ending 04/01/11
Early-stage Apperian, provider of mobile application management solutions, closed a $9.5 million round of venture financing, with investments Read More
The rumors were true. Century-old venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners has closed a $1.6 billion fund, its 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
Multichannel video game retailer GameStop on Thursday announced its acquisition of Spawn Labs, a peer-to-peer game streaming technology Read More
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GameSalad secures $6 million from Steamboat
GameSalad, developer of a free game creation tool, announced Thursday that it has raised $6.1 million in Series Read More
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MegaZebra rakes in millions for social gaming
Social gaming developer MegaZebra has raised a multi-million-euro investment from Doughty Hanson Technology and previous backer Kizoo Technology Read More
Qwiki, the rich media site that seeks to “forever improve the way people experience information,” on Thursday announced the Read More
Email ad network ividence on Thursday announced a $4.2 million round of financing raised from A Plus Financing. Read More
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Salesforce spends $326M on social marketing
Hear that? It’s the sound of a million social marketing startups perking up their ears. Cloud computing company Read More
Microsoft just lost its VP of global marketing. Mich Mathews, Microsoft’s head of marketing for the last twenty-two 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
Haven’t heard as much gaming startup funding news recently, but just because the market is cooling domestically doesn’t Read More
Following an unsuccessful bid at the governor’s seat for the state of California, former eBay CEO Meg Whitman Read More
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Adap.tv raises $20 million for ad network
Online video advertising company Adap.tv announced Tuesday that it has closed $20 million in Series C financing led Read More