“Did you know that people are very bad at predicting what will make them happy?” asked Amazon CEO Read More
Sequoia delivering happiness (only) to LPs
Donny Yen’s latest movies about Wing Chun grandmaster, Ip Man, started a Wing Chun rage across Asia. As Read More
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Funding roundup – week ending 06/04/10
Pandora, one of the most popular providers of online radio, raised a new round of funding this week Read More
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Transpera raises $9 million
Streaming video on your smart phone continues to rise, and that’s why this SF-based startup just landed another Read More
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Snapfinger finds $7M for mobile food ordering
Snapfinger, a Web and mobile service for ordering takeout from chain and independent restaurants like the California Pizza Read More
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Giiv lands $3.35 million
Giiv, a startup in the mobile gifting space, announced on Tuesday it has raised $3.35 million in Series Read More
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GSI Commerce acquires FetchBack
GSI Commerce announced on Tuesday morning it has acquired Fetchback, a provider of retargeting solutions. The amount of Read More
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Ogmento raises $3.5 million
Augmented reality (AR) is a fast growing technology being used in applications for smart phones. If you haven’t Read More
The idea of “scrappers,” or people who go fromplace to place looking for scrap metal to sell, is Read More
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POS Systems Bridging On and Offline
David S. Evans, a professor at both the University CollegeLondon and the University of Chicago Law School, was Read More
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Swaptree raises $6 million
Swaptree, an online swap-meet, has raised $6 million in funding. The Boston-based startup also announced it’s named Read More
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The Retreat – are you going?
This Thursday is the last day the conference organizers of The Retreat are accepting applications. The event – Read More
Let me jump on the bandwagon and talk about Facebook. Based on various media reports and a number Read More
Y Combinator has just closed a new $8.25 million fund led once again by Sequoia Ventures and backed Read More
Suresh Balaraman is a long-time analyst covering publicly-traded stocks. Now he spends his days at NextUp Research as Read More