For Q4 2010 in the U.S., online retail spending reached a record $43.4 billion for the quarter, up Read More
What you need to know – 02/04/11
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Instagram raises $7 million from Benchmark
Instagram, everyone’s favorite filtered photo sharing app, announced Wednesday that it has raised a $7 million round led Read More
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Path raises $8.65 million Series A from KPCB
Path, the social network for close friends and family, announced this week that it has closed an $8.65 Read More
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RentJuice raises $6.2 million Series B round
[Corrections made at 2:30 PM PST: Round is a Series B, not Series A and RentJuice works with Read More
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White House wants to revive US entrepreneurs
As the Democratic candidate for the presidency in 2008, Barack Obama led a momentous campaign unmistakeably fueled Read More
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Funding roundup – week ending 01/28/11
Seed Cohuman, a workspace for coordinating people and projects online, secured $600,000 in a second round of angel Read More
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Storenvy raises $1.5 million seed from angels
Storenvy, a social shopping site and platform for free online stores, announced Friday that it has secured $1.5 Read More
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What you need to know – 01/28/11
Since January 1st, Amazon says, the site has sold 115 Kindles for every 100 paperback books sold. This Read More
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Cohuman raises $600K second angel round
Cohuman, a workspace for coordinating people and projects online, will announce next week that it has secured $600,000 Read More
If major global chains and brands were hit hard by the recession, small businesses were hit even harder. Read More
Online investment network eToro announced Wednesday that it has closed an $8.3 million funding round from Spark Capital, Read More
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Smaato closes $7 million round from Singapore
Mobile advertising company Smaato announced Wednesday that it has closed a $7 million Series C round of institutional Read More
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Twitter advertising revenue to triple in 2011
One of our more popular stories from 2010 outed Twitter’s new efforts in advertising as still highly experimental, Read More
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What you need to know – 01/24/11
Apple’s App Store hit 10 billion downloaded apps over the weekend, reaffirming the store’s massive popularity for owners Read More
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Outlook good for VC investments in the U.S.
Right before the weekend, we published the results of a MoneyTree report on the recent state of Read More