As the Democratic candidate for the presidency in 2008, Barack Obama led a momentous campaign unmistakeably fueled 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
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ShopSocial secures $1.1M for social commerce
Social shopping site ShopSocial (tongue twister!) has raised $1.2 million in funding, according to an SEC filing. While Read More
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Acquisition roundup: Heroku, Etacts, & Movity
Three Y Combinator companies have enjoyed three healthy exits in the past two weeks, as first pointed out Read More
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Twitter for Business: a how-to for brands
Many of the top stories published in the past day of Twitter raising $200 million at a $3.7 Read More
It’s under 30°F outside, the coldest conditions yet for a Vator Splash event, but that shouldn’t stop the Read More
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Shoutlet raises $6M Series B for social CRM
Social media marketing platform Shoutlet announced Monday morning that it has raised a $6 million Series B round Read More
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The Vator Splash September 2010 finalists
We’re here at Vator Splash in San Francisco, CA and the first five of the top ten finalists Read More
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Twitter advertising still experimental
It has been five-and-a-half months since Twitter unveiled its first stab at monetization in the form of Promoted Read More
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Salesforce purchases Jigsaw for $142 million
Salesforce, one of the most successful SaaS companies for business software, announced today that it has agreed to Read More
I’ve found myself saying “events overtake companies” a lot this week. I’m not sure exactly why it was Read More
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Seven startups compete in MobileBeat contest
VentureBeat held an interesting startups contest at its 2009 MobileBeat Conference this morning, where two “Tesla†awards were Read More