Gift card marketplace Plastic Jungle announced Thursday that it has closed a $10 million Series C round of Read More
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LivingSocial invests $5M in Jump On it
Groupon’s arch-nemesis, LivingSocial, announced Wednesday that it is going to Australia: the company has invested $5 million for Read More
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Funding roundup – week ending 11/12/10
We covered nearly twenty startups and companies raising new venture capital this week, quite possibly a record! So Read More
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Airbnb raises $7.2M and launches iPhone app
Airbnb, a marketplace for renting out space, announced Wednesday that it has raised $7.2 million in Series A Read More
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Cloud telephony Twilio raises $12M Series B
Cloud telephony platform Twilio announced Tuesday that it has secured a $12 million Series B round of funding Read More
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SB Nation scores $10.5 million third round
Sports blog network SB Nation has secured $10.5 million in a Series C round led by Khosla Ventures, Read More
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AeroScout secures $16 million for RTLS
AeroScout announced Thursday that it has raised a $16 million fifth round of funding, led by new investor Read More
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Andreessen Horowitz raises $650 million fund
Andreessen Horowitz, one of Silicon Valley’s most reputable venture capital firms, announced Tuesday that it has raised a Read More
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The Washington Post’s acquisition strategy
I spoke with Thao Tran at September’s Vator Splash event, where she discussed the Washington Post’s recent acquisition Read More
In its slow crawl to recovery, Ford is focusing on greener options (the thought of which, if you’ve Read More
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Funding roundup – week ending 10/15/10
ChaCha, provider of a real-time, human-powered Q/A site, raised a $20 million Series F round of funding, led Read More
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Involver ingests $8 million Series C round
Social marketing platform Involver has raised $8 million in Series C funding, led by Bessemer Venture Partners with Read More
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Mail.ru (DST) shooting for $750 million IPO
Mail.ru, a Russian Internet group formerly known as Digital Sky Technologies (DST) and a small stakeholder in Facebook, Read More
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Software valuations average nearly $80M
As software and biotechnology transactions take up an increasing percentage of overall venture capital investment and deal activity, Read More