10gen, which sponsors open source non-relational database MongoDB, secured $20 million in financing led by Sequoia Capital, with Read More
What you need to know – 09/12/11
Pitches at the ready. There’s a new fund in town: Freestyle Capital, a new VC firm that will Read More
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Why governments don’t get startups
Not understanding and agreeing what “Entrepreneur” and “Startup” mean can sink an entire country’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. ——— I’m Read More
AppFirst, an SaaS-based provider of an application problem resolution system, announced Tuesday that it has raised a $4 Read More
Here’s the Venture Shift panel “Money finds a way: How secondary markets have opened up new financing options.” Read More
TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington has faced criticism in the past over his investing activity and possible conflicts of Read More
Here’s the video of Peter Thiel, founder of Clarium Capital and Founders Fund. Thiel, well known as the Read More
Here’s the video of the Venture Shift panel: “How angels and super angels/micro-cap VC funds are changing the Read More
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Tumblr raising $100 million at $800 million value?
When it comes to microblogging, Twitter isn’t the only rock star on the block. If 140 characters just Read More
Stealth travel startup Hopper announced Monday that it has closed $8 million in funding from Atlas Venture and Read More
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What you need to know – 08/22/11
6fusion, a provider of utility-metered public, private and hybrid cloud infrastructure management software and services, completed a $7 Read More
Reena Jadhav Interveiws Brian Garrett, Managing Director of CrossCut Ventures, a seed-staged fund based in Souther California at Read More
Coupon and deal marketplace WhaleShark Media announced Tuesday that it has secured an investment from Google Ventures. Size Read More
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How scientists and engineers got it right …
Scientists and engineers as founders and startup CEOs are one of the least celebrated contributions of Silicon Valley. Read More
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Eureka!
Silicon Valley was born in an era of applied experimentation driven by scientists and engineers. It wasn’t pure research, Read More