Amazon has expanded its trade-in program, which lets customers trade in an item in exchange for an Amazon Read More
What you need to know – 05/19/11
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LinkedIn dual stock is best for Hoffman, VCs
Would-be LinkedIn IPO investors, take heed: you might not be buying what you think you’re buying. The professional Read More
Onavo, provider of data management apps for smartphones and tablets, announced Wednesday it has raised $3 million in Read More
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Sequoia leads $4.5 million in Humble Bundle
Sequoia Capital confirmed Monday its latest early-stage Internet investment in the U.S: Humble Bundle, a distributor of digital Read More
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Groupon clone Dealfind finds $31 million
Dealfind, a local daily deals site based in Toronto, announced Monday that it has secured $31 million in Read More
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$1B spent on Twitter ecosystem acquisitions
Twitter last night hosted a developer-centric event in San Francisco called #devnest, and it did a good job Read More
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Facebook might buy Skype for $4 billion
It’s been pretty quiet on the Skype front ever since it emerged in January that the company’s IPO Read More
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PopCap acquires ZipZapPlay while IPO looms
The Web game acquisition roller coaster rides on. Casual online game developer PopCap Games announced Friday that it Read More
[Edits made Apr. 19 at 4:20 PT: Plymouth Management Company, RPM Ventures and Bain Capital are not judging Read More
Instructure, provider of an open-source learning management system (LMS) called Canvas, announced Thursday that it has closed $8 Read More
The amount of private equity and venture capital raised in the U.S. is way up in the first Read More
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Ranker raises $1.3 million for endless lists
Ranker, a site for listing and ranking anything and everything, announced Monday that it has raised a $1.3 Read More
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Insight secures $2 billion across two funds
VC firm Insight Venture Partners announced Monday that it has closed two new funds totaling $2 billion in Read More
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What you need to know – 04/04/11
Mpire, provider of verification and optimization technology company, changed its company name to AdXpose and raised a $3 Read More
The rumors were true. Century-old venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners has closed a $1.6 billion fund, its Read More