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Google Ventures invests in OpenCoin, the firm behind Bitcoin exchange Ripple22 comments

David Meyer wrote 3 days ago: This virtual currency thing just got another piece of validation: in the wake of Bitcoin’s spe … more →

Tags: bitcoin, Opencoin, RIPPLE

Amazon App Store goes to China - plus my links selection

fr8der1ck wrote 1 week ago: We’ve got lots of technology related links to run through and a number of topics covering Goog … more →

Tags: elon musk, android, Google, China, Windows 8, Google Play, Fortune, Sergey Brin, Exxon

Crowdfunding Startup CircleUp Raises $7.5M

MOM Delicious wrote 1 week ago: Kickstarter for artisan food and beverage companies? “But CircleUp takes a different approach … more →

Tags: Media and Public Relations, North Carolina, Antioxidant, MOM Delicious, CircleUp, Union Square Ventures, Maveron, Baby Food, Investor

CircleUp, An Investment Platform For Non-Techie Consumer Startups, Raises $7.5M Led By Union Square

Shubham wrote 1 week ago: . CircleUp, a startup that connects investors with retail and consumer companies that wouldn’t attra … more →

Tags: technology, Startup, CircleUp, Union Square Ventures

CircleUp, An Investment Platform For Non-Techie Consumer Startups, Raises $7.5M Led By Union Square

Anthony Ha wrote 1 week ago: CircleUp, a startup that connects investors with retail and consumer companies that wouldn’t a … more →

Tags: startups, TC, venture, CircleUp, Union Square Ventures

After crowdfunding $10M for a dozen consumer product companies, CircleUp raises its own $7.5M Series A5 comments

Michael Carney wrote 1 week ago: Not all crowdfunding is created equal. The first generation of this peer-to-peer fundraising concept … more →

Tags: Deals, Products, Accredited Investors, CircleUp, Clayton Christensen, consumer, CPG, crowdfunding, E-Trade

The grand ambitions of Google Ventures1 comment

Eliza Kern wrote 1 week ago: At a time when it’s easy for tech entrepreneurs to find money, the top venture capital (VC) fi … more →

Tags: Bill Maris, Founders, Kevin ROse, MG Siegler, Rich Miner, Seed Investment, Sergey Brin, Venture Capital

Google Ventures Announces Its Newest General Partner, MG Siegler

Drew Olanoff wrote 1 week ago: After 19 months of working with our founder, Michael Arrington, on setting up CrunchFund, MG Siegler … more →

Tags: TC, venture, venture capital, MG Siegler, Crunchfund

MG Siegler Joins Up With Google Ventures

kfairclothobserver wrote 1 week ago: Mr. Siegler. (Photo: LinkedIn) A year and a half after bailing on the blog life during the Great Tec … more →

Do Google Glass and Lending Club Signal Bigger Changes at Google?

bkedemir wrote 1 week ago: Last week Google invested in Lending Club, the peer-to-peer lending platform. That’s interesting in … more →

Tags: Google, Lending Club, Mary Meeker, Morgan Stanley, Custommade, träda, Lawrence Summers

Google takes stake in Lending Club

Jessi Hempel, writer wrote 2 weeks ago: The search giant is dipping a toe in the quickly growing peer-to-peer lending industry. FORTUNE … more →

Tags: David Lawee, Foundation Capital, Google, Lending Club, prosper.com

Business - Funding Daily: Sun, moon, and stars

ha, this is worth sharing. wrote 3 weeks ago:   It’s not often that child television stars go onto launch startups, but today the hottest fun … more →

Tags: Business, alven capital, Assured Labor, Bookshout, Daher Capital, Dan Rosensweig, dentist appointments online, Eduardo Ronzano, Enzyme Venture Capital

Punky Brewster's Moonfrye raises $2.5 million to deliver DIY activities to parents and kids10 comments

Michael Carney wrote 3 weeks ago: Of all the affinity networks online, moms may be the largest and are certainly one of the most engag … more →

Tags: People, Products, pandodaily, Mark Suster, IAC, chegg, Kevin ROse, Randi Zuckerberg, MICHAEL CARNEY

Superstar investors give Upstart $5.9M for its first birthday1 comment

Barb Darrow wrote 3 weeks ago: Upstart, the company that hopes to encourage promising college students to get their degrees before … more →

Tags: Andy Palmer, Bob Kerrey, David Girouard, Eric Schmidt, Google, Jessica Jackley, Khosla Ventures, marc benioff, Scott Banister

Funding daily: beer, real estate, data optimization, payments, and health

John Koetsier wrote 1 month ago: There was a lot of money placed today, not least on health-tech. Here’s a quick round-up of fu … more →

Tags: Business, Deals, entrepreneur, 500 startups, Bain Capital Ventures, Benchmark Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, bypass, Canaan Partners

Silicon Valley venture backs Google Glass

Miguel Helft, senior writer wrote 1 month ago: Three of the Bay Area’s marquee investment firms want to capture the most interesting ideas be … more →

Tags: trailblazers, Andreessen Horowitz, Bill Maris, Google, Google glass, John Doerr, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Marc Andreessen, Sergey Brin

Google Ventures, Kleiner Perkins And Andreessen Horowitz Team Up As “Glass Collective” To Invest In Google Glass Ecosystem

Drew Olanoff wrote 1 month ago: Today, Google Ventures announced a partnership with two of the biggest technology venture capital fi … more →

Tags: TC, Google, glass, glass collective, Andreessen Horowitz, kleiner perkins, Bill Maris, Marc Andreessen, John Doerr

“As a speculator you must embrace disorder and chaos” or go for EBITDA! ($6.9 billion invested in 841 deals for 1q2013)

JD Morris wrote 1 month ago: “As a speculator you must embrace disorder and chaos.” - Louis Bacon (Net Worth $1.4 Billion) Let ou … more →

Tags: Venture Capital, Deals that closed, Abingworth LLP, American Express Ventures, Claremont Creek Ventures, DCM, Edenred SA, Edison International, First Round Capital

Solar financing startup Clean Power Finance raises $37M from Google Ventures, Kleiner

Katie Fehrenbacher wrote 1 month ago: There’s one area of solar that is going gangbusters in 2013, and that’s companies that a … more →

Tags: Clean Power Finance, clean-pacific-ventures, Gary Kremen, kleiner perkins, Sand Hill Angels, solarcity, sungevity


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