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Tablet magazine publisher Zinio raises $20 Million
Online magazine publisher Zinio has raised a an investment round of $20 million, according to documents filed with the SEC. Zinio lets magazine publishers who don’t want to build their own mobile apps...
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Accellion raises $12M from Riverwood to become “Dropbox for enterprise”
Cloud file sharing company Accellion has raised $12 million in its third round of funding, with a goal of rapidly growing its mobile file-sharing solutions and international presence, the company...
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CapLinked wants to modernize startup investment, takes money from new investors
CapLinked, the startup that wants to make it easy to invest in private companies, has just taken in a $500,000 round of from a new group of investors. “Investing in private companies has depended on...
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VCs show healthy appetite for peer-to-peer companies (analysis)
Venture capital firm investment in peer-to-peer technology continues to build strength, according to a recent VentureTrends report by VentureDeal. While the term “peer-to-peer” first hit the scene...
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HelloWallet keeps track of your money, raises $12M
HelloWallet, an online service that encourages you to spend your money more wisely, announced Thursday it has raised $12 million in its second round of funding. Investment research company...
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Seed funding grew from 2010 to 2011, survey says
Seed funding, the backbone of startups looking to get off the ground, grew last year according to the 2011 Internet/Digital Media and Software Industries Seed Financing Survey from Silicon Valley law...
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Dylan’s Desk: When a $100M return on investment looks like a big mistake
Sign up for our weekly newsletters, and you’ll get the latest insights from our Dylan's Desk and DeanBeat columns before they’re published on VentureBeat. Andreessen Horowitz realized a terrific...
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Vidyo scores strategic partner in Juniper Networks, raises additional funds
Source: VidyoVidyo president, chief executive, and co-founder Ofer Shapiro Updated 5/22/2012: This funding is not Vidyo’s fifth round, but rather an extension of its fourth round. A few details about...
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Vevo must decide: Facebook and Google compete for a stake in the music video...
Two of the biggest companies in the tech industry, Facebook and Google, are interested in grabbing a piece of popular music video site Vevo. The tech giants are competing for an equity stake in Vevo...
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China’s Tencent nabs a minority stake in Epic Games
China’s most valuable Internet company, Tencent, is continuing its invasion into the U.S. gaming market in a big way today. Epic Games, maker of popular titles like Gears of War, announced today that...
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Funding daily: Print out a wacky design in 3-D
Check out today’s funding news; there’s a lot of it. A high-brow Airbnb clone snagged $12 million, and 3-D printing received a $6.2 million boost. Take a look at the other companies that VCs are...
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Sony sinks $997M into camera sensor production as revenue slides
With a $5.7 billion loss in 2011, Sony is coming off its worst year ever. Blame the Thailand floods or its collapsing TV business, but either way the result is the same: Sony needs more income. It may...
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Sony said to buy 10 percent of failing camera co. Olympus for $623M
Sony, which is dealing with billions of dollars in losses and its worst fiscal year yet, is considering taking a $623 million stake in flailing camera company Olympus. The Japanese camera company has...
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Paul Kedrosky: Only 8 Valley startups matter & that’s a serious problem
Investor Paul Kedrosky and StockTwits CEO Howard Lindzon were supposed to debate each other Thursday at the International Startup Festival but instead ended up agreeing on almost everything, including...
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HTC loses $40M from OnLive, invests $35.4M in enterprise app maker Magnet...
July 9-10, 2013 San Francisco, CA Early Bird Tickets on Sale As if HTC’s hasty investment in Beats Audio wasn’t problematic enough, the Taiwanese phone maker announced today that it would lose $40...
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Financial planning for all: LearnVest gets its biggest update yet
After targeting financial planning for women for the past few years, New York City-based LearnVest is aiming big with its latest update, which transforms the startup from a niche financial planning...
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Microsoft buys influence for Bing with Klout investment, partnership
Microsoft is buying a little influence for its number-two-ranked search engine. Thursday, the company announced a strategic investment in Klout, and a two-way technical partnership that brings...
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Professional investors with information overload have a new friend in BipSync
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Hedge fund managers — those masters of the universe — are a little less godlike than you might think. “We printed out articles to keep in huge stacks of manila folders, we would...
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Andreessen-Horowitz expands social by hiring Twitter vet
Looks like Andreessen-Horowitz is building out its social investments side of the business. It came out today that the venture firm hired Twitter culture guru Elizabeth Weil to help expand its social...
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Funding Daily: Fuel for innovation
It’s hard to say which is more important in fueling the tech scene’s entrepreneurs- venture capital or boutique coffee. The startup ecosystem could not survive without either. Fortunately, investors...
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