Silicon Valley Watcher:
Last night I attended the Tech Awards Gala, which celebrates technology benefiting humanity, with the award of five $50,000 "cash prizes."Technology in the service of humanity seems a better description because all of the 15 (Read More)
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Silicon Valley electric sports car maker Tesla Motors is planning to go public soon, two people familiar with the situation said, outlining plans to sell stock and cash in on investor appetite for gr (Read More)
Submitted by jgmize
from Google Reader:
It is Friday, so I am inclined to take the liberty of posting something outside my usual tag-line areas of interest (see tag-line above). While I was out in San Francisco I met a lot of people interested in applying network (Read More)
Submitted by magitam
from Google Reader:
All week, Startuphire.com and the National Venture Capital Association have been sending out press releases highlighting the U.S. jobs created this year by venture-backed companies — more than 35,000 to date.They also asked e (Read More)
Submitted by mogston
from blog:
This is our third guest post written by a London-based VC. To allow them to speak plainly without jeopardising their fund or their career in the small village that is the London VC scene, I'm allowing them to post anonymously (Read More)
Venture Capital and Angel Investor Profiles:
Scott Nissenbaum, Managing Director, Novitas Capital Mr. Nissenbaum joined Novitas Capital in 1998, and is focused on investments in Technology. Mr. Nissenbaum has served on the Boards of Directors of Traffic.com (NASDAQ:TRFC (Read More)
Venture Hacks:
Thanks to Atlas Venture for supporting Venture Hacks this month. This post is an interview of Fred Destin — one of Atlas’ general partners — by David Woodward, a journalist and blogger. If you like it, check out Fred’s blog (Read More)
alarm:clock:
Foster City-based lead generation giant QuinStreet has filed for a $250M IPO. The company saw $260M in revenue for the fiscal year ending June 30 (an uptick of 35% over the prior year), with net income of around $17.2M. QuinS (Read More)
AppScout:
If you can make friends with a local cheese maker or find a spice shop in your neighborhood, I recommend doing so. But if specialty shops that suit your champagne tastes aren't available, you might like Gourmet Library. .The (Read More)
Submitted by mogston
from blog:
Foster City-based lead generation giant QuinStreet has filed for a $250M IPO. The company saw $260M in revenue for the fiscal year ending June 30 (an uptick of 35% over the prior year), with net income of around $17.2M. QuinS (Read More)
Submitted by mogston
from blog:
This is our third guest post written by a London-based VC. To allow them to speak plainly without jeopardising their fund or their career in the small village that is the London VC scene, I'm allowing them to post anonymously (Read More)
Submitted by zelkovavc
from Twitter:
RT @techiesgiveback: RT this: For the next 50 people who follow us, @ZelkovaVC will give $5 to our cause: @CampInteractive (helps inner- ... (Read More)
paidContent.org:
Quinstreet, the Foster City, CA-based vertical media and marketing firm that recently bought Insure.com and Internet.com, has filed for an IPO to raise as much as $250 million, (Read More)
TechCrunch UK:
This is our third guest post written by a London-based VC. To allow them to speak plainly without jeopardising their fund or their career in the small village that is the London VC scene, I’m allowing them to post anonymously (Read More)
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QuinStreet Inc., a Foster City, Calif.-based provider of online vertical marketing solutions, has filed for a $250 million IPO. The company reported $260 million in revenue for the fiscal year ending June 30, with net income (Read More)
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Asterand PLC (LSE: ATD) has acquired BioSeek Inc., a Burlingame, Calif. drug developer that uses predictive human biology. The deal includes a $1 million up-front payment in Asterand stock, and up to $13 million in earnouts ( (Read More)
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Michael Avon has joined Millennial Media as executive vice president and chief financial officer. He previously was a principal with Columbia Capital. Millennial is a Baltimore-based provider of mobile advertising solutions, (Read More)
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Ligon Discovery Inc., a Cambridge, Mass.-based drug developer that uses small molecule microarray technology, has raised $1 million in seed funding led by incTank Ventures. www.ligondiscovery.com
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Xconomy:
deals, startups, Investments Gregory T. Huang wrote: We hope to make this a regular feature in our Xconomy cities. It’s a look at small financings of private companies in tech, life sciences, and cleantech. These are dea (Read More)