flockeYigg - 01.12.09 21:32 gWallet is entering the space as a potential beacon of ethics, with a a service that hopes to legitimize virtual currency exchanges by connecting game publishers directly to the advertisers. Today, the startup is announcing a $10 million Series A round of funding raised from Adams Street Partners and Trinity Ventures, bringing the total funding... mehr bei techcrunch.com

KMR - 30.11.09 21:16 San Francisco based Eventbrite went prime time earlier this month when they raised $6.5 million from Sequoia Capital, and added partner Roelof Botha to their board of directors. We had a chance to sit down with Botha as well as founders Kevin Hartz and Julia Hartz and talk to them about their business and the fundraising. mehr bei techcrunch.com

KMR - 25.11.09 08:42 Dropbox raised a $7.25 million Series A round from Sequoia Capital and Accel Partners. Accel’s Sameer Gandhi, who had previously led Sequoia’s investment has since become a partner at Accel. We found out about the Series A via anSEC filing; Houston confirmed the funding had closed but said that the filing was not the final amount. mehr bei gigaom.com

Dechet - 17.11.09 16:26 Ausgezeichnete Unternehmensbeteiligungen sind rar und oftmals bleiben die Gewinnerwartungen lange unerfüllt. Venture Intermediary bietet mit seinen intermediären Diensten hierbei dagegen und vermittelt ausgewählte Unternehmensprojekte direkt an Investoren, die sich in ein Vorhaben mitwirkend mit einbringen wollen. mehr bei ventureintermediary.com

KMR - 16.11.09 22:55 Mr. Rothman says that other e-commerce companies have made it too time-consuming and complex for sellers to list items and for shoppers to find what they want. To smooth such transactions, Glyde will, among other things, supply sellers with a stamped, pre-addressed envelope once their item has been bought. mehr bei nytimes.com

KMR - 10.11.09 16:21 Google Inc.’s announcement that it will buy AdMob Inc. for $750 million brought a media spotlight on Accel Partners, an investor in both AdMob and Playfish Inc., which said today it will sell to Electronic Arts Inc. for at least $275 million. Several blogs, including this one, hailed Accel Partners for its impressive and quick investment returns... mehr bei blogs.wsj.com

flockeYigg - 01.11.09 20:41
Proving that microloans can help to change the world one little bit at a time, Kiva.org hit a major milestone today. SInce it’s founding four years ago, it has now made possible $100 million in microloans between individual lenders and entrepreneurs all around the world. mehr bei techcrunch.com

KMR - 07.10.09 14:53
The eternal question of the Samwer’s strategy: They invested in the German Facebook rip-off StudiVZ, only to sell their shares a few months later and use the proceeds to invest in Facebook. That’s not to forget their earlier investment in LinkedIn. The Samwer brothers are mostly responsible for the often-quoted view that Germany is only capable... mehr bei uk.techcrunch.com

KMR - 07.10.09 14:50
Pünktlich zum zweiten Geburtstag ziehen Constantin Bisanz und Christian Heitmeyer, die Macher der geschlossenen Shopping-Community brands4friends Bilanz: Nach rund 25 Millionen Umsatz im ersten Geschäftsjahr peilt das junge Unternehmen im zweiten Jahr – wie schon verkündet – einen Umsatz von 85 Millionen Euro an. mehr bei deutsche-startups.de

KMR - 29.09.09 21:38
When we modeled it, we were looking at revenue somewhere between Google and Facebook. Google monetizes at $30 a user and Facebook is about $2 a user. If you look at Twitter’s user community and make some fairly conservative assumptions about revenue, we thought you could make a healthy exit at a multiple of a $1 billion.
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