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• iCrossing: The next aQuantive?

  Published: July 27, 2007, 10:15 am

  Tags: Goldman Sachs, Goldmansachs, Icrossing, Venture Capital, Venturecapital

  Filed under: Microsoft (MSFT), Coca-Cola (KO), General Motors (GM), Goldman Sachs Group (GS), aQuantive Inc (AQNT)With Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) mega deal to buy aQuantive (NASDAQ: AQNT), the digital agency space has been scorching hot. So, it should be no surprise that we are seeing some big fundings.The latest is a $62 million round for

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• Sequoia Capital backs Tokbox: YouTube redux?

  Published: October 15, 2007, 11:26 am

  Tags: Funding, Online, Sequoia Capital, Sequoiacapital, Technology, Tokbox, Venture Capital, Venturecapital, Video

  Filed under: Internet, Google (GOOG), Apple Inc (AAPL), Cisco Systems (CSCO), eBay (EBAY), Next big thing, TechnologyWhen Sequoia Capital does a venture deal, people listen. The firm has backed such companies as Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO), Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and YouTube. Well, Sequoia is making another play in the video space;

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• Sequoia Capital wants in on China's wealth explosion

  Published: October 23, 2007, 11:02 am

  Tags: China, Sequoia Capital, Sequoiacapital, Venture Capital, Venturecapital, Wealth Management, Wealthmanagement

  Filed under: Google (GOOG), Apple Inc (AAPL), Cisco Systems (CSCO), ChinaSequoia Capital is a pioneer of the venture capital space, having invested in such game-changing companies like Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO), and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG). No doubt, they've helped create many millionaires -- and some billionaires. Well, the same

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• Specific Media snares $100 million in online advertising free-for-all

  Published: November 1, 2007, 10:27 am

  Tags: Facebook, Goog, Msft, Specific Media, Specificmedia, Tim Vanderhook, Timvanderhook, Venture Capital, Venturecapital

  Filed under: Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT)Over the past couple weeks, there have been some mega private fundings of dot-coms. Of course, there was Microsoft's $240 million investment in Facebook. And now, we have another blockbuster: Francisco Partners has invested $100 million in Specific Media, a top online advertising network that reaches

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• Yodle's money call

  Published: November 27, 2007, 10:55 am

  Tags: Bessemer Venture Partners, Bessemerventurepartners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Draperfisherjurvetson, Goog, Local Advertising, Localadvertising, Msft, Online Advertising, Onlineadvertising, Venture Capital, Venturecapital, Yhoo, Yodle

  Filed under: Internet, Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), Yahoo! (YHOO), Small businessMany top players, such as Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO), and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), want to get a piece of the local online sector. But it hasn't been easy. There are a myriad of smaller players trying to get an edge as well. One up and comer is

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• Newspaper wrap-up: Fannie Mae may take $14B earnings hit

  Published: December 10, 2007, 4:15 am

  Tags: Aapl, Apple, Blackstone Group, Blackstonegroup, Deutsche Telekom, Deutschetelekom, Dis, Edgecast Networks, Edgecastnetworks, Fannie Mae, Fanniemae, Fnm, Iphone, Rio Tinto, Riotinto, Rtp, Steamboat Ventures, Steamboatventures, T Mobile, Venture Capital, Venturecapital

  Filed under: Newspapers, Magazines, Apple Inc (AAPL), Walt Disney (DIS), iPhone, Rio Tinto plc ADS (RTP), Blackstone Group L.P (BX)MAJOR PAPERS: In what may be a sign of interest from large media companies looking to delve into the "content delivery space," the Wall Street Journal reported that EdgeCast Networks is set to announce it has

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• NewsGator bites on $12 million

  Published: December 13, 2007, 11:20 am

  Tags: Inthenews, Newsgator, Venture Capital, Venturecapital

  Filed under: Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), Yahoo! (YHOO)Even though many people don't know what RSS is about, there are still millions of users. After all, if you get newsfeeds from places like Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) or Facebook, then you are an RSS user. Well, one of the big players in the space -- NewsGator -- has raised

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• NewsGator bites on $12 million

  Published: December 13, 2007, 11:20 am

  Tags: Inthenews, Newsgator, Venture Capital, Venturecapital

  Filed under: Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), Yahoo! (YHOO)Even though many people don't know what RSS is about, there are still millions of users. After all, if you get newsfeeds from places like Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) or Facebook, then you are an RSS user. Well, one of the big players in the space -- NewsGator -- has raised

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• Adchemy: Making online ads really work

  Published: January 25, 2008, 9:45 am

  Tags: Adchemy, Venture Capital, Venturecapital

  Filed under: Deals, Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), Yahoo! (YHOO)I know quite a few companies that spend a lot of money on advertising services from the biggies, such as Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO). So how much of this stuff turns into real customers? Unfortunately, it's unclear. That's exactly where

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• MocoSpace beams $4 million

  Published: January 31, 2008, 3:15 am

  Tags: Mocospace, Venture Capital, Venturecapital

  Filed under: Apple Inc (AAPL), Next big thingThey are big trends in digital media: mobile and social networking. So why not combine the two? Well, that's the play with MocoSpace. In fact, this week the company raised $4 million in venture capital. The investors include: General Catalyst Partners and Pilot Group. MocoSpace is certainly getting

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• Ringleader dials up $6 million for mobile ad network

  Published: February 5, 2008, 9:47 am

  Tags: Aapl, Goog, Mobile, Mobile Ads, Mobileads, Ringleader, Venture Capital, Venturecapital

  Filed under: Google (GOOG), Apple Inc (AAPL), Next big thing, Small businessWhile the mobile space is huge, it's still not easy to penetrate. Yet, with only $2 million in angel funding over the past couple years, Ringleader has done quite well. The company has put together a sophisticated online advertising network, which helps with mobile ads (as

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• Covario: Searching for the next big thing

  Published: February 14, 2008, 10:15 am

  Tags: Covario, Venture Capital, Venturecapital

  Filed under: Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), Yahoo! (YHOO), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Intel (INTC), Next big thing, Procter and Gamble (PG)For Fortune 500 companies, it's often the case that there are many websites to manage (perhaps more than 100, which may not even include the foreign language translations). So, it can be time-consuming to leverage

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• Dimdim drums up $6.4 million

  Published: July 16, 2008, 12:12 pm

  Tags: Adbe, Csco, Ctxs, Dimdim, Msft, Venture Capital, Venturecapital

  Filed under: Microsoft (MSFT), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Next big thing, Adobe Systems (ADBE), Small businessA group of tech veterans -- DD Ganguly, Jayant Pandit, Saurav Mohapatra, Sundar Subramanian and Rohit Shankar - have worked on various projects, despite being in far-flung places across the globe. They did so by leveraging free technologies

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