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His Brand Burnished, Naval Ravikant Plans New Fund with Babak Nivi
Since AngelList emerged on the scene eight months ago, many have speculated how its founders, Naval Ravikant and Babak Nivi, plan to monetize the service, which vets startups for accredited investors....
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The .co Domain Registry Gaining in Popularity
The number of .co domains is growing. About 600,000 .co domains have been registered after nearly four months of availability. While that is paltry compared with some 90 million .com addresses spoken...
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No Respect for “Most Respected VCs” List — UPDATED
The great thing – and the bad thing – about the Internet is that we have all sorts of newfangled tools to measure things. But, as Albert Einstein once said, “Not everything that counts can be measured....
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Social Scene: Schwarzman Reminds Us How Poor We Are, DePonte Talks Snakes,...
In this week’s Social Scene, buyout bigshot Steve Schwarzman shows yet again that he has way more money than you and me combined, VC Naval Ravikant gets the old “I left the code at home” excuse, a rich...
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‘Headless’ Rounds Ride Into Town, Helped by Kevin Rose
On Tuesday, TechCrunch reported that celebrity entrepreneur Kevin Rose has raised $1.5 million for his startup, Milk, from a “wide syndicate of Valley elites.” “Wide” may be understating things. Fully...
View ArticleQR Code Company Scan Raises $1.7M Seed Round
San Francisco-based Scan Inc., maker of the popular QR code reader app for iOS, has raised a $1.7 million seed round led by Menlo Ventures. Other investors include Google Ventures, Charles River...
View ArticleLex Machina Raises $2 Million Led by X/Seed Capital
Lex Machina, a Palo Alto-based company that analyzes patent litigation and licensing to help inform its clients IP legal and business strategies, has closed on $2 million in new funding, led by X/Seed...
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Entrepreneurs are Taking Kickstarter More Seriously; VCs Should, Too
You don’t often hear venture capitalists talking about the world’s biggest crowd-funding site, Kickstarter. But maybe they should. While the three-year-old platform has long been a way to launch...
View ArticleMindMeld Creator Expect Labs Raises $2.4M From KPG, Google, Angels and More
Expect Labs, which recently came out of stealth to announce a voice and video calling app for the iPad that understands conversations in real-time, has raised $2.4 million in funding from KPG Ventures,...
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Seed and Early Stage Deal Size is Falling, Says AngelList’s Ravikant
The average seed and early-stage deal is falling in size, and this probably isn’t bad for the venture business. So says AngelList co-founder Naval Ravikant, who offered his deal pricing forecast during...
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Seed Round Valuations Could Fall, Says AngelList’s Ravikant
Accelerators play the role of launch pads for startups, giving them advice, hands-on instruction, visibility and money. They also help contribute to a funding gap that has opened up between concept...
View ArticleFour VCs give their two cents on bitcoin
Venture capitalists actively minting strategies for bitcoin investing can agree on one thing: It is a complicated space and seeing what’s ahead is difficult. What motivates them is the belief that big...
View ArticleMatrix Partners leads Series A round for Kinnek
Kinnek said Monday that it has received $10 million in Series A funding. Matrix Partners led the round with participation from return backers that included Sierra Ventures, Version One Ventures, Naval...
View ArticleLenda ropes in $1.54 seed funding
Home loan refinancing startup Lenda has received $1.54 million in seed funding. The investors included Tom Fallows of Google Shopping Express, Structure Capital, Winklevoss Capital, China Growth...
View ArticleUnshackled unveils angel fund to support foreign entrepreneurs
Unshackled on Thursday unveiled a small angel fund with a big mission: Support foreign-born entrepreneurs interested in starting their own companies in the United States. The fund hopes to sidestep...
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