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Venture Capital

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 26 mins ago - 7 reports

Google eyeing sat-nav startup Waze

Google is reportedly eyeing a bid of $1bn (£725m) or more for Israeli mobile satellite navigation start-up Waze, just as the internet giant faces a fresh probe into its dominance in America.A bidding war for Waze is now in prospect as Facebook boss Mark ... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - 26 mins ago]

Entities: Waze Inc, Startup, Google Inc

First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 2 reports

iPhone

Automatic delays connected car platform until August as it seeks to perfect iPhone app

It's an age-old problem: do we clamor for a company to ship a product that's not ready, or do we swallow delays with grace as it aims to deliver when things are good and ready? Such a choice has to be made when it comes to Automatic, the California-based ... [Published Blodic.us - 1 hour ago]

Entities: iPhone, Startup

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 4 reports

Ares taps first London private equity managing director

Charles Steel was named managing director in Ares Management's private equity group — the first London-based member of Ares' private equity group. ... [Published Pensions and Investments Online - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Private Equity, London, Steel

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 4 reports

TechCrunch

Disrupt SF 2013 Startup Battlefield Applications Are Open And Conference Tickets Are On Sale Now

Startup Battlefield Applications Are Open For TechCrunch Dis...techcrunch.com: (4 Months ago)It's time! Startup Battlefield Applications are now open for TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2013. Disrupt NY will take place on April 29th through May 1st at our new venue, ... [Published Taaza.com - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Startup, TechCrunch Disrupt, TechCrunch

First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 6 reports

Facebook Inc

Facebook's Head Of Brand Design Paul Adams Joins Customer Outreach Startup Intercom

Facebook Acquires Threadsy, Maker of Social Marketing Tool S...techcrunch.com: (9 Months ago)Facebook just made what appears to be another "acqui-hire," with the purchase of Threadsy, a TechCrunch Disrupt startup that went on to make a marketing tool ... [Published Taaza.com - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Paul Adams, Startup, Facebook Inc

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 3 reports

Minnesota Public Radio

Minnesota loan program targets American Indian entrepreneurs

A Red Lake tribal member has opened a new restaurant in Bemidji with the help of a little-known state loan program targeting American Indian entrepreneurs.Given the high rates of high school dropouts and unemployment on the reservation, Marv Hanson hopes ... [Published TwinCities.com - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Entrepreneur, Chamber of Commerce, Minnesota Public Radio, Wild Rice

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 10 hours ago - 5 reports

Benchmark Capital

Ride-Share Service Lyft Raises $60 Million From Venture Capital Firm, Download App Here (VIDEO)

John Zimmer, co-founder ride-sharing star up Lyft, speaks on stage during day one of TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2012 event. (Photo : Reuters)Ride-sharing service Lyft said it had raised $60 million this week led by venture-capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, ... [Published Auto World News - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Venture Capital, Uber Technologies Inc, RelayRides Inc, Benchmark Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 10 hours ago - 11 reports

Yahoo acquires gaming infrastructure startup PlayerScale

Yahoo has acquired PlayerScale, a startup developer of infrastructure software for cross-platform gaming, adding to its string of recent acquisitions. The Internet giant said in a Twitter message Thursday that it would continue to support the gaming ... [Published PC World: Techlog - 20 hours ago]

Entities: Gaming, Yahoo! Inc, Startup, Infrastructure, Cross-Platform

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 12 hours ago - 3 reports

Venture capital survey reveals softer valuations in Q1 2013

Fenwick & West has released the results of its First Quarter 2013 Silicon Valley Venture Capital Survey, which analysed the valuations and terms of venture financings for 118 technology and life science companies headquartered in the Silicon Valley that ... [Published Private Equity Wire - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Fenwick & West LLP, Venture Capital, Barry Kramer

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 22 hours ago - 9 reports

Million Pound Startup Launches Global Hunt for £100 Million Tech Company to Come to London

A global competition to bring a high-growth technology company to London with £1 million of investment has been launched today at London’s Digital Shoreditch 2013 festival. The Million Pound Startup aims to showcase London as a prime location for building ... [Published Crowdfund Insider - 22 hours ago]

Entities: London, Startup, City University, London

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 9 reports

Steve Case's Latest Push to Boost Startups Aims Overseas

AOL (AOL)Was Case, now chief executive officer of Washington-based venture capital firm Revolution, angling to promote startup communities abroad as a step toward developing tech talent that could be gobbled up by the U.S.?"I think you’re stretching a ... [Published BusinessWeek - May 23 2013]

Entities: Startup, Push, Boost

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 6 reports

Chinese solar industry seeks tariff deals

Panel makers seek settlements with the EU and US to avoid steep charges that they claim penalise operations as they struggle with losses ... [Published Financial Times - Asia homepage - May 23 2013]

Entities: European Union

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Automatic delays connected car platform until August as it seeks to perfect iPhone app [Published Blodic.us - 1 hour ago]

...acclaimed books, "Once You're Lucky, Twice You're Good: The Rebirth of Silicon Valley and the Rise of WebWeb 2 0" (Gotham Books, May 2008) and "Brilliant, Crazy, Cocky: How the Top 1% of Entrepreneurs Profit from Global Chaos" (Wiley, February 2011). She has been covering technology news for over 15 years, most recently as a senior editor for TechCrunch

John Doerr: “Venture capital has changed and I need to adapt” [Published PandoDaily - 2 hours ago]

"There are a few different mechanisms to protect your intellectual property" said Savare. He explained that copyrights are for works fixed in a tangible medium, like book or script

Crowdfunding at Internet Week [Published Yahoo! Finance - 3 hours ago]

"A lot of people see cash-rich companies, and believe they can take it private, slim it down, then spin it back out with and Initial Public Offering, or get gobbled up by a major player" Foster says

ANALYSIS: Bets overlap in cybersecurity gold rush [Published USA Today - 3 hours ago]

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Google eyeing sat-nav startup Waze [Published NewsRT.co.uk - 26 mins ago]
Robotic Startups Hungering for Venture Capital [Published Venture Capital Journal - 30 mins ago]
Aviation: A pretty poor day for UK air travel [Published Chief Officers Network - 52 mins ago]
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Startup LinkCycle aims to slash energy waste am... [Published India New England - 1 hour ago]
Automatic delays connected car platform until A... [Published Blodic.us - 1 hour ago]
But where are the Bay Area accelerators?! [Published Vator.tv - 1 hour ago]
Cleantech Investing: Shining Some Light Through... [Published Rocky Mountain institute - 1 hour ago]
Startups Weekend and Startup America Partnershi... [Published eWallstreeter - 1 hour ago]
Financial review team says Hamtramck in trouble [Published 92.9 WLMI - 1 hour ago]
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Yahoo Could be Hulu Bidder [Published KRON4 - 2 hours ago]
Mavatar Wins Best Pitch At San Francisco Startu... [Published PR Newswire: Business Technology - 2 hours ago]
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John Doerr: “Venture capital has changed and I ... [Published PandoDaily - 2 hours ago]
Lake Zurich business issued license [Published Chicago Tribune - 2 hours ago]
Strengthening Financial Reform [Published Citigroup - 2 hours ago]
May 1, 2013 Not-For-Profit Financial Reporting:... [Published Financial Accounting Standards Board - 2 hours ago]
VC Expert Says Michigan Has Become Compelling S... [Published Michigan Technology News - 2 hours ago]
Report: Yahoo, pay-TV operators among Hulu bidders [Published Huffington Post - 2 hours ago]
Private Equity and Procurement: Context and Int... [Published Spend Matters - 2 hours ago]
Crowdfunding at Internet Week [Published Yahoo! Finance - 3 hours ago]
ANALYSIS: Bets overlap in cybersecurity gold rush [Published USA Today - 3 hours ago]
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Mobio Technologies Snapped Up [Published BCBusiness Magazine - 3 hours ago]
And here's The Pitch: New venture capital Q&A f... [Published Inside Bay Area - 3 hours ago]
Decriminalize drugs? Are You Kidding? [Published Huffington Post Canada - 3 hours ago]

Blogs

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Startups Weekend and Startup America Partnershi... [Published eWallstreeter - 1 hour ago] Startup Weekend and Startup America Partnership are joining forces to create UP Global. In addition to Startup Weekend, UP Global also runs Next, StartupDigest, and NYSE Big Startup. Marc Nager, the CEO of Startup Weekend, will be the CEO of Up Global. ...
Friday Fun: Yet Another Private Equity Pop Quiz [Published WSJ.com: Private Equity Beat - 4 hours ago]
Automatic delays connected car platform until A... [Published Engadget - 4 hours ago] It's an age-old problem: do we clamor for a company to ship a product that's not ready, or do we swallow delays with grace as it aims to deliver when things are good and ready? Such a choice has to be made when it comes to Automatic , the California-based ...
Erply raises $2.15M for cash registers in the c... [Published Venturebeat - 4 hours ago] Traditional point-of-sale systems (POS) are another kind of POS, and today yet another startup received venture capital funding to improve them.Erply provides POS system and inventory management software for commercial retail and e-commerce businesses. ...
How St Louis became a tech town [Published Venturebeat - 4 hours ago] This is a guest post by Aaron PerlutIn spite of being home to some of America’s most successful companies, as varied as Anheuser-Busch, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Purina and Energizer, St. Louis has never been perceived as a bastion of progressivism.The question ...

Audio/Video

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Startups Swimming in Cash [Published TheStreet.com - YouTube - 14 hours ago]
Financial Planning 101 For College Grads [Published WSJ.com Video - Digits - May 22 2013]
Waiting on the Fed [Published FOX Business - Video - May 21 2013]
Is it the future of Naval aviation? [Published CNN.com - Video - May 20 2013]
Pitching the next great startup [Published CNNMoney.com - Video - May 20 2013]

Press Releases

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Mavatar Wins Best Pitch At San Francisco Startu... [Published PR Newswire: Business Technology - 2 hours ago]
Natuzzi S.p.A. First Quarter 2013 Financial Res... [Published Business Wire - 4 hours ago]
Natuzzi S.p.A. First Quarter 2013 Financial Res... [Published EON Retail - 4 hours ago]
Natuzzi S.p.A. First Quarter 2013 Financial Res... [Published EON Manufacturing - 4 hours ago]
Natuzzi S.p.A. First Quarter 2013 Financial Res... [Published EON Consumer - 4 hours ago]