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Sarah E. Needleman / Venture Capital Dispatch:
Coinbase Nabs $5M in Biggest Funding for Bitcoin Startup   —  Eleven-month-old startup Coinbase announced Tuesday the largest funding round to date for a Bitcoin startup, a $5 million investment led by Union Square Ventures. … In an exclusive interview with The Wall Street Journal …
May 7, 2013, 6:20 PMIn context
Deborah Gage / Venture Capital Dispatch:
After Minor Ventures, Ron Palmeri Rebuilds   —  Ron Palmeri's stealthy micro-VC firm, MkII Ventures, has made at least three new investments and attracted several new limited partners, including Pacific Partners, SV Angel and Michael Arrington's Crunchfund, VentureWire has learned.
Apr 29, 2013, 8:45 PMIn context
Lora Kolodny / Venture Capital Dispatch:
Piggybackr Gives Kids a Kickstarter of Their Own   —  As fans of Girl Scout Cookies can attest, students with little to no entrepreneurial experience are perfectly capable of both fundraising and selling-at least in the analog world.  But doing it online proves more of a challenge.
Apr 17, 2013, 7:00 PMIn context
Deborah Gage / Venture Capital Dispatch:
Ken Coleman Joins Andreessen Horowitz as Special Adviser   —  Andreessen Horowitz has named longtime Silicon Valley executive Ken Coleman-a mentor to the firm's co-founder, Ben Horowitz-as a special adviser. … In 1986, Coleman, who was then the head of administration at Silicon Graphics …
Apr 12, 2013, 1:20 AMIn context
Lizette Chapman / Venture Capital Dispatch:
As Google Brings Competition, Evernote Strikes Deal With Deutsche Telekom   —  Evernote wants to be everywhere. … The maker of a popular productivity app has partnered with Deutsche Telekom in a deal to offer its premium service free for one year to the German telecommunications company's 59 million customers.
Mar 25, 2013, 7:35 AMIn context
Scott Denne / Venture Capital Dispatch:
Enterprise Sector Keeps Booming as Actifio Scores $500M Valuation   —  When data storage company Actifio raised its new $50 million Series D round, investors valued the company at roughly $500 million.  As high as that valuation was, it could have been even higher.
Mar 6, 2013, 1:55 PMIn context
Zoran Basich / Venture Capital Dispatch:
Square Executive Resigns Amid Sexual-Harassment Claims   —  Square Inc. said its chief operating officer Keith Rabois resigned from the mobile payments company on Thursday, amid accusations from a Square employee of sexual harassment.  —  A New York attorney, Steven Berger …
Jan 25, 2013, 4:01 PMIn context
Russ Garland / Venture Capital Dispatch:
Venture Financing Forecast for 2013: Partly Cloudy With Lower Chance of Success   —  Concerns that Series A rounds will be hard to come by in 2013 are widespread in the venture business, according to a survey being released today.  —  Forty-five percent of venture capitalists …
Dec 19, 2012, 1:20 AMIn context
Russ Garland / Venture Capital Dispatch:
Sequoia's Leone: In Venture, Big is the Enemy of Great   —  “Complete warfare” is how Sequoia Capital's Douglas Leone sees the contest to stay atop of the venture capital heap.  —  “The venture model is not broken for the partnerships that know what they're doing,” Leone told …
Dec 10, 2012, 8:05 PMIn context
Lizette Chapman / Venture Capital Dispatch:
VMix Media Reincarnation Givit Aims to Be the Instagram of Online Video   —  Greg Kostello was boarding a plan to Las Vegas when he got a text that made his heart stop.  —  “It was an ‘oh my God’ from my lead engineer along with a link to an article about Flip exiting the business,” …
Oct 2, 2012, 9:35 AMIn context

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