The Deal Blogs |
September 23rd, 2008 |
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Ooma Inc., which makes voice-over-Internet-protocol phone systems, on Tuesday said it has gathered up $16 million in third-round funding. The round was provided by Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Worldview Technology Partners,[...]
PaidContent.org |
September 19th, 2008 |
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I have watched Ad Networks cropping up everywhere over the last couple of years like mushrooms. How do you manage so many networks, and figure out which ones can make the most money for you if you are a publisher? Enter Pubmatic. PubMatic provides small and mid-sized publishers with easy [...]
PE HUB |
September 12th, 2008 |
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Electric car maker Think Global is out to raise $80 million before the end of the year, according to a report today in VentureWire. The company so far has raised more than $97 million from Draper Fisher jurvetson, Rockport Capital, GE Energy, Element Venture Partners, Capricorn Investment Group (Jeff Skoll's [...]
PE HUB |
September 10th, 2008 |
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MENLO PARK, Calif. — A decade ago, skeptics scoffed at Draper Fisher Jurvetson's growing affair with entrepreneurs in faraway lands. The large venture-capital firm was pouring millions of dollars into start-ups abroad, and some rivals didn't get it. Why fly overseas when there were so many investment opportunities in Silicon [...]
Fred Destin |
September 10th, 2008 |
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This is as a *very* nice coup. Everyone is wondering what the talented Mr Reeve will do next and, hey ho, he pops up as part of the extended team at DFJ Esprit. I understand that he and Simon built a strong relationship over time, particularly after ScreenSelect merger with [...]
USA Today |
September 9th, 2008 |
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A decade ago, skeptics scoffed at Draper Fisher Jurvetson's growing affair with entrepreneurs in faraway lands. The large venture-capital [...]
I spent most of last week out in the Valley for some portfolio discussions and had the chance to catch up with some old friends. It was a nice reunion, giving me a taste of the impact Florida entrepreneurs are making in the Bay Area.For example, I sat down with [...]
We got an intellectual upgrade yesterday. The brainy bunch at the Society for Scholarly Publishing asked us to talk at the yearly meeting for top management of journals read by the ivory-tower set. Our task was to pitch in on a discussion about the pros and cons of working on [...]
GigaOM |
September 4th, 2008 |
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When the times get tough the tough choose cheaper, open-source phone systems. Such seems to be the theme of Fonality CFO Dan Rosenthal's chat with me about the company's latest $12 million venture funding led by Draper Fisher Jurvetson Growth Fund with participation from existing investor Intel Capital. And you [...]
The time and money required to produce (design, develop, secure, test, launch, scale) a typical data-oriented form application on the web drops in half every 2 years.This seems to have held true since the public emergence of the web in 1994. Do you agree? I don't have much hard data, [...]
NYT Dealbook |
August 22nd, 2008 |
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Seventymm, an India-based video rentals firm, has raised $12.5 million from investors. The round was led NEA-Indo US Ventures, and included participation from ePlanet Ventures. Previous investors in the firm include Matrix Partners India and Draper Fisher Jurvetson. Go to Article from Variety »[...]
PE HUB |
August 21st, 2008 |
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Nearly everyone who’s been a part of the venture capital industry for some time will remember meVC, a publicly traded venture capital mutual fund whose idea was first floated in December 1999 by Draper Fisher Jurvetson. Indeed, based on the strength of DFJ and the promise of its contacts, deal [...]
iList, a stealthy online classifieds site, has raised $1.5 million from DFJ, according to TechCrunch. Other investors include Dmitry Shapiro (Veoh) and Alex Bard (Goowy). Information is kind of scant. The site just says: "Craigslist is so 1995!", so you can see where they're coming from. TC suggests it will [...]
PE HUB |
August 21st, 2008 |
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Attero, a start-up based in Noida, India, is one of the latest recipients of an uptick in attention to India-based companies. The company just raised $6.3 million from NEA-IndoUS Ventures and Draper Fisher Jurvetson to build a 100,000-square-foot recycling center that will dispose of used electronic equipment, like old computers, [...]
Following our analysis of Social Media Deals, we've pleased to announce our first Online Advertising Deals Report, charting activity in venture capital and mergers & acquisitions from Q107 to Q208. This sector continues to drive online content, reaching annual revenues of $600-800 billion. The report breaks down these investments and [...]
