Capital Chaos

Coming on the heels of a recent report we did on how more investments outside of the Valley, Dow Jones VentureSource released a report about how Web 2.0 startups may have hit their peak - primarily in the Valley. 
While the number of investments in these types of ventures increased 25% in 2007 - up from […]

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We recently came across a very unique means of pitching your company called FundingUniverse. The clever speed pitching event is designed to let select pre-qualified companies have 7 minutes to sell their business idea one-on-one to a pre-qualified angel investor. After 7 minutes is up, you are on to the next angel investor. All in […]

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WeGame (San Francisco, CA) just reported that they have pulled in $3M in Series A financing for its video based gaming site that allows users to upload screencasts of their favorite in-game moments.  Think of it as a YouTube like interface that lets you brag about your mad gaming skills to others in a video […]

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 Searchme (Mountain View, CA) pulled in a staggering $31M from Sequoia Capital , Lehman Brothers and DAG Ventures.  This is by far one of the largest investments by Sequoia in search along with Mahalo. 
The video search engine actually goes into private beta today but you can sign up to get an invite.  Unlike other search […]

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