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Entries from March 2008

Investing Outside the Valley - It’s Happening

March 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment

So the National Venture Capital Association released a report which looked at the fastest growing regions for venture capital outside of Silicon Valley and the results were interesting to say the least.
While the Valley and New England remain the country’s leading regions for investments, they are not the fastest growing according to the report which […]

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Tags: Raising Money · Reports · State of Venture

Zivity Pulls in $7M for Adult Content Social Network

March 10th, 2008 · No Comments

Zivity (San Francisco, CA) seems to have broken the barrier between mainstream and adult by securing $7M in VC money from some very reputable sources for an online adult content social network.  The Series A Round led by BlueRun Ventures and FoundersFund (Peter Theil of PayPal fame and co.) comes on the heals of a […]

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Tags: New Funds · Series A Financing · Venture Capital · social networking

Laszlo Lassoes in an Additional $6.6M in Series C

March 7th, 2008 · No Comments

Laszlo (San Mateo, CA) pulled in another $6.6M in its latest round of funding which included backers from WI Harper Group, General Catalyst Partners, Mitsui & Co Venture Partners and Sofinnova Ventures.  This $6.6M is in addition to the $8M they had already taken in just last month ago putting the total round at $14.6M.
These […]

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Tags: New Funds · Series C Financing · Software

Pequot Ventures Spins Out - Now Called FirstMark Capital

March 4th, 2008 · No Comments

FirstMark Capital (New York, NY) is the new name of the spun out venture arm of Pequot Capital. The decision to separate the businesses and also add a new name comes at a time when it is growing increasingly hard for these funds to raise capital. While the firm has had a lot of success […]

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Tags: Venture Capital