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FundingUniverse - Speed Dating For Angel Investors and Entrepreneurs

March 13th, 2008 · No Comments

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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Tags: Angel Finance · Raising Money · Venture Capital

Searchme Locks in $31 million from Sequoia Capital and Others

March 12th, 2008 · No Comments

 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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Tags: New Funds · Series D Financing · Venture Capital

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

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