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Is Federated Media worth $200 Million?

Rumors are swirling around that Federated Media has raised $50 Million from Oak Hill Capital Partners which effectively has boosted the valuation of the company to $200 Million. Eric Eldon says that the more...
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Meet Startup Onzo the iPod of Cleantech

UK based startup is coming with cool designs to manage the energy of your home. Sigma Capital Group and Scottish and Southern Energy, each of whom put up £1 million and a company representative to sit more...
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More dough on the Venture Capital scene

Dow Jones VentureSource says that there were only six IPOs and far fewer M&A deals than in any quarter last year, which paints a pretty dismal picture for the startups in any region. The economic woes more...
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Voice search startup Vlingo gets $20M and a Yahoo Deal !

Trying desperately to become one-up on competition (nee Google), Yahoo is bolstering its mobile oneSearch program by teaming up with voice search startup Vlingo exclusively to offer this on about 600 Million more...
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Startup Nanosolar Raises $50M More

With swirling rumors that Nanosolar is looking at a post-money evaluation of about $2 Billion, this company has raised another round of robust funding of $50 Million from French investor/company EDF Energies more...
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4 Startups: Taking the Pulse of the Twittersphere

Josh Catone examines four startups that are trying to build off the success of Twitter and provides their pluses and minuses. These are: Twitter Census, Twitter Answers, Straw Poll and TwittPoll. So, more...
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VCs slowing down?

Inspite of a one-day sunshine and smiles in Wall Street that the economic woes are over, it appears that the VCs are heading for the cellars and things do not look good for the startup community. This more...
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Startup Glassdoor.com Takes In $3 Million Series B

Benchmark Capital has invested $3 Million in Series B funding in Sausalito based startup Glassdoor.com. Interestingly, CEO and Founder Robert Hohman was previously the President of Hotwire.com, and the more...
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Green Car Startups Fight Detroit Over Cali Policy

Katie Fehrenbacher provides a front side view of the ensuing battle between the green car makers and the 800-pound gorillas of the automobile industry over the California state policies, especially the more...
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Examining Layoffs 3.0: Big vs, Small, Start Up vs. Your Own

After Yahoo, Susan Mernit examines the question of whether one should start his/her own startup or join a startup. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each approach and why would one work in more...
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