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Cisco to Buy Tidal Software

Stacey Higginbotham writes that Cisco is going strong on its journey to master and control the computing world, paying $105 Million to buy Tidal Software which will now benefit investors including Kleiner more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Mergers and Acquisitions  |  

Angel Funding dips due to economy

Thanks to the economy, angel investors who have been affected too, are still around and helping entrepreneurs, but on the whole, they are investing smaller amounts and the total amount from angel funding more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Venture Capital  |  

Mobile startup Obopay raises whopping $70 Million

Mobile payments company Obopay which has already raised $69 million from Qualcomm, Essar Communications Holdings Limited, Alliance Bernstein, ONSET Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Richmond Management, Richmond more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Startup Funding  |  

Startups Don’t Need Silicon Valley Unless They Need VC

South by Southwest Interactive is the place to be right now - where all the action about startups is - at least from an event point of view. An interesting panel discussion centered around - do we need more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Startup Lessons  |  

Reid Hoffman says: Let Start-Ups Bail Us Out

The founder of LinkedIn and an investor in over 60 start-ups since 2000, Reid Hoffman makes a strong and appealing case for the rise of the entrepreneurs, stating that financing strategy is the key to more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Startup Founders  |  

Khosla Ventures taps Pierre Lamond

Pierre Lamond, the highly respected veteran of Silicon Valley, the founder of National Semiconductor and a VC for zillion years with Sequoia Capital was thinking of resting his boots, but then decided more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Venture Capital  |  

Gwabbit launched in DEMO

Technicopia is launching a new product/service Gwabbit - which is the brainchild of Todd Miller, chief executive of Carmel Valley, Calif.-based Gwabbit, which is a combination of the words grab it and more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Gadgets and Tools  |  

Invenergy gets $30M for Wind Power

Wind energy company, Chicago based Invenergy is bucking a trend and getting a shot of $30 Million in funding from Leaf Clean Energy, which follows on the heels of a whopping $250M funding announced earlier. more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Clean Tech  |  

Twitter for business - Yammer Raises $5 Million

After winning last year's TechCrunch 50 award, and successfully branding itself as 'Twitter for business', Yammer has raised its Series C round of funding from the same folks - Founders Fund and Charles more...
1 Comment  |  Topic: Social Networking  |  

Intel pumps $23 Million into three Indian firms

One97 Communications Pvt. Ltd., an independent provider of telecom-managed value added services in India, IndiaMART.com, an online B2B marketplace connecting Indian suppliers with domestic and international more...
1 Comment  |  Topic: Startup Funding  |