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Meebo Goes For Fundraising Instead Of Sale

Rumors said that at one point they looked for a valuation of $250 Million but could not find a buyer and therefore, web chat startup Meebo has gone in for another round of funding, says TechCrunch's Michael more...
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Cluuz is The Next Generation Search Engine

Here is a nice review of a startup - Cluuz, which is a next generation web search engine whose web search results are powered by: Yahoo Search Web Service, Microsoft Live Search, Alexa Web Search, Technorati more...
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SiBeam gets $40 Million in additional funding

Started in 2004, SiBeam is a fabless semiconductor company. This time the round of $40 Million was led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA). Follow-on investments are included in this round from existing more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Semiconductor  |  

RoadBlocks aims to stream Supply Chains Via the Web

Aiming to stream your supply chain online, RoadBlocks, spun out of Tourtellotte Solutions in December of 2007, Wayland, Mass.-based RockBlocks already has a large list of well-known retail clients, including more...
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Kinetic Concepts to Offer $1.7 Billion for Lifecell

Medical equipment company Kinetic Concepts is offering about $51 a share and paying up a total of $1.7 Billion in cash, which is actually a 18% premium over the last closing stock price to buy LifeCell. more...
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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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Acquisition: Twhirling Seesmic's Underweb

Ross Mayfield shares his wisdom on the latest buzz on the acquisition drama that is unfolding (first revealed by TechCrunch): Seesmic of San Francisco has acquired the Twitter client Twhirl and thus makes more...
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Windsor Energy Abandons I.P.O. Plans

Oklahoma City-based oil and natural gas discovery and development company Windsor Energy has decided to shelve its $175 Million IPO plans in the light of the current economic scene and that is definitely more...
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EXFO acquires Builds With Brix Networks

Ambitious test equipment company EXFO has big plans. Barely a week after acquiring Navtel, it is now moving on to acquire Brix Networks that specializes in IPTV testing and the shopping actually fits 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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