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True or Not: Are VCs Shunning Infrastructure?

As part of Structure 08, Gigaom got together 5 honchos to discuss this hot topic. Rajeev Batra, Principal, Mayfield, Tom Dyal, Managing Director, Redpoint Ventures, Maha Ibrahim, General Partner, Canaan more...

Discuss | Topic: Venture Capital | by Jitendra 24 days ago (gigaom.com)

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Bloggers are raising money and eyebrows

Caution: A nice long post by Michael Arrington about bloggers raising money and how the landscape could shape up. Just a month ago VentureBeat reported a $320,000 raise. In 2007 we saw Sugar Inc. ($10 more...

Discuss | Topic: New Media | by Jitendra 123 days ago (techcrunch.com)

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Bankers See Modest Growth in Tech M&A for 2008

Stacy Higginbotham gives some positive news amid the gloom: M&A will be active in 2008 with two-thirds of bankers expecting an expansion in their deal flow in 2008, a mere 13 percent (or four times as more...

Discuss | Topic: Mergers and Acquisitions | by Jitendra 192 days ago (gigaom.com)

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Jango and Seeqpod Trying to Monetize Music

Stacey Higginbotham explores why new startups keep entering this crowded market to monetize online music - Kasian Franks, CEO of Seeqpod, and Dan Kaufman, CEO of Jango come up with ways of trying to do more...

1 Comment | Topic: Music | by Jitendra 193 days ago (gigaom.com)

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Vote for Startups at The Crunchies

The Crunchies are the place for startups to go to. It is a joint effort of GigaOM, TechCrunch, ReadWriteWeb and VentureBeat to allow you folks to gather and vote for the best startup, best CEO and other more...

Discuss | Topic: Events and Meetups | by Jitendra 209 days ago (gigaom.com)

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Startup Kango Almost Beta for Vacation Planning

Anne Zelenka talks about Kango - a travel site in 'almost beta' now and which has received a Series A round of funding of $4 million from Shasta Ventures. The company was founded by Yen Lee, former general more...

Discuss | Topic: Web 2.0 | by Jitendra 215 days ago (gigaom.com)

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Crunchies - Grammys for Startups

GigaOm, TechCrunch, ReadWriteWeb and VentureBeat are coming together to announce the Grammys for Startups - Crunchies. These awards will be through the voting process that will involve online blogs and more...

Discuss | Topic: Startup Help | by Jitendra 257 days ago (gigaom.com)

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Search, Mix & Play with Songza - GigaOM

Play around with Songza, a music search engine and Internet jukebox, and the first question that pops up into your head will be: How can this be legal? more...

Discuss | Topic: Music | by Vic 237 days ago (gigaom.com)