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India wakes up - 3G Plan and WiMAX planned

Finally, the Indian government is warming up to the next generation mobile services. It has announced plans to auction off 3G and WiMAX spectrum to the highest bidders which will enable upto six wireless more...
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Firelake Capital Management raising $100M for cleantech investment

Cleantech is getting another shot in the arm with Firelake Capital Management starting the Strategic Technology Fund II dedicated to fostering the Cleantech sector. Based in Palo Alto, this company has more...
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Classmates Media IPO to raise $12M

Woodland Hills, Calif.-based company plans to go IPO to raise a total of $12 Million by selling Class A shares priced between $10 and $12 per share. Classmates is currently a subsidiary of United Online, more...
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Widgets make a big splash

Garageband has burned through $17 Million and is now called iLike. It is now seeing some light at the end of this tunnel with MySpace and Facebook opening up and allowing a flood of widgets to be released more...
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Can Firebrand Make Commercials Hot?

FireBrand is taking one end of the spectrum and playing with something that sounds foolish - use the commercials as the the content and have nothing else. Would this fly? How long would you keep watching more...
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Kindo, a new Genealogy site for making family trees

Kindo is a new genealogy site for making family trees. Its flash based intuitive interface makes it easy to create family trees. Major startups in this area are Geni and Amiglia. more...
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Intellon Corp moves towards IPO

London based powerline chip specialist Intellon Corp (Ocala, FL) is set to push ahead with an IPO that could value the company at nearly $330 million. Shareholders include Fidelity Ventures, EnerTech more...
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Digg To Add Photos To Their Mix

Om Malik and Kevin Rose discussed the possibility of adding photos to the Digg offerings about an year ago and it seems to be happening now - finally as Om says. He gives this development a quick view more...
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Buzzwire gets $8 Million for Mobile Streaming Video

Buzzwire got its Series B funding from New investor Sequel Partners of Boulder, CO, who led the funding round, which also included existing investors Spark Capital and Matrix Partners. Sequel’s Ron Bernal, more...
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Biotech pesticide maker AgraQuest raises $20M

In its 10th round of funding, Davis based BioTech major AgraQuest has raised $20M from U.K.’s Loudwater Trust and existing investors, including TPG Ventures. AgraQuest derives novel, organic pesticides more...
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