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vic Mayfield Ventures collects $395 MillionA dot-com juggernaut Venture Capital company Mayfield Ventures has an accumulated fund of $395 Million to spend investing in startups. Even the departure of one of its biggest stars - Kevin Fong does more... Discuss | | by Jitendra 70 days ago (venturebeat.com)100 Closed Beta Invites for Startup Newz readers (limit 100)We're trying to open up the world of internet radio and would like to invite Startup Newz to give us a test drive. You can sign up at the link with this post and use the following invite code: startupnewz. more... Discuss | | by Vic 70 days ago (onellama.com)VC Scoreboard: Cleantech shines brightThe 2007 edition of the EETimes Venture Capital Scoreboard is revealing that the $2.6 Billion of VC investment in 168 transactions shows the spotlight on the current darling of VCs: Cleantech and photovoltaics more... Discuss | | by Jitendra 71 days ago (eetimes.com)ShareThis To Buy Fellow Widget Maker madKastThe TechStars Demo Day has produced the third acquisition from the event. ShareThis, which recently closed a round of $15 Million in funding is acquiring fellow widget maker madKast for an undisclosed more... Discuss | | by Jitendra 71 days ago (techcrunch.com)Startup Aricent Gets $60M to design PhonesPalo Alto based startup Aricent, which spun off from Flextronics and boasts of Frog Design as its component, has secured funding of $60M to design cool phones, from Bahrain-based investment fund The Family more... Discuss | | by Jitendra 72 days ago (gigaom.com)Gay Social Networking Site Gays.com Kicks Off Open BetaWhat's been called the world's first gay social network for real names and real-world connections has been launched. The domain name was bought in 2006 at the price of US$500,000. more... Discuss | | by Vic 73 days ago (pitchengine.com)eBay Trying To Sell Off StumbleUponThis is actually Mike Arrington story, but Peter Kafka asks a good question here. After buying the website recommendation engine StumbleUpon for a crazy $75 Million, eBay is now trying to sell it off. more... Discuss | | by Jitendra 76 days ago (alleyinsider.com)C'mon, Leave Wall Street, Join A StartupFred Wilson, a VC with Union Square Ventures writes about his friends at the VC firm First Round Capital who have launched a website for the woes on the Wall Street, to quit and join a startup. more... Discuss | | by Jitendra 78 days ago (avc.com)Google is buying ValveValve, which has the best content distribution platform, compared to all its competitors is being acquired for its cool product Steam, by Google who is fast becoming the 8000-pound gorilla in this market. more... Discuss | | by Jitendra 78 days ago (theinquirer.net)Startup Achronix sampling 1.5GHz FPGA chipsSan Jose based startup company is making a second attempt to bring fast asynchronous FPGA chips to the market, beyond the reach of Xilinx, Altera and other players. The company is one of a growing group more... Discuss | | by Jitendra 79 days ago (eetimes.com) |
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