Tag Archives: venture capital

The Termsheet is the Latest Startup Thriller

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After selling his startup, Lucas Carlson decided to write a book. Like most self-important entrepreneurs on a mission to change the world, he decided to write a book on lessons learned in startup...

Quora Raises $80 Million To Stay Independent Forever

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Quora, the popular questions and answers website, says it has the largest library of first-hand knowledge and second largest library on the Web overall, after Wikipedia. But while Wikipedia stays...

Inside Sequoia Capital

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When Doug Leone arrived in Mount Vernon, N.Y. in 1968, the 11-year-old Italian immigrant didn’t have a clue. He flunked a math quiz in school because the terms “true” and “false” bewildered him. He...
    






Japanese Giant Mitsui Leads $60M Investment In A Startup That Turns Pollution Into Pure Money

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As places like China and India continue to grow, an ever-increasing supply of billowing smoke stacks mark these countries’ landscapes. 7 million people died in 2012 from air pollution....

Alibaba Invests $215 Million that Helps Raise Tango $280 Million

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It’s a real good time for Tango. The social chat app has easily raised the huge amount of $280 million in its Series D round of venture funding. Actually China's giant online retailer firm AliBaba is...

Accel Partners Raises New Funds Totaling Over $1 Billion As Facebook Investor Jim Breyer Reduces Role

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Accel Partners, a leading venture capital and growth equity firm, has raised two new funds totaling $1.475 billion as one of its most prominent figures looks to decrease his role. Famed Accel leader...

Renaissance Learning Finds New Private Equity Buyer For $1.1B After Taking Google Capital Cash

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In Less than one month after announcing an investment by the newly-formed Google Capital that valued it at $1 billion, education tech company Renaissance Learning has been acquired by a new private...

4 Hard Earned Lessons from Ben Horowitz

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 Hard Earned Lessons From Ben Horowitz Entrepreneur and venture capitalist Ben Horowitz gets real in his recently released book The Hard Thing About The Hard Things. While most start-up stories...

Silicon Valley boom eludes many, drives income gap

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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Arwin Buditom guards some of the most successful high-tech firms in America. Joseph Farfan keeps their heat, air and electric systems humming. But these workers and tens of...

Former NAACP president moves to venture capital

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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Just months after stepping down as head of the nation's largest civil rights organization, former NAACP President Benjamin Jealous is changing his career from an East Coast...