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Controversial ad company Jellycloud shuts down, citing industry consolidation
The deteriorating economy, and cloudy horizon for the advertising industry, has claimed one more victim: Jellycloud, the controversial ad company I wrote last month that was the latest incarnation of team that ...
SliceX Secures $15 Million to Support Development of High Performance Analog Mixed Signals Product
SliceX today announced that it has secured $15 million in a Series B funding round led by Crosslink Capital with participation from existing investors Global Catalyst Partners and BlueRun Ventures.
The supreme reign of content at its end, top VCs back MEVIO with $15M, anyway
These days, even Wall Street analysts are acknowledging that content is no longer king , but MEVIO , formerly known as Podshow, has just received funding from some of the biggest names in the VC world.
MEVIO Secures $15 Million in Funding to Support Rapid Growth and Move ...
MEVIO to Offer Advertisers 'Brand-Safe' Programming with Audiences that Rival Broadcast Television SAN FRANCISCO, July 9 SAN FRANCISCO , July 9 /PRNewswire/ -- MEVIO today announced that it has secured $15 ...
Interview with Abdul Khan, ibeatyou
Story by Benjamin F. Kuo Santa Monica-based ibeatyou is a web site focused on online competitions, whose founders include NBA star Baron Davis and Hollywood producer Cash Warren.
Investors pouring cash into LED lighting startups
Clean-tech venture capitalists have taken a shine to makers of LEDs and other bright lights, seeing a growing potential for these semiconductor-based light sources in streetlights and parking lots, in concert ...
Behavioral Ad Network JellyCloud Raises $11.5M
“My internet history keeps reporting grape.jellycloud.com, i don't know what this is?”
Redwood City's JellyCloud has called down $6.6M of a $12M Series A1 round, says PEWire . via Alarm
Venture capitalists go toward the light
“We've rounded the corner on this. There are a lot of applications today, in both residential and commercial, where it makes better sense to use LEDs.”
Clean-tech venture capitalists have taken a shine to Silicon Valley makers of LEDs and other bright lights, seeing a growing potential for these semiconductor-based light sources in streetlights and parking ... via San Jose Mercury News
Peter is a successful entrepreneur, venture investor, and institutional investor. via The Industry Standard
Roundup: Return of the Gphone rumor, Current TV not so profitable after all, and more
Instead, Google only released its mobile platform, Android . That was last year, though, and the rumormongers see a fresh new year ahead: MarketingWeek reports that Google is now working on a Gphone design with ... via VentureBeat
Crosslink Capital raises $400 Million
“We believe this investing strategy represents a superior risk-adjusted way to invest in growth equities”
San Francisco-based Crosslink Capital said Wednesday that it raised $400 million in a fund that will invest in both public and private companies in the alternative energy, core technology, communication ... via Bizjournals
Crosslink's Michael Stark says hybrid hedge-VC fund investing helps beat markets
“We have an active trading desk that is buying stocks every day, but we have a longer term approach than a hedge fund, though with a similar structure”
Even as hedge funds become more active in venture capital investment and traditional venture investors get more active in later-stage investing, the firm with the most established model as a true hybrid has ... via Tech Confidential Blog
Efficient light company, Luxim, raises $21M more
Luxim , a Sunnyvale, Calif. company that boats it produces one of the most efficient light sources on the globe - 144 lumens per watt - or almost twice as efficient as other sources, has raised $21 million more ... via VentureBeat
Validity Sensors, Inc. Closes $20 Million Series B Financing
“Our investors bring experience, knowledge and the deep industry relationships that will enable our success in 2008 and beyond.”
Validity Sensors, Inc., a privately-held biometric sensor company specializing in convenient, secure and reliable fingerprint authentication solutions for information, communication and entertainment devices , ... via TMCnet