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2 hrs ago | Black Enterprise

Austin-Based Travel Startup Localeur Expands to Add Houston

With a successful launch in Austin, TX since its debut at South by Southwest Festival, Localeur today announced plans to expand into Houston on May 31.

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Related Topix: Austin, TX, Bazaarvoice, SXSW, Inc, iPhone, Emerging Technology

6 hrs ago | Ann Arbor.com

Internet startup Seelio closes nearly $1 million in funding to give students Web portfolios

CEO Moses Lee with co-founders Jerry Wang and David Jsa at Seelio's office space in Menlo Innovations.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, Startups, Facebook, Marketing, Detroit, MI

8 hrs ago | Clickz

Marketo Shares Jump 57% in IPO

Marketing automation software provider, Marketo, leaped onto the Nasdaq today with shares jumping by as much as 57 percent after the company raised $79 million in its initial public offering .

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, Clickz

Sun May 19, 2013

Booker Rising

Colin Powell: Venture Capitalist

From The Wall Street Journal , about the moderate Republican : "The former Secretary of State, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and decorated Vietnam veteran is now a limited partner with renowned Silicon Valley venture firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers desperately trying to become digital all these years,' Powell said, adding that ... (more)

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, Financial Services, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Startups, Investment Services

LawJobs.com

Sheppard Mullin Adds to Silicon Valley Office

Jung Son joined the firm Thursday from Technology Crossover Ventures, where she was an associate general counsel.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, Startups, Technology Crossover Ventures, Palo Alto, CA, Los Altos, CA

GigaOM

What Nikola Tesla vs. VCs video says about the state of Silicon Valley

Imagine if Nikola Tesla had to pitch venture capitalists to fund his idea. The reaction to his crazy ideas would be precisely what you see on this video.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology

The Motley Fool

Will Any Dell Stock Owners Take Carl Icahn's Money?

Keep track of the stocks that matter to you. Help yourself with the Fool's FREE and easy new watchlist service today.

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Related Topix: Computers, Dell, Emerging Technology

The Miami Herald

James Cassel: Seeking VC funds? Get creative

At a cocktail party earlier this year, my friend's daughter took the initiative to tell me about her new startup venture.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, California

Forbes.com

Is Tumblr The New Geocities?

Imagine a company backed by Fred Wilson, one of the top venture capitalists on the Internet.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology

The Startup Journey

New Venture: Via.com co-founders to launch new travel startup

The two founders of online travel website Via.com, Vinay Gupta and Amit Aggarwal, have moved out of active roles at the VC-backed company and will soon launch a travel related venture out of Singapore.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology

Sat May 18, 2013

TechCrunch

Ask a VC: Accel Partners' Rich Wong On Whether You Can Build a Great...

Leena Rao is currently a Senior Editor for TechCrunch. She recently finished graduate school at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, where she studied business journalism and videography.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, Journalism, Northwestern University, Columbia University, Rovio Mobile, Nintendo, Video Games, Angry Birds

SiliconValley.com

Latest quarterly numbers paint dismal picture for venture capital

When tech investors from around the country convened in San Francisco last week for the annual convention of the National Venture Capital Association, spirits were high.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology

PE Hub

Tableau Shares Soar 64%, NEA's Stake Worth $940 Million

Shares of Tableau Software soared nearly 64% on Friday, promising a massive return for its venture capital backers New Enterprise Associates and Meritech Capital Partners .

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Related Topix: Startups, Tableau Software, Emerging Technology, Stanley

PE Hub

High-Profile VCs Caught up in Bitcoin Mania

Just since April, notable firms such as Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, Google Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Union Square Ventures have invested $9 million in three bitcoin-related companies: BitPay, CoinBase and OpenCoin.

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Related Topix: WebMD, Emerging Technology, Financial Services, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Investment Services

CNet News

Dell's Tough Q1 Could Help CEO's Buyout Efforts

The company's share price drops to $13.40, below the $13.65 price Michael Dell is offering in his $24.4 billion bid to take it private.

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Related Topix: Computers, Dell, Emerging Technology

VentureBeat

Marketing automation firm Marketo shares jump 55% in energetic IPO

Marketing automation business Marketo made its debut on the Nasdaq stock exchange today, and early trading looks strong, with shares up 55 percent over initial pricing.

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Related Topix: Startups, Marketo, Marketing, Emerging Technology, San Mateo, CA

Fri May 17, 2013

WallStreetInsanity

Infograph: Spreading The Silicon Love

What do you think of when you hear " Silicon Valley? " California's Bay Area? Technology? Entrepreneurs and start-ups? All of these are associated with the area, which is home to tech giants such as Google, Twitter and Facebook as well as hundreds of tech start-ups. In fact, Silicon Valley has 35 percent more serial entrepreneurs and 20 percent ... (more)

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Related Topix: WebMD, Emerging Technology

USA Today

Facebook finds footing a year after IPO flop

One year after a record initial public offering that made Facebook more costly than almost every company in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, its stock lags its $38 IPO price.

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Related Topix: Startups, Facebook, Social Software, Emerging Technology, Charles River Ventures, Marketing, Financial Markets

Reuters

U.S. FCC nominee Wheeler to divest telecoms holdings if confirmed

Tom Wheeler, nominated to become the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, pledged to divest stakes in AT&T Inc, Dish Network Corp, Google Inc and dozens of other tech and telecoms companies if he is confirmed.

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Related Topix: Business News, Federal Communications Commission, Emerging Technology, Wireless

Seattle Times

Seattle’s Tableau raises $254M in year’s biggest tech IPO

Tableau Software co-founders Christian Chabot, left, and Chris Stolte are shown in this 2004 photo, a year after the company was founded in Seattle.

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Related Topix: Seattle, WA, Startups, Tableau Software, Emerging Technology, Workday, Marketing

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