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Yahoo's Marissa Mayer in Talks to Join Jawbone Board
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is considering joining the board of Jawbone, the high-profile wireless gadget maker whose products include the Jambox speaker and the Up personal fitness wristband, according...
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New York Techie Chris Dixon in Talks to Be Next Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
According to sources, well-known New York techie Chris Dixon is in the final stages of discussions to become a partner at the high-profile Silicon Valley venture firm Andreessen Horowitz. While the...
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Confirmed: Chris Dixon Becomes Seventh Investing GP at Andreessen Horowitz
Chris Dixon will indeed be the latest VC to join Andreessen Horowitz, as I had reported earlier was likely, starting in January. Dixon is a lively and interesting choice for the high-profile Silicon...
View ArticleCloud Media Start-Up Plizy Raises $4 Million From Atlas
Plizy, a San Francisco-based cloud media start-up, said it has raised $4 million in a Series A funding from Atlas Venture. The company, which recently launched a new version of its product on the Web...
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Along With Flickr, Mail and Homepage, Yahoo's Board Will Also Get a Refresh...
In the last week, Yahoo has redone its powerful Yahoo Mail, refreshed its Flickr photo-sharing service and is also set to release a spanking new homepage design. It’s part of a series of changes made...
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Tasty: FoodyDirect Gets $3M, as Former Goldman Tech Banker Turns Entrepreneur
For a long time in Web 1.0 and Web 2.0, Brad Koenig was one of Silicon Valley’s top investment bankers, shepherding deals such as Yahoo’s IPO and a plethora of others. That’s no surprise, given that...
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Go West, Young Geek: Chris Dixon on Why He Became a Silicon Valley VC at...
In mid-November, longtime entrepreneur, active angel investor, iconoclastic blogger and hardcore New Yorker Chris Dixon told the tech world something it least expected — that he had taken a job as a...
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Interview: Keith Rabois Talks About Sexual Harassment Claim, Becoming a...
Sitting in front of a spectacular view of San Francisco at his home this afternoon, former Square COO Keith Rabois looks spent. He is just recovering from a bout of pneumonia, which would be bad...
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Menlo Ventures' Pishevar and Goldman's Stanford to Found Sherpa, a Startup...
Well-known Silicon Valley investor and entrepreneur Shervin Pishevar of Menlo Ventures and Goldman Sachs tech banker Scott Stanford are starting a new company that will focus on formulating a new...
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Jerry Yang Is Back (And Investing More Than Ever)
If truth be told, Jerry Yang never really disappeared from the Silicon Valley scene, even though he did leave Yahoo rather suddenly just over a year ago — resigning from the board and all other...
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Everybody's a Curator: Flipboard's Mike McCue Talks About New Version of...
There’s no doubt that the highly-valued Flipboard has been at the forefront of social publishing. With its popular app for the Apple iPhone and iPads, the Silicon Valley startup now has 50 million...
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Actually, Amazon Paid About $150 Million for Goodreads
According to sources, Amazon paid about $150 million for Goodreads, the popular books recommendation service. But that number could close in on $200 million, if certain performance metrics are met....
View ArticleMango Health App That Games Taking Meds Launches With Target Partnership
San Francisco-based Mango Health — a new mobile app aimed at allowing people to manage their personal health by tracking medications and nutritional supplements they take — is launching after a 16-week...
View ArticlePredictive Data Startup Infer Raises $10M From Redpoint
Infer, a Palo Alto, Calif., startup that makes data-focused business apps to help companies target their best potential customers, said it has raised $10 million in a Series A funding led by Redpoint...
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Another VC Is Born: Well-Known Internet Exec Ben Ling Joins Khosla Ventures
Ben Ling, a longtime Silicon Valley angel investor and Internet exec, has joined Khosla Ventures as a new member of the investment staff. Ling is the second hire of high-profile operating execs by...
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Every Business Cliche Ever, in One Excellent Toast From Super Angel Chris Sacca
There was a lot of drama last night! Very exciting. But perhaps not the best mood-setter for a work week. So maybe Chris Sacca can help. The ex-Googler and current Lowercase Capital investor has been...
View ArticleKhosla's Keith Rabois Talks About Going From Internet Ops to VC-Land (Video)
I coasted down to Sand Hill Road yesterday to pay a quick visit to longtime Internet investor and operating executive Keith Rabois to talk about his new gig as a venture capitalist at Khosla Ventures....
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Equifax Buys Identity Protection Startup TrustedID for About $30 Million
Data giant Equifax Inc. said it had bought TrustedID, a well-known Silicon Valley identity protection company. While the Atlanta-based company declined to disclose financial terms of the deal, sources...
View ArticleOutbrain Exec Guttman Hired to Oversee SoftBank's $51 Million NY-Focused...
Josh Guttman, who has most recently been an exec at content discovery platform Outbrain, has become a partner at Softbank Capital to manage its New York-focused startup fund. Guttman, who is an active...
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Former Facebook Exec Ali Rosenthal Joins MessageMe as COO
Former Facebook mobile exec Ali Rosenthal has been hired as COO for MessageMe, according to her blog post on Tumblr. She will report to CEO Arjun Sethi at the startup that makes a mobile application...
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Yahoo Paid $60M to $70M for Rockmelt -- Will Dump Browser and Use Tech to...
According to sources close to the situation, Yahoo paid $60 million to $70 million for social browser startup Rockmelt, with an aim of using its technology to turbocharge its myriad of media and...
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Good Eggs Nabs $8.5 Million from Sequoia and Others for Local Farm-to-Fridge...
Good Eggs, the local farm-to-fridge local grocery delivery startup, has nabbed $8.5 million in funding from Sequoia Capital, which it will use to expand its sustainable food service to more cities....
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Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian Needs No Permission (Video)
Last night, I did an onstage interview with Alexis Ohanian at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco. He is, of course, the co-founder of Reddit, the social platform that was created in 2005 as the...
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Yves Behar's "Smart" Lock Startup August Raises $8 Million
August, the home automation startup that makes a “smart” lock that uses virtual keys, said it has raised $8 million to bring the device to market next spring. If you are talking about the Internet of...
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Grokker Gets $5.5 Million to Build Out Expert Video Network -- Here's Founder...
Last week, I talked to Lorna Borenstein, the former eBay and Yahoo exec, who has just launched a video network aimed at consumer interests using “experts,” called Grokker. She’s recently gotten about...
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