Ali Rosenthal joined Facebook back in early 2006, when it was a 50 person startup with 4 million users and she quit at the end of 2011 when it employed 3,500 people and was closing in on a billion users. ...

On the heels of closing its fifth $400 million fund, VC firm Redpoint is making some major hires in the partnership. The Silicon Valley firm is bringing on Twitter's former Director of Platform, Ryan Sarver, ...

Microsoft Researcher Gordon Bell has joined SocialSafe as an investor and advisor. Bell is widely-known for his pioneering work in 'Life-logging' and has co-authored the book "Total Recall" based ...

Israel's startup scene has taken another big step forward today. Pitango Venture Capital , the Israel-based investment company behind like Apple-acquired Anobit , Samsung-acquired Boxee and many others, ...

Last year LogEntries secured a $1.1M seed round led by Polaris Venture Partners . Similar to Splunk, which has IPO’d, LogEntries collects and analyzes huge quantities of machine-generated log data, helping ...

Tackk , which offers tools for creating content that combines text, images, audio, and video, is coming out of beta today and announcing that it has raised $1.2 million in a second round of seed funding. ...

DoorDash has raised a $2.4 million round led by Khosla Ventures’ Keith Rabois and Charles River Ventures’ Saar Gur. The company, which was in Y Combinator’s summer 2013 batch, delivers food from 70 restaurants ...

More investment activity from Seaya Ventures , after it participated in OpenTable competitor Restalo's recent $10 million Series B round. This time the Spanish VC is leading a $6.5 million Series B round ...

It's not often you come across a founder that measures startup success by winning the Nobel Peace Prize one day. When ResearchGate founder Ijad Madisch said that to Benchmark partner Matt Cohler a few ...

There are 97,000 health applications available for download

Mantle and Graphics Core Next: Simplifying Cross-Platform Game Development

Flipboard, the digital magazine app, has raised $50m from investors including Rizvi Traverse Management and Goldman Sachs, valuing the Silicon Valley company at $800m. The deal is the latest sign of investors' ...

In contrast to more developed markets such as the US, Israel or the UK, venture capital in the countries of central Europe is still in its infancy. One has only to contrast the value of VC investments ...

When Petra Hubacova shows up at her office early in the morning she is often the first person at work, and in the evenings she is often the one to turn out the lights - which is fine except that her business ...

On a summer evening in Budapest, a rooftop party is in full swing, the 50 or so people in attendance too busy networking to admire the cityscape ranged before them. "We started these barbecues to ...

Instead of putting money into new ventures, "human capital" venture firms Equitive and Originate lend engineers in exchange for equity

Students who receive startup funding from Dorm Room Fund may soon be able to get advice from more than 60 successful entrepreneurs

A paper from the Kauffman Foundation says nothing spawns new tech companies like old tech companies

Why startups can't stop naming themselves after a Buddhist sect

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Domain name seller GoDaddy announced the acquisition of a startup that helps small businesses reach new customers

One-third of the companies in Canaan's latest fund are led by women. Partner Maha Ibrahim explains the VC firm's approach to investing

Big carriers offer full refunds for blowing deadlines. Fort Lauderdale, Fla., startup 71lbs. makes it easier for Main Street shops to get them—for a cut

The East Coast transplant is beating many VCs in the Valley

NYU-Poly says its three programs helped bring in $31 million in tax revenue, create 900 jobs, and result in roughly 350 internships

Progress Financial is controlled by the Waltons' venture fund

Tesla chief Elon Musk has said a Kleiner partner caused the venture capital firm to miss out on investing in the electric car maker

Startups in the U.S. raised less money last quarter than in any quarter since the start of 2010

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Wall&Main is offering packages of United Airlines miles to "crowdfund" itself, a bargain for the venture capital startup and the airline

New York-based startup Work Market says the key to a thriving freelance marketplace is making the process easy for large corporations

A new student-run investment fund at Oxford's Saïd Business School invested $60,000 in a pair of alumni startups

Venture capitalists know it's tough to manufacture, market, and deliver physical products, as Pebble's Kickstarter problems are proving

An SEC rule change means venture capital firms and other private companies can broadcast when they're raising money

Don't expect a game changing tech IPO anytime soon. Private tech companies are steering clear of going public as long as they can, said Marc Andreessen, the co-founder of the venture capital firm Andreessen ...

If you're a small business and always wanted a fancy consultant on your payroll for tasks ranging from accounting to building a mobile-social media strategy, there's a new start-up just for you. Hourly ...

Over the last few years, sustainable farming startups have managed to get loans from companies like Whole Foods, or sold equity stakes to venture capitalists like Michael Dell's brother, Adam. A lot of ...

"Silicon Beach", is attracting talent and funding for tech startups, entrepreneurs drawn to LA's ability to brand and sell ideas...plus the weather.

The venture capitalist and hedge fund manager is launching a $402 million venture capital fund that is focusing on mid-stage technology companies looking to grow, but stay private while doing so.

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