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Tag: venture capital
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VC Firms Still Spending Like Drunken Sailors
2022 is on track to be the second most active year ever for venture capital investment in tech companies, despite the narrative that says otherwise.
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Why Jack Dorsey Went to War With Andreessen Horowitz
Jack Dorsey has been attacking the VC firm Andreessen Horowitz, criticizing its mission statement, calling out its partners and got himself blocked as a result.
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Mixpanel Raises $200M to Help Digital Companies Better Understand Users
The series C growth investment values the San Francisco-based product analytics company at a $1.05 billion valuation.
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Be Bombastic: Survival Tips for Women Raising Venture Capital
While it might at first feel unnatural, women founders need to act confident — almost to the point of bragging — to land funding.
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Blockchain Will Stall Until it Finds Its Killer App
You can’t turn a corner these days without running into blockchain. Just being associated with blockchain can instantly raise your company’s valuation. And if you want to be a leader in your industry, just mention that you have blockchain experiments happening in your R&D labs and you will immediately
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For Startups, the Grass is Greener … in the Midwest
Whether it’s acting, cooking, music, business or something else, Americans often feel the need to move to one of the coasts to catch their big break. But at least in business, that’s perception doesn't match reality anymore.
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When Tech Startups Find Corporate Sugar Daddies, Everyone Wins
Cutting edge technology startups can be "game-changing partners" for major companies trying to differentiate themselves from the competition. Steven Peltzman, chief business technology officer for Cambridge, Mass.-based Forrester Research, shared those thoughts in an interview with CMSWire following his company's twice-a-year Tech Mixer. A former CIO, Peltzman's organization often
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Investors Bet $42M on Sprout Social
Investors gave social media management provider Sprout Social $42 million today, bringing the six-year-old company's total funding to date to $61 million.
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Apttus Gets Another $108M to Grow
JMP Securities Analysts Patrick Walravens and Peter Lowry predicted Salesforce will realize 100 percent revenue growth from its partner Apttus this year. Now Salesforce itself is helping to make that prediction come true. Salesforce Ventures, Salesforce's investment arm, is taking part in another funding round today for San Mateo,
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How Salesforce Builds Its Ecosystem, 1 Company at a Time
John Somorjai was the corporate counsel at Oracle 18 years ago when an opening popped up in the corporate development group. He's never looked back. Starting as a manager, he found he had a knack for spotting good companies and cutting deals.
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Jet Targets Amazon After $140 Million Funding Round
E-commerce start-up Jet.com, the latest project of Marc Lore, who famously sold Diaper.com to Amazon for $545 million, has just announced it has raised another $140 million on top of the $80 million it already raised. The Wall St.
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Salesforce Arms Apttus with $41M
When it comes to venture investments, Salesforce backs its allies. Case in point: The San Francisco-based cloud software company today led a $41 million investment round for Apttus, which makes Quote-to-Cash software on the Salesforce1 platform. The latest investment followed first-round funding of $37 million in September 2013 that
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Data Elite Provides Funds, Facilities for Big Data Startups
Big data means big money and with an eye on big profits, a group of venture capital firms have come together in California's Silicon Valley to create a new big data investment fund that will not only pump money into startups, but also invest in big data research.
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HootSuite Raises $165 Million to Expand Innovation
Hootsuite has announced that after surpassing 7 million global users and experiencing some rather notable Q2 success, they have secured $165 million in Series B financing.
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