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Aardvark considers a $30 million-plus offer from Google
Dec 7th
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The leaders behind a prominent Silicon Valley social search startup may be contemplating returning to the mothership.
TechCrunch is reporting that Aardvark, a company founded by ex-Googlers including CEO Max Ventilla, is weighing a $30 million-plus offer for an acquisition.
The site just opened to the public in October and raised about $6 million from [...]
Global Innovation Tournament gets students thinking about saving (via postie)
Dec 3rd
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If you’re looking for the next Mint.com, you might find it in one of the videos below.
True, there’s a big gap between presenting making a video about a cool idea (which is how these 22 student groups won this year’s Global Innovation Tournament) and building a successful finance startup that gets acquired by [...]
Placecast lands $5M more for location-triggered mobile advertisements
Nov 18th
San Francisco’s 1020 Placecast, a company working on new mobile advertising technology, said today it raised $5 million in more funding to continue developing its opt-in location-triggered ad service.
Placecast, which previously raised $2 million, pushes advertisements from major brands to the consumer’s phone depending on their physical location, but allows users to opt-in to the system. [...]
