Posts tagged Venture Capital
A look at what’s to come in 2010
Jan 2nd
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Here’s the latest from VentureBeat’s Entrepreneur Corner:
Venture Capital 2010: Hot (and cold) sectors to watch – Grotech Ventures Steve Fredrick and Don Rainey general partners give their take on the VC outlook for this year â?? as well as their predictions on the areas that are likely to show the most significant growth [...]
Language learning site Livemocha keeps growing — gets $8M boost
Dec 22nd
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Livemocha, the fast-growing site that lets people learn other languages for free — by matching them up with other native speakers online — has raised $8 million more in a second round of funding.
The Bellevue, Washington company is shaking up what its investors say is a $83 billion market worldwide. It’s the first [...]
Crispy Gamer Media buys gamer social network GamerDNA
Dec 18th
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Combining its gamer news site with a social network, Crispy Gamer Media said it has acquired GamerDNA for an undisclosed sum.
Cambridge, Mass.-based GamerDNA was founded in 2008 and it raised $3 million in venture capital from Flybridge Capital Partners. But it is probably better off under the wing of Crispy Gamer. GamerDNA was [...]
Crunchpad renamed JooJoo, Google adds real-time search results
Dec 13th
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Here’s our rundown of the week’s business and tech news. First, the most popular stories VentureBeat published in the last seven days:
Crunchpad manufacturer renames product JooJoo, promises launch this Friday at $499 — The CrunchPad was the tablet computer being built by TechCrunch with production contractor Fusion Garage. But the companies had [...]
Someone stole my startup idea, and how to achieve grandiose failure
Dec 12th
Here’s the latest from VentureBeat’s Entrepreneur Corner:
Venture Capital 2009: The year in review â?? Despite the dire headlines, there were some important trends that emerged in 2009. Grotech Ventures general partners Steve Fredrick and Don Rainey run down things many start-up market observers seem to have missed.
Someone stole my startup idea â?? Serial entrepreneur Steve [...]
