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13 Sep 07

Top Five Web 2.0 Venture Capitalists

  • Most venture capitalists don’t understand tagging, blogs, rss, ajax, or the two way web. They scoff at social bookmarking sites and think podcasting is a fad (maybe it is). They desparately “want in” to this renaissance of the web, but can’t be bothered to open up the simplest RSS reader and understand the power of decentralized content. In short, they don’t get it.

root - TechCrunch

  • Entrepreneur Seth Goldstein announced today that his company ROOT has received $1 million in funding from the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), a futures exchange founded in 1848. Bernard W. Dan, CEO of the Chicago Board of Trade, will join the board of directors at ROOT.
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Jawbone Gets A Boost From Sequoia Capital

  • If you haven’t actually experienced a phone call with a Jawbone bluetooth headset yet, watch the video below. Phone calls are literally that good, with background noise being completely blocked out.

More Money For Product Reviews; PowerReviews Lands $15 Million

  • PowerReviews has just raised $15 million, adding to the $6.25 million they raised in late 2005. The round was led by Lehman Brothers Venture Partners along with current investors Menlo Ventures and Draper Richards.

rockyou - TechCrunch

  • San Francisco based social network widget provider Slide has hit new highs, with reports that they are now serving over one million new widgets daily.
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Google To Invest $10 Million In Green Startups

  • Google will be investing up to $10 million in “green” startups,
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Will Kosmix’s Plan To Take Vertical Search Horizontal Go Flat?

  • Kosmix is a vertical search engine that launched in 2006. They also raised a heap of cash - over $25 million from Accel, Lightspeed and Cambrian Ventures as well as private investors including Jeff Bezos of Amazon.com and Bill Miller of Legg Mason Funds.
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