DENVER (Billboard) - In the promotional run-up to the April 13 release of its new album, Ohio experimental rock group Foxy Shazam tapped a curious outlet to promote the release: Chatroulette. The Russia-based online chat site connects users around the world for ...
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Ten years ago today, before the dot-com bubble burst, the Nasdaq composite index hit a record 5,132.52 points -- a peak that the technology-heavy market shows no sign of scaling again any time soon. Analysts and venture capitalists ...
Document service aims to make early fundraising rounds less expensive for entrepreneurs Raising money shouldn't cost startups so much money. At least that's the theory underlying the latest idea backed by former entrepreneurs-turned-venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz. They worked with ...
<div><p>Two new US venture capital funds have raised more that one billion dollars to help propel a green technology revolution, the company founded by influential investor Vinod Khosla said.</p><p>The 750-million-dollar Khosla Ventures III fund will focus on more traditional early and mid-stage ...
<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - AOL Inc, the Internet unit of Time Warner Inc, said on Tuesday it has appointed former Yahoo Inc executive Brad Garlinghouse as president of its Web and mobile communications group.</p><p>Garlinghouse, who was most recently an advisor at venture ...
<div><p>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Web start-up companies at this year's Tech Crunch conference face a financial climate that has dried up venture capital, forcing them to turn to friends, family and foundations.</p><p>Dan Olsen, a Stanford Business School grad, was one of the ...
<div><p> Intuit's purchase of Mint.com was a big win for Mint CEO Aaron Patzer and the rest of the 38-person staff he assembled to run the personal finance Web site. Yet the $170 million acquisition also vindicated a new breed of early-stage ...
<div><p>The founders of Skype fired another salvo Friday against online auction giant eBay's plans to sell the Web communications service.</p><p>Joltid and Joost, two companies owned by Skype founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, filed a lawsuit in a Delaware court against former ...
<div><h1> WHEN YOUR VENTURE GUY SAYS GOODBYE </h1><p>Hubert Engelbrechten, CEO of Fremont (Calif.) semiconductor manufacturer GTronix, has helped raise $40 million in venture capital for his company, including a $10 million round led by Jafco Ventures in Palo Alto, Calif. Jafco partner ...
<div><p>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Twitter nabbed $100 million in funding and a $1 billion valuation on Friday from five firms including mutual fund giant T. Rowe Price, as investors bet that the Web sensation's explosive growth will yield actual revenue or a ...
