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The Other Amazon Deal this week. Drupal founder attracts over $100 Million in 3 months.

Scalable Startup

Red Hat was one of the first of these types of companies bridging open source with big finance, leveraging Linux support into a profitable business, also leveraging the enterprise. It gained recognition during the 2004 presidential campaign when Howard Dean’s IT director decided to use it as a platform for community and campaigning.

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Capital Provider Perspectives: Rumi Ventures and Crowdvest

The Startup Magazine

We took the opportunity as part of this year’s FUND Conference to get some insights from a couple of influential startup capital providers. Two of the panel participants have different funding perspectives, one venture capital and the other crowdfunding. I own several finance related companies. Rumi Morales.

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April 4-Innovation in Private Company Liquidity-Online Merger Markets, Social Media, Secondary Markets, Non-US Markets, Private Equity, and the Disappearing IPO

David Teten

He is the founder of MergerID, now a Financial Times business, which provides a secure online environment, for principals and professionals, to post and view M&A opportunities, globally. " Dan began making institutional venture capital investments as the Chief Investment Officer for the PS Capital funds in the second half of.

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ProfessorVC: How much is enough?

Professor VC

Financing, that is.I Since the iControl system chronicles all meetings, I was able to find the automatic picture snapped from my first meeting with the founders, Reza Raji and Chris Stevens on April 22, 2004. One truth of start-up financing is that it generally takes twice as long and twice as much money to accomplish your milestones.

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In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

online.wsj.com

Loading… Personal Finance. Personal Finance. Over the past two years, one of the most influential venture-capital firms has turned the usual rules of start-up investing on its head. in exchange for $70,000 in venture capital and a $30,000 loan from the early venture firm. » More.

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Fenwick VC Survey: Q2 Funding Valuations Shoot the Moon

allthingsd.com

According to Fenwick & West’s latest Silicon Valley Venture Capital Survey , fundings in the second quarter of this year showed the highest valuation increases in more than five years. Two big-ticket financings upped the Q2 number, which would have been 70 percent if they were removed. ATDveecees (Venture Capital).