Sarah Frier
Based out of New York, covering everything from startups to IBM.
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Twitter's IPO has been a source of speculation, but co-founder Dorsey says it's not on Twitter executives' minds.
Twitter Co-Founder Dorsey ‘Not Even Thinking’ About IPO
Twitter’s initial public offering could be the biggest for a consumer web company since Facebook. But executives have so far declined to say when it might happen, and co-founder Jack Dorsey said the company is “not even thinking about it”...
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Foursquare CEO Dennis Crowley is hoping to use a new round of cash to prove that his mobile app can be a viable business.
Checking Into What’s Behind Foursquare’s $41 Million Infusion
Foursquare, the New York-based company that makes an application for checking into locations and discovering places to go, just got a big cash infusion. This comes after months of doom and gloom talk about the company’s future, Bloomberg Businessweek reported today. The round, structured...
Read more »SoftBank Capital Raises $250M Fund to Help Startups Expand to Asia
SoftBank Capital, the venture firm that backed the Huffington Post, Buddy Media and OMGPOP, is raising a $250 million fund to help startups expand internationally. And by “internationally,” they mostly mean Asia. SoftBank Capital is the venture arm of Softbank...
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A chicken soup dish with accoutrements is served at Naamyaa Cafe in London
Hungry for Photos: OpenTable Buying Foodspotting for $10 Million
A picture may be worth a thousand words, but photos of restaurant food are apparently worth $10 million. OpenTable, the online restaurant reservation company, is announcing today it’s paying that amount to buy Foodspotting, a smartphone application that lets people share...
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Aereo CEO Chet Kanojia says the company is working on new social-networking features for its online TV service.
Aereo’s $38 Million Helps Fund Expansion and Social TV Efforts
Despite protests from media companies, Internet television provider Aereo is expanding into more cities with new products, fueled by a $38 million financing round. Aereo streams live TV to customers’ computers and mobile devices by picking up broadcasts the old-fashioned way —...
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As part of Wikipedia's revised fundraising efforts, gone are the awkwardly placed photos of co-founder Jimmy Wales.
Wikipedia Edits Fundraising Strategy
Wikipedia’s leaders have a new tactic for finding donors: Appeal to those who rely on the site most. For Wikipedia’s current campaign, not every visitor to the world’s largest crowdsourced encyclopedia is being greeted with a plea for donations. The...
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Brad Garlinghouse said startups are raising venture capital at high valuations, picking numbers for the purpose of “chest-pumping.”
Valley Veteran Brad Garlinghouse Sees Signs of Tech Bubble
Even as Facebook and Zynga shed more than half their value in the public market, Silicon Valley veteran Brad Garlinghouse sees signs of a technology bubble. The former executive at AOL and Yahoo said startup founders are raising venture capital...
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Chief Executive Officer George Bell refocused Jumptap on targeted mobile advertising instead of mobile search products.
Mobile Ad Network Jumptap Raises $27.5 Million, Looks Ahead to IPO
Jumptap, a mobile advertising network that competes with Google and Millennial Media, said today it raised $27.5 million, which will be used to improve its products and technology ahead of an initial public offering. It’s the seventh round of funding...
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Codecademy co-founder Zach Sims said the site is considering building a career-matching service.
Codecademy Raises $10M, Sees Job Service as Part of Its Future
Codecademy, a free website that has taught computer programming to 5 million users, also wants to find them jobs. The New York-based startup, which announced today it raised $10 million in a funding round led by Index Ventures, is...
Read more »What Social Media Ad Agencies Say About Facebook
When General Motors Co., the third-largest advertiser in the U.S., said it would pull ads from Facebook, it sparked a discussion about the effectiveness of marketing and advertising on social media sites. Here is what a handful of companies that...
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