While mobile maps have made it easy for people to find their way to a store or shopping mall, the options are limited once they’re inside. Now, a new breed of cartographers are venturing indoors to help consumers find where...
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Tech companies are mapping the insides of stores to help smartphone users find where products are shelved.
Mobile Maps Focus on Helping Lost Shoppers Find the Right Aisle
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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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Mark Collins, left, and Jason Giddings agreed to a $3 million investment on a glacier in the Swiss Alps.
After Raising Money on Kickstarter, Side Project Lands Another $3 Million
(Updates to add comment from Kickstarter in last graph.) When Jason Giddings posted his idea on Kickstarter in November to build a glass keyboard and mouse controlled by multi-touch gestures similar to the iPad, he didn’t even have a name for it. The...
Read more »Chinese, Indian Companies Land Largest Mobile VC Investments
With Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android dominating the market, it’s easy to think of Silicon Valley as the center of the mobile universe. But when it comes to the industry’s largest venture capital investments during the first half of the...
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Y Combinator’s Young Startups Tout Revenue Over Users
When Jamie Wong pitched her online travel startup Vayable to the hundreds of investors at an event yesterday put on by Y Combinator, one slide in her presentation drew an audible chuckle from the audience. A graph showed that Vayable’s...
Read more »Discovery Bay Games Raises $15M From Trilogy Equity, Logitech
Discovery Bay Games, which makes tablet accessories such as an iPad controller for classic Atari titles, announced today it raised $15 million. The funding round, led by Trilogy Equity Partners LLC and Logitech, will help the Seattle-based company release a...
Read more »Upstart Aims to Crowdfund Entrepreneurial College Grads
Upstart, a new company started by a former Google executive, is unveiling a crowdfunding service to help college graduates pursue their entrepreneurial dreams. By using Upstart, graduates in just about any field can raise capital for their business in exchange for giving up...
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Kirsten Green invested as an angel in e-commerce startups, including beauty supply company Birchbox and mobile booking site Hotel Tonight.
Forerunner Ventures Raises $40M to Back E-commerce Startups
Even with large, established venture firms and celebrity angel investors chasing hot deals at sky-high valuations, Kirsten Green sees an opportunity for a brand new venture fund. Green said today that her firm, Forerunner Ventures, has raised $40 million to...
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Nextdoor co-founder Nirav Tolia said the funding values the company at more than $100 million.
Nextdoor’s $18.6M Funding Values Startup at Over $100M, CEO Says
While Facebook can help people connect to family and friends from around the world, it’s seldom used to connect folks who live on the same street. For a typical user on the social network, neighbors make up just 2 percent...
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Companies in Brazil pay 67 percent of their profit in taxes, versus 47 percent in the U.S., 62 percent in India and 64 percent in China.
Venture Capital Firms Jump Into Brazil After Years of Testing Water
In recent years, venture capitalists have only dipped their toes in Brazil, where high taxes, government bureaucracy and an abundance of required vacation time make the country an expensive place for startups. Now, two venture firms are diving in, deciding...
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