June 2007

Video search tool Pluggd isn't afraid of YouTube [Posted on June 28, 2007 - 7:17 PM]

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The most promising startup I saw among the four search startups was Pluggd. While mPire has a clearer path to success, I think Pluggd has a chance to build... Continue Reading

mPire aims to be Kelley Blue Book of the web [Posted on June 28, 2007 - 6:38 PM]

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If mPire can live up to its stated ambition, the reward will be large. The company that is trying to be the Kelley Blue Book of the web pitched... Continue Reading

Scott Rafer pitches facial image search engine Polar Rose [Posted on June 28, 2007 - 5:02 PM]

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Facial recognition startup Polar Rose pitched at the the Under the Radar conference being held today at Microsoft's Silicon Valley campus today. Panelists consisted of Canaan Partners' John Balen,... Continue Reading

ChaCha claims its search solution trumps Web 2.0 [Posted on June 28, 2007 - 3:54 PM]

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Search engine startup ChaCha pitched at the the Under the Radar conference being held today at Microsoft's Silicon Valley campus today. Panelists consisted of Canaan Partners' John Balen, Lockergnome.com's... Continue Reading

Closed captioning translation service dotSUB pitches VCs [Posted on June 28, 2007 - 2:17 PM]

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At the Web Video Summit yesterday, dotSUB CEO Michael Smolens pitched VantagePoint Venture Partners' Duncan Davidson, ThinkEquityPartners' Anton Wahlman and Venrock's Eric Copeland. I've summed up Smolens' original pitch... Continue Reading

Voddler pitches VantagePoint, Venrock and ThinkEquity [Posted on June 27, 2007 - 8:21 PM]

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Online video startups pitched venture capitalists this afternoon at the Web Video Summit being held today and tomorrow in San Jose. Voddler CEO Jim Cantalini pitched VantagePoint Venture Partners'... Continue Reading

Magnify.net pitches Venrock, Interwest and VantagePoint [Posted on June 27, 2007 - 7:11 PM]

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Online video startups pitched venture capitalists this afternoon at the Web Video Summit being held today and tomorrow in San Jose. Up first was Magnify.net CEO Steven Rosenbaum who... Continue Reading

What Accel and CRV want to invest in right now [Posted on June 22, 2007 - 8:13 PM]

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Charles River Ventures' Susan Wu and Accel Partners' Kevin Efrusy are both seeking out the same startup. They want to find a company that can dominate the Facebook virtual... Continue Reading

Facebook isn't perfect after all [Posted on June 22, 2007 - 7:29 PM]

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Facebook's application platform has been getting a lot of attention lately. But, it was the social utility company's virtual goods strategy --or lack thereof-- that took center stage at... Continue Reading

PixVerse, Conduit and other stealth startups at VG Summit [Posted on June 22, 2007 - 6:23 PM]

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The presence of some major MMOs (massively multiplayer online worlds) generating huge profits isn't deterring more entrepreneurs from entering the segment. Some of them are attending the Virtual Goods... Continue Reading

Virtual goods worth $1.5 billion; success stories speak [Posted on June 22, 2007 - 3:35 PM]

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It may be one of the least known billion dollar markets. Virtual goods are the items purchased inside of an online community. Some virtual goods are decorative while others... Continue Reading

Benchmark harvest gains pace with impending Business.com sale [Posted on June 22, 2007 - 2:28 PM]

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For a portfolio bulging with winners, Benchmark Capital has been slow to achieve liquidity events. But, patience is paying off. The firm started slow in 2007 with TellMe's sale... Continue Reading

Mohr Davidow and CRV lead VC delegation to the Virtual Goods Summit [Posted on June 22, 2007 - 1:51 PM]

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Virtual world executives, entrepreneurs and investors are gathered today at Stanford University to attend the Virtual Goods Summit. Mohr Davidow is the event's main sponsor while Charles River Ventures... Continue Reading

"It's good to be a venture capitalist" (with a mansion in Atherton) [Posted on June 21, 2007 - 6:49 PM]

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SD Forum's 10th annual Visionary Awards event was held last night in Mobius Venture Capital managing director Heidi Roizen's backyard. Receiving awards were Craig McCaw, Trip Hawkins, Mike Moritz... Continue Reading

Google departures are good news for venture capitalists [Posted on June 21, 2007 - 2:49 PM]

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One of the most common venture capital complaints is that there is too much money chasing too few good deals. Well, the quality of deals may begin to increase... Continue Reading

Online video humming along with no business plan in sight [Posted on June 20, 2007 - 7:28 PM]

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Despite the presence of no less than five different video bloggers, podcasters and lifecasters on hand to document the discussion, today's online video panel at the Supernova 2007 conference... Continue Reading

Reconsidering Chesspark, the worst rated startup at March's SF Beta [Posted on June 20, 2007 - 3:07 PM]

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Meeting the entrepreneur behind a startup you've panned isn't the most enjoyable thing. That happened to me last night when I met Brian Zisk, co-founder of Chesspark. In March,... Continue Reading

Yahoo doesn't need MySpace [Posted on June 20, 2007 - 1:57 PM]

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When it comes to Yahoo, oftentimes, I feel like a mad man ranting in the dark. And the rumor of Yahoo swapping 25% of its equity in exchange for... Continue Reading

Semel strengthened Yahoo but couldn't fix ad system [Posted on June 19, 2007 - 12:12 PM]

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The time had come for Terry Semel to step down as Yahoo's CEO. Despite being given enough time to fix its advertising engine-- the key to Yahoo's success-, Semel... Continue Reading

Kyte.tv, Jivox and 13 other digital convergence startups profiled [Posted on June 18, 2007 - 7:13 PM]

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Fifteen startups targeting opportunities around digital convergence themes are profiled this week in Tech Confidential, The Deal's technology dealmaking brand. Senior Writer Stacey Higginbotham drew up a useful table pictured... Continue Reading

Bessemer defends LifeLock investment as plot thickens [Posted on June 18, 2007 - 3:02 PM]

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After a week of ribbing about the character of the founder of one of its portfolio companies, Bessemer Venture Partners general partner David Cowan responded by providing a fuller... Continue Reading

Let the Facebook IPO speculation begin [Posted on June 15, 2007 - 3:52 PM]

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While not the first, Paul Kedrosky's prediction today that Facebook will file for an IPO is certainly the most specific. He suggests the social utility will file by this... Continue Reading

Virtual world frenzy postponed as Sony-Club Penguin talks end [Posted on June 15, 2007 - 3:05 PM]

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