August 2007

Immeasurable Confidence [Posted on August 25, 2007 - 9:00 AM]

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The Entrepreneurship Program at the University of San Francisco has been tracking the much-hyped but toughtoquantify Chinese venture capital market with a China Venture Capitalist Confidence Index since the second... Continue Reading

After VMWare and XenSource, which virtualization startup is next? [Posted on August 16, 2007 - 3:21 PM]

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A $13 billion IPO from VMWare and $500 million trade sale by XenSource means other virtualization startups are receiving even more attention than before. The Deal's Andrea Orr highlighted... Continue Reading

You should rethink Facebook membership when... [Posted on August 16, 2007 - 3:20 PM]

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your "news feed is starting to look like an obituary roll."... Continue Reading

Kleiner Perkins and Sevin Rosen come alive with XenSource exit [Posted on August 15, 2007 - 3:17 PM]

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You don't hear as much about Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sevin Rosen as you used to. Kleiner Perkins is busy investing in anything but consumer Internet companies... Continue Reading

Opportunistic Accoona S-1 reads like a pulp magazine [Posted on August 7, 2007 - 3:16 PM]

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When do you know things are getting frothy? When a "search and e-commerce" company that has lost more than $80 million over the past three years is filing for... Continue Reading

Questions about StubHub competitor Viagogo's $30 million round [Posted on August 7, 2007 - 2:29 PM]

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As a regular user of StubHub, Viagogo's $30 million series C round and expansion into the United States announced yesterday confuses me. As for the funding itself, I find... Continue Reading

VC investment levels rise toward 2001 levels [Posted on August 7, 2007 - 2:01 PM]

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As if there was any doubt, the PwC/NVCA quarterly numbers are out and show that venture capital investment is on pace to reach its highest level since 2001. While... Continue Reading

Benchmark's Bill Gurley wary of today's high burn rates [Posted on August 7, 2007 - 1:40 PM]

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Benchmark Capital is having a good year. The firm has exited Good Technology, TellMe and Business.com at over $400 million each. While the amount invested into the first two... Continue Reading

Microsoft + Facebook = FaceExchange? [Posted on August 6, 2007 - 4:04 PM]

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If you've ever doubted the logic of Microsoft acquiring Facebook, the social networking company's co-founder inadvertently spelled out one way Facebook could be integrated into the software giant. Speaking... Continue Reading

DFJ returns to London [Posted on August 6, 2007 - 12:45 PM]

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On its march toward a billion funded, Draper Fisher Jurvetson announced the launch of a new franchise in London today. The Silicon Valley firm has invested an undisclosed amount... Continue Reading

3 reasons why VCs should be "deeply concerned" [Posted on August 2, 2007 - 4:57 PM]

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Speaking at AlwaysOn's Stanford Summit yesterday, Jefferies vice chairman Paul Deninger gave three reasons why venture capitalists should be "deeply concerned". 1) Technology M&A deals are flat over the... Continue Reading

Wanna be acquired by Google? Better be honest. [Posted on August 2, 2007 - 3:00 PM]

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Salman Ullah, head of corporate development at Google, explained today at AlwaysOn's Stanford Summit why acquisition negotiations usually fall through with the company. Aside from a valuation gap that... Continue Reading

Roger McNamee's third wave of the web [Posted on August 2, 2007 - 2:24 PM]

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Roger McNamee was in fine form yesterday speaking on the venture capital panel at AlwaysOn's Stanford Summit. He clashed with Jefferies vice chairman Paul Deninger over the state of... Continue Reading

Disney buys Club Penguin; virtual world buying frenzy begins [Posted on August 1, 2007 - 6:03 PM]

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As I predicted six weeks ago, Disney has agreed today to purchase Club Penguin for $350 million in cash. The children's virtual world operator has the possibility to earn... Continue Reading

Apple patent honcho claims system is tilting out of balance [Posted on August 1, 2007 - 3:54 PM]

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Pointing to a 1999 patent grant for a peanut butter sandwich as proof, Apple's chief patent counsel, Chip Lutton, said the patent system is tilting out of balance. Speaking... Continue Reading

IBM guru predicts training and meetings are virtual world killer apps [Posted on August 1, 2007 - 3:20 PM]

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Since 5000 of IBM's employees hold meetings in virtual world Second Life, it should come as no surprise that one of IBM's top execs focused on virtual worlds believes... Continue Reading

Startforce hailed as disruptive, Awareness panned at AO Summit [Posted on August 1, 2007 - 2:51 PM]

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Hailed by Khosla Ventures' David Weiden as a "big, cool, exciting idea", Startforce was the most praised startup at web services CEO showcase at the AlwaysOn Stanford Summit this... Continue Reading

Flixster CEO outs venture backer as fan of cheesy romantic comedies [Posted on August 1, 2007 - 1:45 PM]

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Speaking on the Beyond Search panel at this morning's Always On conference at Stanford, Flixster CEO Joe Greenstein said the company prefers its movie recommendation service to provide its... Continue Reading

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