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StockTwits Lands $3 Million for Traders on Twitter
Digital Media Wire - connecting people & knowledge —
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New York - StockTwits, the provider of a real-time financial news service that utilizesTwitter, announced on Wednesday that it has closed a $3 million second round offinancing. read more5 hours ago -
StockTwits gets $3M more for stock-related comments on Twitter
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StockTwits , a startup that helps you see people’s stock-related comments on microblogging service Twitter, today announced $3 million in round 2 funding from Foundry Group and returning investor True Ventures. The free service aggregates tweets and streams them to StockTwits when Twitter users do one of two ...6 hours ago -
Seeking Alpha Finds $7 Million In Funding, Partners With Nasdaq.com
Technology Info —
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Financial information and analysis community Seeking Alpha announced that it has recently closed a Series B round of financing to the tune of $7 million, led by first-time investor DAG Ventures with participation from existing investors Benchmark Capital and Accel Partners.Seeking Alpha also inked a content ...9 hours ago -
StockTwits Adds $3 Million From Foundry Group And True Ventures
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StockTwits, a social and microblogging service for stock investors, has pulled down another round of financing – $3 million in a Series B round led by Colorado-based Foundry Group. Foundry Group partner Seth Levine joined the company’s board of directors, and True Ventures, an investor from earlier this year, also ...9 hours ago -
Report: Smith & Tinker Lays Off 30 Percent
Xconomy —
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Layoffs , startups , Gaming Gregory T. Huang wrote: Bellevue, WA-based gaming company Smith & Tinker has cut about 30 percent of its staff, according to a report in VentureBeat . The company has confirmed an unspecified number of layoffs. Led by co-founders Jordan Weisman and Joe Lawandus, Smith & ...1 day ago -
Web-based toy maker Smith & Tinker lays off 30 percent of staff (via postie)
Gadget Reviews —
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Bookmark this categorySmith & Tinker had a high-profile launch of its Nanovor toy and accompanying game web site this fall. It was billed as a marriage of toys and online games.But yesterday the company laid off about 30 percent of its staff, which may be about 15 of its 50 or so employees, VentureBeat has [...]No ...1 day ago -
Revolutionary Angels Defends Business Plan Competition Amidst Widespread Criticism
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VC , fundraising , Angel Investors Wade Roush wrote: A post last week on the New York Times’ “You’re the Boss” small business blog examined the phenomenon of business plan competitions with high entry fees , with the focus largely on Revolutionary Angels , a Cambridge, MA-based competition we ...2 days ago -
Zynga Raises $15.1 Million for Casual Social Games
Digital Media Wire - connecting people & knowledge —
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San Francisco - Zynga, a publisher of casual games on social networks, has raised $15.1million in a third round of funding, PEHub.com reported, citing a regulatoryfiling. Investors include Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, Foundry Group andReid Hoffman. read more2 weeks ago -
Zynga raises more venture capital for social gaming expansion
Gadget Reviews —
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Zynga has become the hottest social gaming company with more than 196 million users on Facebook alone. Today, the San Francisco company has raised $15.18 million in an extension to its second round of funding, according to a regulatory filing.No new investors were listed in the filing, according to VentureWire. The ...2 weeks ago -
Startup Failure: Seattle’s Stigma, Boston’s Chip on Its Shoulder, and Silicon Valley’s Badge of Honor
Xconomy —
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startups , culture , VC Gregory T. Huang wrote: “People say if you fail in Seattle, you’re screwed,” said Marcelo Calbucci. “If you fail in the Bay Area, you just have a badge of honor.” We were at the TechStars reunion event in Seattle last week, listening to early-stage investors Brad ...3 weeks ago -
A Tale of Three Cities: How Boston, Boulder, and Seattle Measure Up as Tech Innovation Hubs
Xconomy —
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Entrepreneurship , culture , Venture Capital Gregory T. Huang wrote: I was chatting with a couple of local investors at the TechStars (seed fund and mentorship program) event in Seattle on Wednesday . They thought the VC panel discussion of the startup climate and culture in different cities around the ...3 weeks ago -
EmSense, the company that reads your brain’s reactions to ads, gets boost
VentureBeat —
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EmSense — the San Francisco company that has created a device to read your mind to assess how you react to TV commercials and other media — has raised $9 million more in a third round of funding. The company says it is trying to improve on established neuroscience technology called “ EEG ...4 weeks ago

