In the wake of EDF Ventures‘ subpoena demanding information about one of its critics on controversial VC-rating site TheFunded, more scathing commentary about the Ann Arbor, Michigan firm has come to light. For example, the commenter targeted by EDF says the firm has “very harsh deal terms.” But does that criticism hold any water? Not [...]
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Venture capital investment in India grew impressively during the second quarter of 2008. Between April and June, VCs invested a total of $238 million in 17 deals, up 120 percent from the $108 million invested during the same period last year, according to Dow Jones VentureSource. That makes it the second-highest quarter in VentureSource’s records.
The [...]
Zoho, a company that offers a growing variety of cheap and free online office applications, just launched Zoho Share, a service for sharing documents on the web or within your company.
Now, all documents, presentations, spreadsheets and PDFs created using Zoho Apps can be viewed as an embeddable file, similar to Scribd or Docstoc. Those [...]
It looks like Internet service provider Comcast is moving forward with plans to reduce connection speeds for its heaviest users. Senior vice president Mitch Bowling told Bloomberg yesterday that certain Comcast customers will see their Internet speeds slow for periods of 10 to 20 minutes.
These plans are a response to the ongoing legal and PR [...]
With the launch of HoffSpace, I believe that social networking sites have truly achieved their potential. No, it’s not a groundbreaking new initiative from Facebook, nor is it a new site that brings together the best of Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn and more. It’s way cooler — a social network for fans of global superstar David [...]
The new BlackBerry Bold smartphone, which is widely seen as manufacturer Research in Motion’s attempt to steal some of the iPhone’s thunder, will be a “big improvement” over previous models, says Citigroup analyst Jim Suva. He and his team reportedly spent 12 hours testing the new phone and came away impressed.
Suva has predicted that the [...]
Incubator Y Combinator just wrapped the first of its two West Coast demo days for its latest batch of startups. As usual, their concepts were all over the place, from ticket sales to retail polls to job listings.The startups gave demos on the East Coast last week (Y Combinator’s summer session is held in Boston), [...]
A new startup called HourTown is entering the crowded market for scheduling websites, and it just raised $1 million to improve its product and promotion.
We’ve been a bit skeptical about whether companies can get much traction in this area, even if they offer a smart, simple interface like newcomer Presdo. But HourTown targets a different [...]
DeviceVM, a company that allows you to use your computer while it’s booting up, has raised another $15 million in funding.
The San Jose, Calif. company’s software is called Splashtop, and it comes preinstalled on PCs and motherboards. When those PCs are turned on, or when users hit a special key, they can use Splashtop within [...]
Jive Software, one of the more successful startups offering collaborative software to large corporations, says it has a big goal for the latest version of its product — to bring its Clearspace software “everywhere.” That doesn’t just mean wooing more customers, but allowing existing customers to use Clearspace in many more contexts, as well. Jive [...]
ZocDoc, the startup that helps users schedule doctors’ appointments online, has raised $3 million from Khosla Ventures.
The New York startup launched last September at the TechCrunch40 conference, and chief executive Cyrus Massoumi says growth has been climbing at an average rate of around 50 percent per month since then, both in terms of users and [...]
Travel and retail websites may be one of the few parties happy about the slumping economy, according to new data from metrics company comScore that shows people are going online to save money.
Earlier this week, I published an early copy of comScore’s top web properties for July, but I didn’t have access to the broader [...]
Merus Capital, a venture firm founded by former Google and Microsoft executives, is raising $125 million for its debut fund, and has raised $10 million so far, according to an SEC regulatory filing cited by VentureWire. The firm focuses on three areas of investment — algorithm intensive software, online marketplaces and Web-based consumer software and [...]
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