Funding daily: Bitcoin, crowdfunding & other trends

In a rare twist, the majority of startups closing funding rounds today are targeted to consumers. We've recently seen business-focused tech dominate the deals channel.

Why it’s too risky to take seed funding from friends and family this Christmas

CBInsights research indicates that 1,000 recently-funded seed companies will be orphaned, meaning they are unable to raise follow-on financing.

Can Cisco be a consumer tech company?

Things aren’t looking great for Cisco’s consumer tech sector, where product orders dropped 15 percent in the most recent operating quarter compared to the same quarter a year ago.

That’s despite the release of the Cisco Umi, a web-connected camera …