Mark Zuckerberg, top VCs drop off Forbes’ billionaire list

Mark Zuckerberg, top VCs drop off Forbes’ billionaire list

Financially, it’s been a tough year for almost everyone, even the absurdly rich. Some of the tech world’s richest men are billionaires no more, according to Forbes’ new list of the world’s billionaires. Among the most notable dropoffs (for VentureBeat readers) are Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg,… Continue Reading

Meet the new Midas List, same as the old list

Meet the new Midas List, same as the old list

Forbes has released the latest edition of its Midas List ranking of the top investors, and it’s full of familiar faces. The top four spots are literally identical to last year’s list, with Google backers John Doerr (of Kleiner Perkins), Michael Moritz (of Sequoia Capital),… Continue Reading

The ‘titans’ of venture capital: Entrepreneurs, we’re here to serve you

The ‘titans’ of venture capital: Entrepreneurs, we’re here to serve you

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John Doerr and Michael Moritz, the most prominent venture capitalists in the world, just squared off at the annual meeting of the National Venture Capital Association. Largely on the basis of their investments in Google, the two men have spent the last few years jockeying… Continue Reading

Google invests $1M in Chinese social networking company

Google invests $1M in Chinese social networking company

Google has invested $1 million in Comsenz, a Chinese provider of social network software. It’s yet another move by Google to gain a foothold in China.

The investment occurred in July as part of Comsenz’s second round of venture funding, and it was recently revealed in… Continue Reading

Mahalo.com emerges as yet another search engine

Mahalo.com emerges as yet another search engine

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Mahalo.com, the latest company from entrepreneur Jason Calacanis, launched, with a stripped-down search engine designed to handle only the most popular requests in widely appealing categories.

Focused on areas such as travel, music, television, movies, cars, food, health, news and sports — and filtered with the… Continue Reading

Yahoo China to file aggressive suit against Qihoo nemesis

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Alibaba, the large Chinese company that owns Yahoo China, is preparing to file another hard-hitting suit against competitor Qihoo and its leader, Zhou Hongyi (pictured above).

Yahoo China has already filed one suit against Qihoo, saying the search engine start-up’s software notifies users that Yahoo’s toolbar… Continue Reading

Sequoia reportedly invests in SF blog for women, Sugar Publishing

Sequoia reportedly invests in SF blog for women, Sugar Publishing

Michael Moritz (pictured below), venture capitalist with Sequoia Capital, and backer of Google and Yahoo, is apparently funding a blog company called Sugar Publishing, which runs four popular blogs, including flagship PopSugar, that caters to young, hip women.

The San Francisco start-up, which has a… Continue Reading