File sharing company BitTorrent raises $20M

File sharing company BitTorrent raises $20M

Plenty of rumors have circulated about BitTorrent, the popular San Francisco file-sharing company, speculating on its latest funding round and the fate of its brilliant chief executive.

Here’s word from the horse’s mouth: BitTorrent has raised $20 million in its second round of capital, led by… Continue Reading

Web 2.0 investment booms (data on big players & note on Intel)

Web 2.0 investment booms (data on big players & note on Intel)

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Web 2.0 start-up activity is hot, and here’s the latest data.

Venture capitalists invested $455.5 million into Web 2.0 companies in the first three quarters of the year, more than twice the amount invested over the same period last year.

This comes from the latest survey by… Continue Reading