Google Ventures officially sets sail with $100 million
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So the recent rumors were right — Google just officially launched its highly-anticipated venture capital fund, Google Ventures. The new entity, in the works for a while now, will invest in early-stage technology companies working on products that could further the search giant’s diverse goals.
The amount of the fund has yet to be disclosed. [Update: Google executives are now saying it to invest up to $100 million over the next 12 months. The fund will… Continue Reading
The MobileBeat Tesla Award
Our conference MobileBeat, to be held next Thursday, comes at a time of huge innovation and change in the mobile industry.
There’s no better namesake for our MobileBeat award — to be given to the best mobile companies during our conference — than Nikola Tesla, the great Serb who was the first to demonstrate wireless communication. Many have called him the prototypical “mad scientist.” He was one of the most prolific innovators of the 19th century…. Continue Reading