Venture capitalists focus on later stages, but Silicon Valley still rules
Venture capital funding hasn’t hit the peaks it saw in early 2000, but it’s still going strong — particularly in Silicon Valley and for software companies.
Our analysis of venture funding from a variety of data sources revealed some interesting facts about last quarter’s deal flow.
Last quarter, venture capital firms invested $6.95 billion into 876 deals, averaging $7.9 million per deal, with the vast majority of funding funneling out of Silicon Valley in the … Continue Reading
Want your links to live longer? Share them on StumbleUpon (infographic)
StumbleUpon has released new information about the level of activity that’s added to a link when shared through its content discovery service.
StumbleUpon’s service lets people discover and share new web content based on a broad spectrum of categories. Users click a “stumble” button to discover new content, and then have the option of voting and commenting on the selection.
On average, the company said a link shared through StumbleUpon gets 83 percent more “likes” … Continue Reading
Google improves Analytics with premium and real-time features
Google on Thursday finally launched real-time traffic tracking tools for its already-good Google Analytics service. On top of that, the company introduced premium Google Analytics accounts that offer more ways measure data.
For quite some time, Google Analytics has offered webmasters a free way to measure traffic of their sites 24 hours after the action occurs. But since real-time traffic startups like Chartbeat (a service we use) and Woopra came onto the scene, Google Analytics … Continue Reading
LinkedIn reaches 100 million users, but how many are coming back?
LinkedIn, the social network centered around professional networking, has announced this morning that it has crossed 100 million registered users, making it the fourth American social network to do so after MySpace, Facebook, and Twitter.
In a blog post about the announcement, CEO Jeff Weiner highlighted that the site is growing by a million new users every week, with its fastest markets being Brazil, Mexico, India, and France. To date, the service has 44 million … Continue Reading
What's online influence really worth? For Klout, $8.5M
Klout, a startup that helps people measure how influential they are across a variety of social media sites, announced today that it has scored $8.5 million in a round of funding led by Kleiner Perkins.
The investment is part of Kleiner’s $250M sFund for social startups, and the firm’s Bing Gordon will be joining Klout’s board of directors.
The San Francisco, Calif., based company says it will use the funding to expand its engineering team … Continue Reading
Despite state censorship, China's Internet population crosses 450 million
The number of Internet users in China has surpassed 450 million people, a senior official of the country announced in a press conference this morning. The country is now the world’s largest Internet market: The United States has only 230 million users.
That number represents an increase of 30% in Internet users from last year, boosting the country’s Internet penetration to around 34 percent — suggesting there’s much more room to grow.
While the impact … Continue Reading
Will statistics mess kill Digg acquisition by News Corp?
The number of Internet users in China has surpassed 450 million people, a senior official of the country announced in a press conference this morning. The country is now the world’s largest Internet market: The United States has only 230 million users.
That number represents an increase of 30% in Internet users from last year, boosting the country’s Internet penetration to around 34 percent — suggesting there’s much more room to grow.
While the impact … Continue Reading
