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Manalto Gets $1M For Social Media Content Management

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Santa Monica-based Manalto has raised $1M in a seed funding round, for the company''s social media content management software. According to Manalto, the funding came from Europlay Capital Adivsors, Raven Capital, as well as high net worth individuals from Australia. The company is led by Anthony Owen. READ MORE>>.

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This Week in VC with Jim Armstrong of Clearstone

Both Sides of the Table

Had a great chat with Jim Armstrong who is a General Partner at Clearstone Venture Partners today on TWiVC. It was especially fun for me because we got the chance to talk about the VC industry and how entrepreneurs should think about the VC industry in addition to discussing deals. Segment Three: “VC Deals Funded this Week”.

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Playing the Long Game in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

Of the first four investments I made as a VC in 2009, two have exited and two (Invoca & GumGum) still are independent and likely to produce $billion++ outcomes . innovated in social media advertising and for a variety of reasons wasn’t ultimately successful and went to zero. My first ever investment as a VC was Invoca.

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Peter Gabriel Joins Net@50 Lineup; Tix Going Fast for July 16 Event

Xconomy

Legendary rock musician and longtime internet evangelist Peter Gabriel has joined the all-star cast of speakers for Net@50 , a historic event celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first net message—while also looking ahead to the internet’s next 50 years.

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Cerf, Kahn, Perlman, Hillis & More at Net@50: Get Tix to Historic Event

Xconomy

The event is called Net@50. At the World Frontiers Forum and Xconomy, we can’t promise to cover everything, but we can deliver an important and historic event that poses such questions and many more. We can also deliver some of the most knowledgeable and informed speakers and guests to provide at least some of the answers. It takes place the.

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How long can Zuckerberg afford to bankroll the AR/VR market?

TechCrunch LA

The company’s stock tanked by more than 26 percent, representing a $230 billion reduction in market cap and a $31 billion drop in Zuckerberg’s personal net worth. The double-digit drop actually came from Meta’s earnings report which investors feared would be indicative of a broader revenue slump across social media stocks.

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Confessions Of A VC: Crap – Why I Passed On Uber’s Seed Round

InfoChachkie

Two hundred and fifty thousand would have netted my firm more than one billion dollars. As discussed in Why I Passed On Twilio , VC's love to talk about their successes, but seldom publicly acknowledge their mistakes. It is far more detrimental to one’s returns to make investments in companies which fail to return capital.