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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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Their first fund was a $75 million fund raised in 2006 and they very recently announced a brand new $130 million fund. Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself. Total raised: $83mm; Series B round (July 2009 for $43mm) valued company at $400mm. Greycroft is an early-stage VC. OTHER DEALS: 1.

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How Frequency Wants To Bring You Internet Video, with Blair Harrison

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Harrison created one of the Internet's first video search sites, FastTV, and also ran IFILM, which he sold to Viacom in 2006. I took a little bit of time off, then started working on Frequency in the middle of 2009. We caught up with Blair to learn more about his new startup, and why he thinks we need Frequency. What is Frequency?

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How Nils Forsblom Is Reinventing Himself In Mobile With TenFarms

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I then went back to Europe to create a company called Fruugo, which was a big startup back in the day, in 2006 in Europe. In 2009, I got my green card and decided to move back here. We have a couple of different ideas in the pipeline, and have filed patents in our unique way of showing advertising on a very small screen.

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

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He was Director of Online Marketing for Mota Motors, a BusinessWeek Top 50 Most Promising Startup of 2009 and TechCrunch50 finalist. Otis Chandler built Goodreads in 2006 because he believed in social networking and wanted to see what his friends were reading. Sizhao “Zao” Yang – COO and Co-founder at BetterWorks.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Setting up Shop - Picking an Office Space

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2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. ► 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. ► October (1) New Video! ► March (2) 4.

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