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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. Booyah – Develops a location based service platform that pairs the virtual world with mobile gaming. Founded in October 2006 by Jonah Peretti (co-founder of Huffington Post). OTHER DEALS: 1.

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Entrepreneurs Should be Respected, Not Loved

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Google was n-o-t-h-i-n-g! Yes, even Google has to make these tough decisions about where to allocate staff and money. This pissed off application developers because it became harder to find apps. person I’ve ever spoken to on the subject. &# We had such a great company. Everybody returned our calls.