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This Week in VC with Om Malik & Paul Jozefak

Both Sides of the Table

-Founded in April/May 2010 by Diego Berdakin (Ex-Slingshot Labs) and Josh Berman (Ex-Slingshot Labs, MySpace Co-founder) in Santa Monica, CA. first vertical to launch by 2010 Holiday Season. Current round: $5.0mm in Series A by NEA and Anthem Venture Partners. iAd platform was formally launches in July 2010 as part of iOS 4.

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This Week in VC with Farb Nivi, Founder of Grockit

Both Sides of the Table

Founded in January 2010 by Stephen Hood (ex-Delicious head of product), Dave Baggeroer (Stanford’s Institute of Design), and Josh Whiting (ex-senior engineer at Delicious and Craigslist). Competition: Pingg, MyPunchbowl, TinyPrints , PaperlessPost. Competition: Apple iPhone App Store Genius. Hello, Chair.

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Vator Makes A Splash In LA!

Tech Zulu Event

If have a company and are interested in being part of this event there is still time for you to enter the competition. The event includes keynotes from Shawn Colo, co-founder of Demand Media, one of the hottest IPOs of this year, Zorik Gordon, co-founder and CEO of ReachLocal, one of the hottest IPOs of 2010. The TZ Hookups.