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JUNE 18, 2010

Venture Capital funds: the different between “closed funds&# (which typically have a 10-year time horizon) and “evergreen funds&# which re-invest profits back into the fund. An investment doesn’t guarantee your product will suddenly be on the investor’s price sheet. DST invested $180mm last fall.

Venture Capital 225

Venture Capital Google Web Sites 225

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JUNE 3, 2010

And the broader question of whether VC’s will continue to invest in the Twitter ecosystem. It’s a very product that allows you to do visual search of eBay, ETSY, Match.com, AllRecipes and several others sites. Provider of real-time data and predictive analytics for web site publishers. Estimated 15mm downloads to date.

Venture Capital 214

Venture Capital Startup Design S3 214

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APRIL 15, 2010

Overture never built the destination site to monetize from. So when Google started pushing AdSense (ads for affiliate or 3rd party sites) they had a HUGE cost advantage. I don’t believe that search is the only answer in 2010 as it was in 2000. 2.6mm in Series A : Canaan , Anthem. But I made it for a reason.

Venture Capital 271

Venture Capital Capital Google Platform 271