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OCTOBER 1, 2012

Viewdle , a developer of computer vision technology which is venture backed by Anthem Ventures and Qualcomm, among others, is in the midst of an acquisition by Google , according to reports today. The rumored price for the firm is around $30M. The original report came via Forbes, with followup from TechCrunch. READ MORE>>.

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Google Anthem Report Santa Monica 157

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JUNE 18, 2010

An investment doesn’t guarantee your product will suddenly be on the investor’s price sheet. 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. No Financial details disclosed.

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Venture Capital Google Web Sites 225

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JUNE 3, 2010

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). Pricing engine helps publishers ascertain ad inventory pricing by analyzing ad transaction data from the market/exchanges. MetaMarkets.

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Venture Capital Startup Design S3 214

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APRIL 15, 2010

I don’t believe that search is the only answer in 2010 as it was in 2000. 2.6mm in Series A : Canaan , Anthem. The question will be “at what price?&# And for investors, “at what valuation did they get in?&#. $10 So my guess is that Tweetup needs to go “multi-stream&# (as in Facebook, MySpace, etc.).

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Venture Capital Capital Google Platform 271