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SweetLabs Snags $13M

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San Diego-based SweetLabs , the company headed by Darrius Thompson, and which runs both the OpenCandy advertising network and the desktop Pokki app platform, said today that it has raised $13M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Intel Capital, and also included prior investors Google Ventures and Bessemer Venture Partners.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. We also talked about the emergence of New York City as the “hot” new area of entrepreneurship, VC and innovation driven by the quantification of the online advertising industry.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

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Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. This article originally ran on PEHub.

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Crowdfunder Hosts 1st Crowdsourced Startup Contest | Crowdstart LA

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Judges include Jason Nazar, CEO of DocStoc; David Lambert of Right Side Capital, Sam Teller, Managing Partner at LaunchPad LA, Dana Settle, Founding Partner of Greycroft, Jeff Solomon and many more! They allow advertisers to combine the branding power of video with the reach and immediacy of the standard banner ad marketplace.

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Interview with Kanaan Jemili, uCast Global

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As you know, publishers are also going through disruption, magazines are going to digital as well as video, and were helping publishers to go and capitalize on the video side of publishing. Weve also developed technology that allows them to get a really easy start. Number six are publishers. Kanaan Jemili: Thats a great question.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 4.0 – Wireless is the next big thing – hurry!

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► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? Internet advertising is good. the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical. How will we.

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Twitter’s Acquisition, Chirp & Managing Developer Relationships

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First, I believe that Seesmic has an excellent product – especially the web version of their product and that having another senior and experienced exec like Loic Le Meur would be great for Twitter. This also would give the client the upper hand in discussions with advertisers, image providers, URL shorteners, etc.