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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 2

Both Sides of the Table

I was on This Week in Venture Capital (TWiVC) again this week with Jason Calacanis. Golden rule of branding for me: 1) name your company or product your URL and 2) don’t paint yourself into a corner. &# Tweet&# = corner. 2.6mm in Series A : Canaan , Anthem. In my mind, not a typical VC investment.

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This Week in VC with Om Malik & Paul Jozefak

Both Sides of the Table

To see the video of This Week in VC click on this link. What a pleasure that I got to spend an hour talking with both Om Malik (whom I’ve always respected his views) and Paul Jozefak , a venture capital partner at Neuhaus Partners in Germany (and formerly the head of Europe for SAP Ventures). Total raised: $5.0mm.

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Last Exit Wall Street: 7 Considerations When Raising Venture Capital

From the Venture Trenches

The recent firing of Groupon’s CEO Andrew Mason is a cautionary tale of the increased scrutiny and heightened expectations that come from accessing increasingly larger amounts of investment capital. Is outside capital really required? So, whether an entrepreneur raises money or not, they have to have a long-term vision.

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This Week in VC with Farb Nivi, Founder of Grockit

Both Sides of the Table

This was really a fun week at TWiVC because we decided to have an entrepreneur come and talk about raising capital rather than having a VC come on. In particular I tried to do most of the “entrepreneur advice on VC” up front so that if you don’t want to watch our views on the deals you don’t have to. They sponsor TWiVC.

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TweetPhoto Gets $2.6M

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The round was led by Canaan Partners and also included Anthem Venture Partners and un-named angels. According to the firm, the new funding will go to introduce new products and to expand its developer relations program. Tags: tweetphoto venture capital twitter social networking software photo photography tweet.

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SolarFlare Raises $22M More

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SolarFlare develops low latency, high bandwidth 10GbE adapters and related products. SolarFlare's current investors include Oak Investment Partners, Anthem Venture Partners, Acacia Capital Partners, and Miramar Venture Partners. According to the filing, the firm has raised $22.0M out of an ongoing $23.8M

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What Startups Can Learn From The Pizza Business: Samit Varma

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However, for today''s interview, we''ve decided to venture a bit farther afield--talking to Samit Varma , founder of Los Angeles-based pizza franchise Pizza Studio (www.pizzastudio.com). Samit Varma: We''ve raised three rounds of capital, and at this time last year we had three units open. What is Pizza Studio? READ MORE>>.

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