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Vyu Raises $825K

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Los Angeles-based Vyu , which is developing a personalized, mobile entertainment guide service, said this morning that it has raised $825,000 in a seed funding round. Nassef was previously Vice President and Managing Director of Yahoo! As part of the funding, the company said that it has added former Yahoo! READ MORE>>.

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Metacloud VC On Cisco Acquisition: "Epic Exit"

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According to one of Pasadena-based Metacloud ''s venture capital backers, the acquisition of the cloud services provider by Cisco on Wednesday was an "epic exit". Vice President of Technology Operations at Ticketmaster Entertainment and Steve Curry, the former head of Yahoo''s global storage operations. READ MORE>>.

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FamilyFinds.com Raises $5.75M

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Among the executives involved in the new startup are Jake Winebaum (eCompanies/Business.com/Jamdat/Boingo); Doug Hirsch (Facebook/Yahoo Entertainment/DailyStrength.org); Brian Barnum (RHD Interactive/Business.com/Rent.com); Elizabeth Hurchalla (BalckboardEats/Yahoo Food); Julie Taylor (Momlogic); and Terry McGovern (Los Angeles Times/AT&T).

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Metacloud Debuts OpenStack Private Cloud Services

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MetaCloud is headed by Steve Curry, the former head of Yahoo's global storage operations. Vice President of Technology Operations at Ticketmaster Entertainment. MetaCloud's co-founders also include Sean Lynch, former Sr. MetaCloud's fully managed services helps companies deploy their own, OpenStack cloud computing systems.

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Reflections on 2018: Clinton Foy, CrossCut Ventures

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Venture Capital is a Long Term Game. My interests are eclectic and range from SpaceX and innovations in aerospace, transportation, robotics, autonomous vehicles, to esports, the future of work, and the future of entertainment. What was the biggest lesson you learned this year? Liquidity and transfer of wealth.

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Interview with Matt Kozlov, Techstars Space Accelerator

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We invest both capital and an enormous amount of time and mentorship to help companies build the best businesses, as rapidly as possible. However, unless you're building rockets and giant launch pads, we're not talking about massive capital outlays. It's transforming industries like entertainment, healthcare, and aerospace.

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TechZulu Presents: The Annual Startup Forecast

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He is also the co-founder of Playsino, ExpressCoin (Bitcoin exchange), GoCoin (Bitcoin payment platform), Five Delta, Evertune, GamesTV, Digital Entertainment Network, KnCMiner.cn (Bitcoin Mining), and Robocoin China (Bitcoin ATM). Mr. Csathy’s career spans Internet, music, motion pictures/video, live entertainment, and technology.

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