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Venture Capital Q&A Session

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We received so much positive feedback from our This Week in Venture Capital show walking through valuation calculations & term sheets that we decided to do a Q&A show this week to address topics that entrepreneurs want to learn about. In fact, far better if you haven’t raised venture capital.

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Pearl Picks Up $11M To Apply AI Vision To Dental Industry

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Los Angeles-based Pearl , the machine learning startup which was spun out of advertising AI software startup GumGum , has raised $11M in a funding round, which came from Craft Ventures, as well as un-named strategic investors. Craft Ventures is the investment firm run by former Yammer founder, David Sacks. READ MORE>>.

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Lindzon Backs Discoverly

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Discoverly disclosed a seed round of funding worth $750,000 which included Salesforce.com, Bessemer Venture partners, Atlas Venture , Great Oaks Venture Capital, as well as Jim Patterson (Yammer), MJ Elmore, Howard Lindzon (Stocktwits), and Alchemist Accelerator.

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Is Silicon Valley Really Coming to an End?

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By now you probably know that David Sacks , co-founder of PayPal and founder of both Geni & Yammer made some observations on Facebook that Silicon Valley “as we know it” was coming to an end. I remember a discussion with an older VC who told me that in the early 90′s they wondered whether the VC industry had a future.

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CapLinked, Startup America Tie On Startup Fundraising

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Jackson, and backed by such investors as Peter Thiel, David Sacks (Yammer), Joe Lonsdale (Palantir Technologies), and Dave McClure (500 Startups), as well as Hercules Technology Growth Fund, 7th Rig, and Wasabi Ventures. CapLinked is headed by Eric M. READ MORE>>.

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CapLinked Lands New Funding Round

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The firm's other investors include Peter Thiel (co-founder of PayPal), David Sacks (CEO of Yammer), Joe Lonsdale (co-founder of Palantir Technologies), Stephan Paternot (co-founder of TheGlobe.com), David Anderson (managing partner of 7th Rig), 500 Startups, and Wasabi Ventures.

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Interview with Eric M. Jackson, CapLinked

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We've had a class of people who have gone on to start fantastic companies, such as LinkedIn, YouTube, Yelp, and Yammer. Tags: management investment investor saas software venture capital entrepreneur interview paypal caplinked jackson eric. they are some truly remarkable people, creating remarkable companies. READ MORE>>.