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Vision Internet Gets Private Equity Investment

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Vision Internet provides government website development, and says it has nearly 600 government, non-profit and education clients. vision internet private equity government venture capital services development executive velocify' READ MORE>>.

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Last Exit Wall Street: 7 Considerations When Raising Venture Capital

From the Venture Trenches

The fact is most start-ups that generate a positive return for their investors are acquired by corporations or financial institutions and the average time it takes a VC to make a return on their investment is more than eight years. So, whether an entrepreneur raises money or not, they have to have a long-term vision.

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Lightpost Digital Lands New Funding For Online Marketing Services

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The company focuses on website development, SEO, Facebook ads, and review monitoring. San Diego-based Lightpost Digital , a digital agency which provides online marketing services to local businesses, has raised a round of funding, the company disclosed this week. The funding came from Canal Partners and DWP Investments.

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SpotOn raises $300M at a $3.15B valuation and acquires Appetize

TechCrunch LA

SpotOn’s goal is to be a “one-stop shop” by incorporating tools that include things such as custom website development, scheduling software, marketing, appointment scheduling, review management, analytics and digital loyalty. The combined company will have 1,600 employees — 1,300 from SpotOn and 300 from Appetize.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 2.0: The Internet is Coming! How will we make money?

Frank Addante

► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: StrongMail Systems (Digital Messsaging Infrastructure Software) Status: VC-backed (Sequoia Capital, Globespan and Evercore) Lesson: Trust your gut.

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Africa’s Largest and Fastest Growing Social Network | Interview with LAGbook’s Chidi Nwaogu

Tech Zulu Event

LAGbook is funded with money realised from our advertising services, our website development company, our venture capital firm ( LAGbook Capital ), and our lovely Dad. Since inception, we’ve recorded 256 advertisers and have realised revenue spanning over 5 million Naira.