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This Week in VC with Farb Nivi, Founder of Grockit

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Users leave messages for each other through BlockChalk mobile app. Mobile gifting service. Current round: $8.1mm in Series C by S3 Ventures (lead), Adams Capital Mgmt, Triangle Peak Partners. Pricing engine helps publishers ascertain ad inventory pricing by analyzing ad transaction data from the market/exchanges.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

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mobile, locations, layering of services, data management, portability & more]. Fox bought MySpace for $580 million and then did a deal with Google worth more than the purchase price to serve up ads. Social Networking is Becoming Mobile: FourSquare and Skout. ask microsoft, aol/time warner & google]. The Past (1985-2002).