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Bill Gross Backs Startup Idea Marketplace IdeaMarket

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According to the startup--which is based in San Francisco--it will let participants in the process share in equity and other profits from those companies. All of those ideas have a pre-commited amount of capital from investors willing to back those ideas. ideamarket venture capital idealab marketplace' READ MORE>>.

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MindBody Raises $50M

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The company--which develops software-as-a-service which helps local businesses manage scheduling, staff management, point of sale, ecommerce, marketing, and more--said the funding came from Bessemer Venture Partners, Institutional Venture Partners, Catalyst Investors, W Capital Partners and Montreux Equity Partners.

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MobLab Finds Funding For Personalized Learning

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Pasadena-based MobLab , a new startup which develops personalized learning software for the education market, has scored a round of funding, the company said today. Nikou is the founder, managing partner, and CEO of private equity investment firm OpenGate Capital.

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KPCB has already blown through much of the $600 million it raised last year

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Kleiner Perkins , one of the most storied franchises in venture capital, has already invested much of the $600 million it raised last year and is now going back out to the market to raise its 19th fund, according to multiple sources. Speaking onstage at the Upfront Summit, an event at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif.

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Digest 5/9-15: Hyperloop One’s Big Week; uBeam Accusations; Snapchat Moves into Santa Monica

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TechSparks Pasadena. Innovate Pasadena. Upfront VC Defends uBEAM Against Accusations ( link ). COMPARABLY Adds Equity Calculator ( link ). THRIVE MARKET Featured on CBS This Morning ( link ). Wednesday May 18. AWS Revisiting Security. Build a Brand w/ Cult Following. Paige Craig. Thursday May 19. ISSA LA (-5/20).

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Decoding Signal From Noise For Wall Street, With Bitvore

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That data--if you could just find the right piece--could be useful in a number of areas, particularly in the financial markets. Whether that''s for competitive analysis or market analysis, our product is basically able to monitor--on a very large scale--things that are important to your particular company.

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Interview with Buck Jordan, Miso Robotics

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Buck Jordan: Miso Robotics is bringing the power of automation to commercial kitchens, and addressing one of the biggest challenges of the food industry, which is increasing production with the expansion of the delivery market, while also safely decreasing human contact. You no longer have to be an investor in a giant venture capital fund.

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