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Divshot Raises $1.1M For Visual Web App Software

socalTECH

Need to build a web application, and wish you could do it in a more intuitive, visual way? in a seed financing round, for its drag-and-drop software for building web applications. The company said its software is based on the open source Bootstrap framework which was developed by Twitter.

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Realtime Raises $100M, Opens Office In Santa Monica

socalTECH

Realtime , a startup developing technology to help power real-time web applications, said today that it has raised $100M, launched in the U.S., The firm, which was previously known as Internet Business Technologies, said that it has developed a language, xRTML, that helps convert existing, static HTML into real-time, live web applications.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

Draw Your Ideas - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 16, 2010 I saw Jack Dorsey give this talk at The 99% Conference last month. When I’m on a VC panel, I’m always amused by the answers from my co-panelists as they are usually the same set of “VC cliches” which makes it even more fun when I blurt out my answer.

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Timing and why we’re all VCs

TechCrunch LA

Capitalism is fundamentally about timing, since market competition is about finding opportunities before others. When should a VC invest? Between TechCrunch today and my former roles in venture capital, I’ve had the opportunity to practice timing a lot. Mithril Capital, management fees, and VC strategic drift.

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How a Tourist Can Help you with Your Startup

Both Sides of the Table

I found that I was always more curious about issues like “why do you charge for your web hosting services this way when newer non-incumbent players do not?&# And that’s how I view VC today. If you’re not engaging your VC this way you’re losing out. But for most issues VC’s and boards are tourists.

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Nervana’s $400M+ Buyout Reflects Key Tech Trend in Machine Learning

Xconomy

It’s not that often in a VC career you get to work with teams you’re sure will be featured in documentaries about how major industries changed,” wrote Matt Ocko of Data Collective Venture Capital , which joined DFJ in Nervana’s initial venture funding. “We

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Here’s What’s Driving Collaborative Consumption and Where the Market May Head Next

Both Sides of the Table

Final le web london (june 2013) from Mark Suster. I broke down the types of CC companies into 5 main buckets today to give a framework to think about your startup if you’re entering this space: 1. Venture capital will be easy and then hard. You can watch the 20-minute video of my talk if you want here.

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