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Calacanis Invests In DNS Provider Dyn

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Angel investor Jason Calacanis has made another angel investment and scored another board seat this morning -- this time, all the way out in Manchester, New Hampshire. The investment came as part of a $38M, Series A fund which has been led by North Bridge, as well as Borealis Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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Calacanis Invests $25K In StorkBrokers

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Jason Calacanis , the high profile CEO of Mahalo, and angel investor, has made an investment in Georgia-based StorkBrokers , an online community site focused on new mothers and fathers. The investment was worth $25,000, and Calacanis has joined the firm's board. StorkBroker's founders are Bridget Hawkins and Sterling Hawkins.

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How To Get Your Startup Funded - Tips From Entrepreneur and Renowed Angel Investor Jason Calacanis

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Tuesday, September 26, 2017 -- How To Get Your Startup Funded - Tips From Entrepreneur and Renowed Angel Investor Jason Calacanis. Jason Calacanis founded Silicon Alley Reporter, Weblogs Inc, Mahalo, and Inside.com. But most of Jason's money has been made by angel investing.

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Calacanis Takes A Bite Of Ramen's Crowdfunding Site

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No, Jason Calacanis , the Santa Monica angel investor, and CEO and founder of Mahalo , isn''t bootstrapping a new company and reverting to the hungry''s entrepreneur diet. The size of the investment round was not announced. ramen software crowdfunding finance project development jason calacanis mahalo launch conference'

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Calacanis Backs Mobile Social Networking Service

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Jason Calacanis , the high profile founder of Santa Monica-based Mahalo , is one of the angel investors in a mobile social networking service, Gowalla , the company said today. Series B funding for the firm. Series B funding for the firm. Tags: jason calacanis angel investment venture capital social networking gowalla.

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3 Valuation Inflection Points for Startups: Don’t Copy Calacanis

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This is particularly true if you have never raised investment capital before and do not have a record of exists like Calacanis. Calacanis can champion his new company, Inside.com to potential investors because he is widely known throughout the VC community and already has a string of A players who have baked his other startups such as Mahalo.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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Their first fund was a $75 million fund raised in 2006 and they very recently announced a brand new $130 million fund. Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself. In the intro section of the show we talked a lot about why VC funds are becoming smaller again and where Greycroft fits.