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FEBRUARY 11, 2010

San Diego- and Los Angeles-based video sharing site veoh Networks has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, according to web site Mashable. Veoh had raised over $67.5M in funding from such firms as Goldman Sachs, Intel Capital, Shelter Capital Partners, Spark Capital, The Tornante Company, and Time Warner. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Dmitry Shapiro , in a post on his personal web site, confirmed the Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing of San Diego- and Los Angeles-based Veoh Networks Thursday afternoon. Veoh had raised over $70M in funding. Tags: veoh video sharing dmitry shapiro bankruptcy failure employment jobs. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 7, 2010

Los Angeles-based MySpace Music announced this morning that it has hired Dmitry Shapiro , who founded Veoh, as its new Chief Technology Officer. Shapiro was founder and CEo of Veoh Networks until its bankruptcy filing in February. Tags: veoh dmitry shapiro myspace executive. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 25, 2011

Los Angeles-based Altly , the latest startup of Dmitry Shapiro , the founder of Veoh and former CTo of MySpace Music, has officially thrown down the gauntlet, saying in a blog post this week that it there is a need for an alternative to Facebook--and the firm is going to create that alternative. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 1, 2011

Both Howard Lindzon and Dave Samuel are joining the firm's board as part of the funding. Altly detailed its plans to create an alternative to Facebook last week, complaining in a lengthy manifesto from Shapiro that an alternative to Facebook was sorely needed due to privacy and other issues with the social networking site.

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APRIL 26, 2012

A report today says that Dmitry Shapiro , the former founder of Veoh and head of MySpace Music, and currently founder of alternative social networking site Anybeat , may be heading to Google to head up its Google+ efforts. The report , from PandoDaily, cited a single source for the information. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

He won the battle (the lawsuit) but lost the war (went bankrupt, with pending litigation he couldn’t get funded. We talked about how his new company, AnyBeat , will be a difference kind of social network. He’s back in the game as an entrepreneur and this time he wants to take on Facebook. Or does he?

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