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Central Desktop Launches Its Own Take On Twitter

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The new microblogging feature puts Central Desktop in competition with another local startup, Yammer, which has created its own enterprise and business focused take on Twitter. Tags: twitter microblogging desktop central saas software yammer. READ MORE>>.

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Lindzon Backs Discoverly

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Discoverly disclosed a seed round of funding worth $750,000 which included Salesforce.com, Bessemer Venture partners, Atlas Venture , Great Oaks Venture Capital, as well as Jim Patterson (Yammer), MJ Elmore, Howard Lindzon (Stocktwits), and Alchemist Accelerator.

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CapLinked, Startup America Tie On Startup Fundraising

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Jackson, and backed by such investors as Peter Thiel, David Sacks (Yammer), Joe Lonsdale (Palantir Technologies), and Dave McClure (500 Startups), as well as Hercules Technology Growth Fund, 7th Rig, and Wasabi Ventures. CapLinked is headed by Eric M. READ MORE>>.

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Interview with Eric M. Jackson, CapLinked

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We've had a class of people who have gone on to start fantastic companies, such as LinkedIn, YouTube, Yelp, and Yammer. Tags: management investment investor saas software venture capital entrepreneur interview paypal caplinked jackson eric. they are some truly remarkable people, creating remarkable companies. Thanks, and good luck!

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How Kaleo Is Tackling Enterprise Knowledge Sharing

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There were things like Yammer, Jive, and all that. They might not even know they exist, and even if they did, there was no way for one group to ask another questions, and provide help to one another, share best practices, and make that available to the other 5,000 employees.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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Lookout – SaaS provider of security and data back-up services for smart phones. Yammer, Salesforce Chatter. Current rount: $8.14mm in Series A from Redpoint (lead), Foundry Group, with previous investors, First Round Capital, Lowercase Capital (Chris Sacca), Ravi Narasimham. Total Raised: $9.64mm. File sharing?

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DataSift Announces Mega-Round. Apple Buys Topsy for $200 Million. Here’s What You Need to Know

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Considering our revenue is SaaS revenue this achievement is even more remarkable. and so on and we do private implementations with the likes of Yammer and others. The timing of the announcement of this investment couldn’t have been timed more perfectly if we tried.