In an effort to better its mobile transactions, JPMorgan Chase & Co. invested an undisclosed amount in GoPago, a San Francisco-based provider of mobile payment solutions.
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United Arab Emirates telecom operator Etisalat on Wednesday said it would shut down the operations of its Indian joint venture, three weeks after the Supreme Court cancelled the affiliate's licence amid a corruption probe.
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Ecommerce logistics service, Chhotu has secured funding from Global Super Angels, an angel network founded by Rajesh Sawhney and members include Sasha Mirchandani, Naveen Tewari, Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Dinesh Agarwal, Deep Kalra etc.
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Tonight, Silicon Valley’s heroes gave competition a rest and joined together at the third annual TechFellow Awards to celebrate the spirit of innovation.
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San Francisco may not have intended to be become the startup mecca that it is today, but now the city government is working hard to make itself as friendly as possible to tech entrepreneurs.
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Despite that electric car startup Fisker Automotive has had its fair share of struggles in recent months, we were super excited to head down to Beverly Hills, Calif. this week to get a chance to test drive the Fisker Karma.
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When you take charge of your destiny by becoming entrepreneurs, you are setting yourself up a lifestyle that requires you to wear many hats-like taking on the role of marketer, sales representative, recruiter and human resources representative, and quite often, the receptionist.
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TriVascular raises $7.2 million in venture capital Santa Rosa Press Democrat By STEVE HART Santa Rosa biotech company TriVascular Inc. has raised $7.2 million in fresh venture capital as it runs US clinical trials on a new medical device.
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The story of Agile is more than just one chapter in the history of software development. It's also an extremely valuable case study in innovation, an elusive and often humbling process that doesn't work in quite the way that we instinctively think it should.
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Ping Li, general partner at VC firm Accel Partners, says that big data is so hot, he's seeing three to five new ideas pitched to him per day.. "It's not just the entrepreneurial activity but the inbounds from the broader industry like reporters, analysts, CTOs, CIOs of enterprises.
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Despite a robust market for tech IPOs, it's never going be as strong as it used to be. We'll have a few dozen IPOs every year, but it's not going be more than 50 per year.
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Wow, Startup Riot 2012 was easily the best one yet. Almost all the startups were true seed-stage ventures with working prototypes and everything ran smoothly.
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By Sarah E. Needleman Visit the trendy social-networking site Pinterest.com and chances are you will find photos of ladies' shoes, tiered cakes and cute animals.
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I had coffee with a clever marketing and sales consultant recently and one of the topics we discussed was the impact of location on a group's ability to innovate.
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By WSJ Staff The Obama administration's new corporate tax proposal is generating criticism from small-business advocacy groups that say it will do more harm than good for the nation's estimated 27 million small firms.
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Paul Graham has funded so many startups through Y Combinator that he can't go to San Francisco without running into somebody he's given money to.
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What will undoubtedly be the hottest IPO of 2012 was announced on February 1; Facebook officially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to become a public company under the ticker symbol "FB.".
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U.S., California reach voluntary pacts with tech companies on the collection of personal information, but face immediate criticism for not going far enough.
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A new social class is emerging on the Internet and your place in it depends on your reputation. . In this world, you might be nothing, "but online you might be king," explained Betterworks co-founder Paige Craig, an angel investor in more than 50 companies.
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Retickr's news aggregation app customizes your feed as you use it News aggregation app Retickr has announced a series A $1.5 million funding, led by the Lamp Post Group, which had previously ponied up $150,000 of seed funding back in 2011.
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Curt Woodward A report this afternoon from Dan Primack at Fortune says Seattle data visualization company Tableau Software is looking at a possible initial public offering of stock in next year.
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Small business owners are looking to spend in 2012. That’s according to the just-released Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index, which surveyed 600 small business owners in January 2012.
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With the popularity of online crowd funding projects through websites like Kickstarter, we've picked three cool products that you could help fund, like Dash, the smart phone car stereo, clever iPad and laptop sleeves from Wonder Threads and more.
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From May 8-10th, 2012, join the world’s leading social innovators, funders, and civic leaders for SOCAP: Designing the Future in Malmö, Sweden to design a world that’s better for all.
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How is Pinterest inpsiring you to take action? As Pinterest looks to turn the corner from buzz-worthy startup to mainstream social network, everyone seems to be talking about it.
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The Crowdfunding craze has arrived! (and it's here to stay) From independent film to non-profits crowdfunding shows us just what can be accomplished when a lot of people give just a little.
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TechStars Boston managing director Katie Rae took the covers off a new professional development initiative called Boston Startup School last night at the Ruby Riot mixer.
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Robert Scoble, a Rackspace employee and massive presence in the tech blogosphere, is also getting involved with an angel investment fund, Dan Lyons of The Daily Beast reports.
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Tabber is an upcoming Kickstarter project that essentially adds an LED light show to your guitar and, more importantly, allows you to learn to play chords and solos by following the lights on the fretboard.The idea is definitely not new.
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Aiming to become one of the giants of online advertising, ad retargeting startup AdRoll has hired Googler Suresh Khanna as its vice president of sales.In nearly six years at Google, Khanna held a number of roles.
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After a four-month search, the $83 billion State of Wisconsin Investment Board named Michael Williamson as its new executive director, sister magazine Buyouts reported today, calling the move the latest in a string of personnel changes at top pension systems, such as those in North Carolina and Connecticut.
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Bruce V. Bigelow As San Diego’s point man for Xconomy, I must say I admire the xtremely hip name of Xpenser, a startup that helps people track and manage their work-related expenses.
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Yesterday Stitch Labs, the inventory management, invoicing, order fulfillment, contact management, reporting and analytics platform for small businesses, announced a $1 million round of seed funding from the Silicon Valley based True Ventures.
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Aiming to become one of the giants of online advertising, ad retargeting startup AdRoll has hired Googler Suresh Khanna as its vice president of sales.
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Tabber is an upcoming Kickstarter project that essentially adds an LED light show to your guitar and, more importantly, allows you to learn to play chords and solos by following the lights on the fretboard.
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Business Insider recently composed a list detailing the 10 NY-based startups deemed to be the most exciting, innovative and transformative in 2012.
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MS drug developer nets big money.. Receptos, a San Diego-based developer of G protein-coupled receptor therapeutics, has secured $50 million in new VC funding, according to a regulatory filing.
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