Alastair Goldfisher
Not surprisingly, it was another down quarter for deal activity. But no one’s apparently pointing any fingers at the angel investors, who seem to be dominating the news lately. Venture capitalists invested $4.8 billion in 780 deals in the third quarter of 2010, according to the MoneyTree Report released today by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National […]
If Cisco’s push into the consumer market last week with its in-home telepresence system proved one thing, it’s that video technology is becoming a more immersive part of everyday life. As such, SundaySky might be aptly poised. The New York-based company, which provides video advertising services for online retailers, is announcing tomorrow that is has […]
Breakthrough.com, a mental health provider of online counseling and therapy services, won the Vator Splash pitch competition last week. Since then, investors have descended on the Palo Alto, Calif.-based startup. The startup’s service allows clients, who can use their insurance to pay for the service, to sign up to talk with a counselor through video, […]
Foundry Group has done an homage to “Mad Men” in a photo on its website, but the similarity between the Boulder, Colo.-based VC firm and the hit TV show ends with the suits that the partners don in the photo. While the characters on the TV show are prone to back-stabbing and high drama, Foundry Group’s […]
If you’re anything like me, you have tens, perhaps hundreds, of gigabytes of digital photos and short videos stored on your desktop computer, many of which need to be organized. Viewdle, a San Jose, Calif.-based startup, believes it has the solution to help consumers manage and share their storehouse of pics and vids, although the […]
Not every one on the planet is friends with Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder and CEO of Facebook. The billionaire (on paper) CEO supposedly has less than 1,000 friends in his social network. But it’s hard to avoid “Zuck,” as he’s known. Today, “The Social Network” hit theaters nationwide, and it apparently tells a version of events […]
Nihal Mehta is no Super Angel, but it’s likely he will have a big impact on wireless startups. Mehta and three other University of Pennsylvania graduates are today announcing the launch of their mobile-focused, seed stage investment fund, ENIAC Ventures. Based in New York, the angel fund raised “a couple million dollars” from strategic LPs […]
William Wang, CEO of flat screen TV maker Vizio, told me yesterday that he is an optimistic guy and strong willed. No kidding. In 2000, Wang was one of 179 passengers and crew aboard Singapore Airlines 747, destined for Los Angeles, which took off on the wrong runway in Taiwan during a typhoon, struck excavators […]
Bridgescale Partners, which is known more for its growth stage investments, is making some waves in Canada. The Menlo Park, Calif.-based firm, which has an office in Toronto, announced earlier today it led a $7 million Series A for Toronto-based Rypple, which develops HR software that makes it easier for employees and managers to share feedback […]
“It’s hot as hell here,” said Babak Hedayati, CEO and founder of DeHood, a startup that combines location-based services and social networking for neighborhood communities. Hedayati was referring to yesterday’s record-breaking heat in the San Francisco Bay Area, but he could have just as easily been referring to his own company, which he says has seen its […]