Private Equity
Zynga has a new CEO. Entrepreneur Michael Birch just paid $1 million to acquire Bebo, the social network he sold to America Online four years ago for $850 million (in cash). And is Google killing organic search? And more!
1 min read · 01 July 2013
The entrepreneur-turned-investor chats about how Ron Conway helped him, the future of bitcoin and why people think he needs to get out more
7 min read · 30 June 2013
Alec Baldwin has another epic Twitter meltdown. Shares of the restaurant chain Noodles more than doubled in their market debut today. And Silicon Alley mints its first billionaire. And more!
1 min read · 28 June 2013
Is Ben Bernanke the most misunderstood man on Wall Street? Inside the civil suit against Jon Corzine. The truth about Yelp. And much more!
1 min read · 28 June 2013
The dorm room funds, the blogs, the parties; they're all smart ways to attract entrepreneurs. But First Round Capital isn't leaving it at that. Today, it's launching a media outlet that's by and for founders, too.
4 min read · 28 June 2013
The market is turning shaky for IPOs. Facebook loses a key employee to Square. And good news: the musical album of ex-Groupon CEO Andrew Mason is dropping next week. And there's more!
1 min read · 27 June 2013
No one hypes startups better than Silicon Valley investors. But they may have outdone themselves today with their $25 million "seed" round for Clinkle. The mobile payments company's backers include Accel Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Intel and Intuit, as well as Peter Thiel, Marc Benioff and Diane Greene.
3 min read · 27 June 2013
In today's news, Twitter plans to become more useful during live events. Here's how. Microsoft releases a "refined" version of its Windows software. And billionaire Marc Rich, who invented oil trading, has passed away.
1 min read · 26 June 2013
Lastline, a two-year-old Santa Barbara, Calif.-based company that makes software to protect its enterprise clients against advanced malware attacks, has raised $10 million from Redpoint Ventures and e.ventures.
3 min read · 26 June 2013
Institutional Venture Partners, the Menlo Park, Calif.-based later-stage venture capital firm, has promoted James Newell to Vice President and Andrew Barr to Senior Associate. Newell joined IVP in 2009 and recently completed the MBA program at Wharton. Barr, who also studied at the University of Pennsylvania, joined the firm in 2011.
3 min read · 26 June 2013
