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Vostu Co-Founder Joshua Kushner Raises $40M for Thrive Capital's Second Fund

Thrive Capital Partners, an early stage venture firm run by 26-year-old Internet entrepreneur Joshua Kushner, has raised a second fund totaling $40 million, according to a regulatory filing. Kushner is the co-founder of Vostu, which is reportedly the largest online gaming company in Brazil. Founded in 2007, Vostu has raised a total of $45 million in venture capital from Accel Partners, General Catalyst Partners, Intel Capital and Tiger Global Management, according to Thomson Reuters (publisher of peHUB). Vostu’s board includes Accel’s Jim Breyer, who also sits on the board of Facebook. Thrive Capital will reportedly invest in tech startups in the New York...

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And the Winner of the Google/Motorola Naming Contest Is ...

The people have spoken. After (make that “if”) Google completes its $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility Solutions, the combined company shall be known as Googorola. So say the 103 people who took our poll. (See chart below.) Googorola garnered the most votes, with 34% of the total, followed by my personal favorite, Moogle, with 29%, GoogleMoto (18.4%) and Motoroogle (11%). The least popular names were Motoogle (4%), Google-ola (3%) and Goorola (1%). We also received 32 write-in names, the most popular of which was Google, which was suggested by a dozen people who clearly didn’t get the joke. My favorite write-in suggestions were ...

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Googoroloa? Moogle? You Make the Call

Google's proposed acquisition of Motorola Mobility Solutions is all anyone can seem to talk about today, judging by the stories being shared on our tweet trending service. So what do we call this new entity -- assuming Uncle Sam allows the deal to go through? A number of pubs are already calling it Googorola. (TechCrunch may have been the first to use that name.) Our own Mark Boslet thinks Moogle is a better name. That would be apropos if you think the combined company won't have any magical abilities, like the "muggles" in the Harry Potter books. Take our quick poll and let us know what you think. Create your free online surveys with SurveyMonkey, the world's leading questionnaire tool.

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