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Goomzee Raises $1.5 MillionGoomzee, a Missoula, Mon.-based developer of an interactive mobile marketing platform for real estate agents and buyers, has raised $1.5 million in Series A funding. Highway 12 Ventures led the deal, its first in a Montana-based company.
- peHUB Wire: Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Random Ramblings
- peHUB Wire: Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Random Ramblings
- peHUB Wire: Thursday, February 25, 2010
Random Ramblings
- peHUB Wire: Thursday, February 25, 2010
Random Ramblings
- peHUB Second Opinion 2.1
Cleveland Rocks...? Riverside Co.'s Stewart Kohl in a Q&A in the Plain Dealer on Life in Cleveland, which reminds me of my favorite Youtube spoofs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysmLA5TqbIY on life in Cleveland http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZzgAjjuqZM&feature=related which you may remember was featured in Michael Moore's movie about capitalism. (And I'm going to claim home-state immunity on Cleveland pot shots) (Plain Dealer http://www.cleveland.com/mycleveland/index.ssf/2010/01/riverside_co_ceo_stewart_kohl.html via WSJ http://blogs.wsj.com/privateequity/2010/02/01/the-morning-leverage-twilight-meets-chicago-meets-james-bond/ ) Persistent Expectations: PE firms are still thinking there will be consolidation http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704107204575038860888549530.html?mod=rss_whats_news_us_business I tend to still disagree... Behind the deal: How cutting prop desks hits M&A (Dealzone http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-dealzone/2010/02/01/how-cutting-prop-desks-hits-ma/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fblogs%2Freuters-dealzone+%28Blogs+%2F+US+%2F+Reuters+Dealzone%29&utm_content=Google+Reader ) Servicey: Two law firm white papers on PE for ya. (1) Emerging Market Private Equity: How To Find Light At The End Of The Tunnel http://www.metrocorpcounsel.com/current.php?artType=view&artMonth=February&artYear=2010&EntryNo=10616 (2) Private Equity: Shaken, Not Broken http://www.metrocorpcounsel.com/current.php?artType=view&artMonth=February&artYear=2010&EntryNo=10615 Davos Won't Die: A roundup of what PE dealmakers said at Davos. (DailyFinance http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/investing/what-private-equity-dealmakers-are-saying-at-davos/19338452/ ) Say What? Current and former C.I.A. agents are using their lie-detecting and interrogation techniques to help Wall Street make money. (Dealbook http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/01/whos-on-the-line-maybe-the-cia/ also peHUB ../../../../../../62427/spies-for-hire/ ) Yep: M&A in 2010 won't be a boom (thankfully, I say) but it'll be bumpy. Deals will take longer. (BusinessWeek http://www.businessweek.com/investor/content/jan2010/pi20100129_793740.htm ) Necessary Evil: Saying No Sucks. (Highway 12 Ventures http://www.highway12ventures.com/2010/02/01/saying-no-sucks/ )
- 5 questions with Jerry Ropelato
Jerry Ropelato, founder and CEO of TopTenReviwes, talks about building his company and lessons learned
- Reviews Are In: TTR Execs Are As Cool As the Other Side of the Pillow
With all due respect to Malcolm Gladwell, who's latest article in The New Yorker explores the nature of entrepreneurship, a lot of factors go into making a successful entrepreneur, not just the conservative vs. risk-taking approach that he contends. In fact, I was mulling over the nature of entrepreneurship over the weekend as I reported on TopTenReviews http://www.toptenreviews.com/ (TTR), an Ogden, Utah-based operator of product review websites. You can read my full story about the company raising an additional $1.5 million in funding on the Reuters website http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60I3HA20100119 In reporting about the work of CEO and founder Jerry Ropelato and President Stan Bassett, I heard from investors Mark Solon, managing partner of Highway 12 Ventures, and Bo Peabody, managing general partner of Village Ventures. To date, the two firms have invested $7 million in the company.
- Week in deals, Jan. 18. 2010
Summary of North American tech companies and other startups that raised venture financing in the past week
- peHUB Wire: Wednesday, January 13, 2010
peHUB Returns to New York City