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peHUB First ReadKPCB got checks to cash http://www.businessinsider.com/kleiner-perkins-just-raised-250-million-for-a-chinese-investment-fund-2011-11 Siri gives the silent treatment http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/03/siri-experiencing-its-first-extended-outage/ SLAPFIGHT! Om Malik tells Mark Zuckerberg yes, you did, in fact, need Silicon Valley http://gigaom.com/2011/11/03/sorry-mark-facebook-needed-silicon-valley/ Laws, and Unintended Consequences: Occupy Oakland gets ugly http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2011/11/02/general-strike-protesters-shut-down-port-of-oakland/ Speaking of Getting Ugly: House GOP http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/nov/3/house-subpoenas-white-house-solyndra-documents/ takes on Obama Admin on Solyndra docs Mayor Bloomberg and his banks PR crisis http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/mike-bloombergs-marie-antoinette-moment-20111103 Will Groupon Prop open the IPO window? Steve Schaefer http://www.forbes.com/sites/steveschaefer/2011/11/03/why-the-groupon-pop-wont-wedge-open-the-ipo-window/ drops the knowledge
- BlueCross BlueShield Joins in $70M Essence Round
BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners, managed by Sandbox Industries, has joined venture investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Camden Partners in a $70 million investment in Essence Group Holdings Corp. In July, Essence Group, which provide collaboration, reimbursement, clinical informatics and information technology services for healthcare companies, announced a $61 million infusion from Camden Partners and Kleiner Perkins. Most of the new capital will be invested in EGHC’s subsidiary Lumeris Corp., which is focused on software and services for accountable health care delivery systems.
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Bijan Sabet: Some favorite startups that haven't raised venture capital http://bijansabet.com/post/11888875933/some-of-my-favorite-startups-that-havent-raised Are Corporations People? Mitt Romney, according to New York Mag http://nymag.com/news/politics/mitt-romney-2011-10/ thinks so. Plus, Romney isn't Christian but that's okay, says Jeff Goldberg http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-10-24/romney-isn-t-christian-and-that-s-all-right-jeffrey-goldberg.html Apple TV: Jeff Robbin, who helped created the iPod, is leading the television development charge http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-24/apple-effort-to-develop-tv-is-said-to-be-led-by-itunes-creator-jeff-robbin.html Scandal Bankers: Perella Weinberg and Weil Gotshal advised Olympus http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203911804576651423869508538.html?mod=rss_whats_news_us&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wsj%2Fxml%2Frss%2F3_7011+%28WSJ.com%3A+What%27s+News+US%29&utm_content=Google+Reader in its acquisition of Gyrus Group. You Know You Want It: Will Aaron Sorkin pen a movie script about Steve Jobs? http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2011/10/steve-jobs-walter-isaacson-60-minutes-aaron-sorkin-movie.html We hope so! Deal Talk: CNET is sniffing around gdgt again but this time they're buying http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/24/cnet-in-talks-to-acquire-gdgt-as-early-as-this-week/ Lawsuit: Groupon isn't suing Google http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-24/groupon-sues-ex-sales-managers-it-claims-defected-to-google-took-secrets.html but the two sales managers who quit to work there. Prepping for the IPO: Jive, which got $40 mln more from Sequoia Capital and Kleiner Perkins, plans to list on the Nasdaq http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomiogeron/2011/10/24/pre-ipo-jive-software-posts-q3-financials-sequoia-kleiner-invest-40m-more/
- China’s Moment Systems Pulls in $20M
China’s Moment Systems, a third-party digital marketing measurement company, has closed on $20 million in Series B financing. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers led the round, investing alongside China Broadband Capital, Redpoint Ventures and WPP Digital. Zhou Wei, a partner at Kleiner Perkins, takes a seat in the board.