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Maveron Backs Latimer EducationLatimer Education Inc., a Washington, D.C.-based for-profit education company focused on African-American students, has raised $1.25 million in VC funding from Maveron LLC.
- Kwedit Founder Danny Shader on Why His Highly Hyped Company Isn't What You Think
If there’s one point that Kwedit founder Danny Shader would like to communicate above all else, it is that his one year-old company -- which already has been excoriated by Stephen Colbert http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/265469/march-02-2010/the-word---kid-owe and favorably reviewed in the NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/07/business/07digi.html -- is a serious operation with two potentially lucrative ways to change how we pay for things. Shader's message may be hard to stick. Kwedit, which went live on February 3, has received attention mostly for one aspect of its business: Kwedit Promises. The feature allows anyone over age 13 to pay for digital goods online by extending them small amounts of credit. Later, using the company's Kwedit Direct system, he or she can pay back what was borrowed using Mom or Dad's credit card; by sending in cash through a Kwedit-supplied envelope; or by printing up a barcode that can be scanned at a nearby 7-Eleven, which accepts cash payments, then alerts Kwedit that a particular “promise” has been kept.
- Exit watch, week of March 22, 2010
Briefs about Neterion, Nimsoft and other investment-backed companies bought in the past week
- Maveron Sells Kinetix Living Assets
Regence BlueShield of Washington has acquired the assets of Kinetix Living Corp., a Seattle-based provider of customized health and nutrition programs to corporate clients and individuals. No financial terms were disclosed. Kinetix had been a portfolio company of Maveron LLC.
VCs Flock to Exclusive Shopping SitesKleiner, Matrix and Maveron are among the firms that put nearly $100M into eight private shopping startups last year
Year Ahead: Predictions for 2010An array of investors, entrepreneurs and others who follow the VC industry hazard a guess as to what will happen in 2010
- LiveMocha Raises $8 Million
LiveMocha Inc., a Bellevue, Wash.-based provider of online language education, has raised $8 million in Series B funding. August Capital led the round, and was joined by return backer Maveron. The company previously raised nearly $6 million.
- peHUB Wire: Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Random Ramblings
- peHUB Wire: Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Random Ramblings
- Week in deals, Dec. 21, 2009
Summary of North American tech companies and other startups that raised venture financing in the past week