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Profiting from the TwittersphereCoTweet offers more proof that small investments in Twitter-related companies can produce meaningful (and quick) returns
- 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.
- San Francisco Shindig Tickets Now On Sale
I’m pleased to announce that peHUB will return to San Francisco on April 14, for our first Bay Area Shindig in more than a year. It will take place at Mighty, which doubles at a music hall on the weekend (and which also should afford us more space than that overcrowded affair at Pete’s). Per usual, cocktails and conversation with the area's venture capitalists, private equity pros, entrepreneurs, bankers and assorted hangers-on. Plus, the Taco Truck will be there to satisfy your hunger. Get tickets and more info at: http://sfshindig.eventbrite.com http://sfshindig.eventbrite.com Tickets are just $10, with proceeds to be donated to a charity chosen by event attendees. Be sure to nominate one upon sign-up. BIG thanks to our sponsors: Capital Dynamics http://www.capdyn.com Rothstein Kass http://www.rkco.com Flag Capital Management http://www.flagcapital.com SecondMarket http://www.secondmarket.com and True Ventures http://www.trueventures.com
- Week in deals, March 15, 2010
Summary of North American tech companies and other startups that raised venture financing in the past week
- peHUB Wire: Monday, March 15, 2010
SF Shindig, March Madness & More…
- peHUB Wire: Monday, March 15, 2010
SF Shindig, March Madness & More…
- Twitter effect alive and well
Acquisition of CoTweet, a tweet management company, seen as good omen for other Twitter-related startups
- Colbert Target Kwedit Raises $3.3 Million
Kwedit Inc., a Mountain View, Calif.-based developer of a payment platform for virtual goods and social games, has raised $3.3 million in new VC funding, according to a regulatory filing. Backers include True Ventures, Maples Investments and Fenwick & West.