Google Ventures
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Google Ventures is the venture capital investment arm of Google Inc. that makes strategic investments in technology companies. Google Ventures seeks to invest in start-up companies in a variety of fields ranging from Internet, software, and hardware to clean-tech, bio-tech, and health care.The group was founded on March 31, 2009, with a $100 million capital commitment. Partners on Google Ventures include Wesley Chan, Joe Kraus, Bill Maris, and Rich Miner.Google Ventures has offices in Mountain View, California and Cambridge, Massachusetts..
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They found you: ad firm uses 2 billion data points to track consumers across devices
While it’s easy for advertisers to track people across different websites, the trail goes cold when a person turns off the computer and resumes surfing on a phone or tablet instead. That’s starting to change, however, as brands deploy technology that matches identities across devices.
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Dijit buys Miso’s assets as social TV space consolidates
The rumors are true, after all:Dijit Media, the company behind the Nextguide TV guide app, is buying social TV pioneer Miso’s assets. The acquisition, which was announced by Dijit Friday, doesn’t include any of Miso’s remaining eight employees, but Miso’s co-founder and CEO Somrat Niyogi will become an advisor to Dijit.
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Google Ventures leads $10M investment in firm that measures mobile ads
As more consumers use smartphones to help them shop, advertisers are growing worried about how they will reach those customers. Unlike web sites, which allow brands to target specific users, mobile phones are a relative black hole when it comes to gathering consumer data.
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Pocket (formerly Read It Later) raises $5m in second funding round
Pocket, the company for saving online content formerly known as Read It Later, has raised $5 million in a Series B funding round and will use the money to expand its platform.
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Pocket Raises $5 Million for Read It Later Service
Pocket, the Web bookmarking/sharing service formerly known as Read It Later, has raised a $5 million B round, led by previous investors Foundation Capital; Baseline Ventures and Google Ventures also put more money into the company. The company says it has six million users who save more than a million items a day, and is integrated with apps like Twitter and Flipboard.
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Lady Gaga opens her social network ‘Little Monsters’ to the public
Lady Gaga has opened her social network Littlemonsters. com to fans as it comes out of private beta testing.
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Is modern technology creating a culture of distraction?
Are all the modern devices and digital conveniences we have at our disposal — from the web and social media to smartphones and tablets — making us more distracted and less able to concentrate? And is this harming our ability to think and be creative, and therefore by extension harming society as a whole? It’s a question that rears its head from time to time.
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Parker and Fanning’s Airtime gets TV-boosted launch [with videos]
Not many startups can make a launch announcement on NBC’s "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon," like video chat platform Airtime did in the wee hours of today, but then not many of them are founded by Sean Parker and Shawn Fanning.
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Recorded Future raises $12m for predictive aggregation [with explanatory videovideo]
Recorded Future, a news and social media content aggregator, has raised $12 million in venture capital, led by Balderton Capital.
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Parker and Fanning’s Airtime secures $25m, acquires Erly
Airtime, the mysterious startup founded and financed by digital media all-stars, closed a reported $25 million third round of financing and acquired fellow KPCB startup Erly.
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