Deal Flow: Week Ending October 23, 2006
Launches:
- Hotsoup.com Launches
- crayon Launches
Fundings:
- WiSpry raises $13.5mm series B
- Right Media raises $45mm with Yahoo! leading the round
- iKobo receives $2mm: innovator in person to person online money xfer
- Vinfolio takes $1.6mm
- NComputing, Inc. closes $8mm series A
- spodradio raises $10mm series B
- Jingle Networks raises another $30mm for 1-800-Free-411
- Box.net gets $1.5mm and now has more than 500k users
Acquisitions:
- Adobe buys video editing and video blogging toold firm Serious Magic
- Logitech buys Slim Devices for $20mm
New Funds:
- Granite Global Ventures Closes $400mm Fund
- Bertelsmann forms $63mm VC fund
Interesting News:
- Craigslist revenues could reach $50mm in 2007
- U.S. Venture Capitalists invested $6.36 billion in Q3 2006
- The iPod turns 5
Cool Stuff O’ the Week:
- Schwinn’s new “retro” electric bikes
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Mission Creek / Deal Flow for October 23rd
25 Oct 06 at 4:53 pm
Deal Flow: Week Ending October 23 2006…
5 years Apple has made listening to music easier. The iPod has changed our ways for sure, adding even more technology to our lives. Some of the first iPod’s cost over $400.00, and now you can get a basic iPod for less than $100 on eBay.
And then …
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