So there’s a market out there called the micro-location sector… who knew? NearBuy Systems is just one of the start-ups chasing after the mobile Internet gold rush, and I would only imagine there’s just a handful of companies hot on this specific trail… but it’s early yet. This sounds like the kind of mobile device...
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Second quarter 2011 stats from the July MoneyTree-NVCA report came out Wednesday. The data could get tongues wagging about Internet and other bubbles, but the NVCA’s own analysis runs counter to that view. While Q2 Internet investment was the highest in 10 years , the numbers are nowhere near the 2000...
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NanoMR Inc. based in Albuquerque, New Mexico announced on Monday that it has received $13 million in Series B financing. New investors Excel Venture Management and Healthcare Ventures led the round, and existing backers Dow Chemical, vSpring Capital and Sun Mountain Capital all participated. NanoMR CEO Victor Esch was quoted in the official press release, speaking...
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SARcode, a bio-pharmaceutical company headquartered in Brisbane, California announced yesterday it has closed on a Series B round of financing for a whopping $44 million. The haul is a decisive win for bios in general, as all the talk, hype and IPO buzz in VC and PE these days has been centered around tech…  mobile...
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Premier venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates has announced it will go forward with some freshly opened digs in the current number 2 and rising tech start-up capital New York City. The Chevy Chase, Maryland top shelf VC opened a satellite office in Manhattan this week. The Big Apple has been making noise over the...
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With a seemingly endless supply of liquidity, especially for Internet and mobile start-ups, an incredibly active Sequoia Capital is at it again. The top tier venture capital firm has just plunked down $10 million in Series A  financing on mobile web start-up MoboTap. Despite being highly active in the Internet and mobile spaces, this is...
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