Accel Partners
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How to finance a green-tech revolution
News Venture-backed tech companies create lots of buzz, but many companies that create green jobs rely on different--and troubled--funding sources.
Tags: Green IT, Business, Investment, Manufacturing, Investor, Renewable Energy, Government, financing, venture capital, CEO
Venture money finds India, China tech
News Venture capital firms stepped up investments in India-based companies by 120 percent in second quarter, finds new report. China's hot with venture firms, too.
Tags: Venture capital, Investments, India, Investment, Advertisement, venture-capital company, Internet usage, venture-capital fund, China, Silicon Valley
Microsoft, Google duke it out for China
Insight China is quickly proving to be the next great Internet marketplace, and both Microsoft and Google are prepared to fight for it, starting in American courtrooms.
Tags: Software engineering/development, Personal applications
More cash for Facebook?
News Facebook-investor Accel Partners is pumping over US$1 bilion in two new funds; speculation is US$480 million of that may go to the social networking site.
Tags: Domain names, Web sites, Investments, Angel investing, BitTorrent, CFO, Accel Partners, social networking, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook
EA-Playfish: Social gaming deals gain buzz
News Electronic Arts' acquisition underscores booming demand for online social games and may prompt rival game publishers to follow suit.
Tags: Game players, Games, Gamer, Facebook, Apple Inc., UbiSoft Entertainment, casual game, console game, Playfish, revenue
Silicon Valley star readies new venture capital firm
News Company of Marc Andreessen, co-founder of Netscape Communications, has attracted lots of interest, and US$300 million. Can he deliver with his innovative approach?
Tags: Investor relations, Earning reports/forecasts, Sales/revenue, Web sites, Business Strategies & Functions, Public relations, Investor, Marc Andreessen, venture capital, social networking
Wal-Mart taps e-tail partner
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Open source funding day: Greenplum, Alfresco, Zenoss
News The venture investments has poured into open source startups, with new money arriving at Greenplum, Alfresco, and Zenoss.
Tags: Open source, Linux, Venture capital
Services exec takes top spot at start-up
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Easy Linux pioneer Eazel closes shop
News The start-up that was going to make Linux dead-easy is dead. Eazel closed its doors this week after 16 months of developing a Linux interface for the consumer market.
Wal-Mart, Kmart to reel in sites
News Wal-Mart and Kmart are bringing their dot-com children back home.
Wal-Mart's Net spin-off to provide tax relief
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Consumer-Linux company Eazel closes
News The company closes its doors after 16 months of developing a Linux interface for the consumer market and failing to drum up a second round of funding.
Consumer-Linux company Eazel closes
News The start-up that was going to make Linux deathly easy is dead. Eazel closed its doors this week after 16 months of developing a Linux interface for the consumer market.
Yahoo tries to heal itself--again
News The beleaguered Internet portal is reorganizing management ranks in what may be a last chance to prove it should remain independent.
Tags: Internet advertising, Search, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., venture capital, software, co-founder, job, Jerry Yang
