Y Combinator provides seed stage capital and a 10 week startup boot camp for budding entrepreneurs. At the end of the 10 week session Y Combinator invites VCs and angels to an investor day / demo day. Today YC unveiled 20 new startups to about 80 Boston area VCs and [...]
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July 25th, 2008 |
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If you want to know where the mobile Web is going, join us here at TechCrunch at 3PM PT for the live video stream of our Mobile Web Wars Roundtable The mobile Web is finally here and developers have to choose what platform they want to bet on. Do they [...]
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July 25th, 2008 |
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We look forward to seeing you tonight at the 3rd Annual August Capital Meet-Up (the pictures are from last year's event). Details on the event are below. If you are attending, things kick off at 5:30, right after the Mobile Wars round table across the street. Attendees: please remember to [...]
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July 21st, 2008 |
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The time has come for us to release our final 200 tickets to the 3rd Annual August Capital Meet-Up. To join us this Friday, on July 25th, register at EventBrite. We look forward to seeing you along with hundreds of other techies at August Capital's amazing outdoor patio in Menlo [...]
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July 17th, 2008 |
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Today, we are releasing the last 100 tickets to a roundtable debate I am hosting: Mobile Web Wars: Which Platform Will Win? To register for a ticket, sign up now. Our last release of tickets sold out in 5 minutes. The Roundtable will be a freewheeling discussion about whether the [...]
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July 16th, 2008 |
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Facebook and MySpace, the two largest social networks, eagerly launched new iPhone applications last Friday. Both quickly shot up the the top apps list. Apple has since turned off the download count feature, but Facebook is no. 7 on the free list, MySpace is no. 11. But while both applications [...]
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July 9th, 2008 |
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The mobile Web has been a long time coming. But it is finally within our grasp. Not a compromised mobile Web controlled by your cell phone carrier, but the full and complete Web in your pocket. It took the success of the iPhone and the promise of Google's Android mobile [...]
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July 2nd, 2008 |
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We are releasing the next batch of 200 tickets to the 3rd annual August Capital MeetUp on Friday, July 25, 2008, in Menlo Park, California. Our last release of tickets sold out in less than 15 minutes, so we recommend you register now if you plan on attending. Tickets are [...]
I like this quote from Andy Rappaport of August Capital about social investing -- the idea that you can do good via investing in social funds: A lot of socially responsible funds have this idea that they'll provide a social return, but you'll have to accept a below-average financial return. [...]
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June 24th, 2008 |
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It's time for my favorite event of the year - our (third) annual party/meetup at August Capital in Silcon Valley. Come join us and hundreds of other techies at August Capital's fabulous outdoor patio on Friday, July 25, 2008, in Menlo Park, California. Photos from last year’s event are on [...]
OpenLane, an online automobile auction start-up, raised $25 million in venture funding in around led by Meritech Capital Partners. Also participating in the round were August Capital, RPM Ventures and Zilkha Venture Partners. Go to Article from Bizjournals via Portfolio.com »[...]
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April 18th, 2008 |
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Early stage investing maverick Mike Maples Jr. raised $33 million for his second fund and signed on several high-profile limited partners, according to a regulatory filing. The $33 million second fund, called Maples Investments II, includes Horsley Bridge, The University of Chicago and Weathergage Venture Capital as investors. Limited partners [...]
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April 15th, 2008 |
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When I first started talking to my now-partners about joining August Capital, I was stunned at the slow pace of the conversation. I couldn't imagine how it could take months to make a decision about whether or not to invite me to join the partnership. Admittedly, I wasn't coming from [...]
I covered Seeking Alphaa while back. It is a one-stop shop for financial news and analysis. Founded in early 2004 by David Jackson, it focuses on opinions, analysis and portfolio management tips from contributors, many of whom are finance professionals, Hedge Fund managers and newsletter authors. The incentive for most [...]
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February 18th, 2008 |
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An interesting debate has broken out between Glenn Kelman and Mike Arrington. Glenn is the CEO of Redfin, a Seattle-based startup that is trying to modernize the process of buying and selling homes. Glenn's a smart guy and a great entrepreneur. And he has always struck me as quite thoughtful. [...]
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December 12th, 2007 |
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"″It hasn’t been a great year for socially responsible funds. JPMorgan said in June that it would no longer support Bay Area Equity Fund, its double bottom-line venture arm that invests in socially beneficial startups, and would spin it off. Also, Omidyar Network, which invests in nonprofits and for-profits that [...]
