Posted on: October 31, 2011 by Connie Loizos3 Comments »
Last week, brand-naming expert David Placek – who has come up with Blackberry, Powerbook, and Scion, among other powerful brands – told peHUB readers that the key to a good brand is its ability to capture the right sounds, the right story, and the right associations, often in a single word. You know when a [...]
by Mark Boslet
Posted on: November 26, 2010 by Mark Boslet1 Comment »
The Internet is littered with search engines that tried and failed to stand up to Google, but Blekko backer Saad Khan doesn’t expect the same fate for his startup. “I don’t need to have a $100 billion company to call it a success,” says this CMEA Capital partner, whose firm, along with Marc Andreessen, Ron [...]
Posted on: July 27, 2009 by PEHub AdministratorNo Comments »
Blekko, a stealth search engine operator, has raised $11.5 million in third-round funding, according to TechCrunch. Backers include U.S. Venture Partners and CMEA Capital. The firm previously raised around $6 million. www.blekko.com
Yahoo’s $1.1 billion planned purchase of blogging site Tumblr is the largest exit of a pre-public venture-backed New York-based company
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The surging popularity of bitcoin has some brand-name venture capitalists investing real money in the controversial virtual currency. Just since
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It’s that time of the year when every VC (or, well, most VCs) secretly pulls up Forbes’ Midas list and,
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Venture-backed IPO activity has been sluggish so far this year, but there are signs this could change. Two recent issues,
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The Michigan Venture Capital Association said 29 venture capital firms now do business in the state and contributed to the
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