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Zuckerberg Is the Billion-Share Man: Who Owns What, Who Makes What in the Facebook IPO

Arik Hesseldahl in News on February 1 at 3:22 pm PT

Lots of investor funds, venture capitalists and individuals have a piece of the Facebook action. Here’s a rundown.

Code 42, the Company Behind CrashPlan, Lands $52M Funding Round

Arik Hesseldahl in News on January 17 at 9:00 pm PT

Once you’ve built a good cloud-based data-backup service, there’s a lot more you can do with it.

Sarah Lacy Debuts New Tech Site, PandoDaily — $2M+ in Funding and Guess Who’s Working for Her? (Video)

Kara Swisher in Media on January 16 at 9:00 am PT

Here’s the brave woman who will be the new boss of Michael Arrington, M.G. Siegler and Paul Carr. (You read that right.)

L.A. Gets Another Start-Up Accelerator, This One With Strong Entertainment Ties

Liz Gannes in News on December 14, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

Until very recently, Los Angeles had what some people said was a stunning lack of early stage start-up accelerator programs. It doesn’t have that problem anymore.

News Byte

Brazilian Social Games Company Pays Zynga to Settle Copyright Issues

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 6, 2011 at 9:29 am PT

San Francisco-based Zynga, which is on track to go public next week, has settled a lawsuit against Vostu, a social-game maker in Brazil that Zynga accused of copyright infringement. In a joint statement, the two said: “As part of the settlement, Vostu made a monetary payment to Zynga and made some changes to four of its games.” Terms were not disclosed. Vostu claims to be the largest social game company in Brazil and is backed by Accel Partners, Tiger Technology Global Management, Intel Capital and General Catalyst Partners.

Sean Parker and Jim Breyer Slam Silicon Valley Funding Glut

Liz Gannes in News on November 15, 2011 at 12:53 pm PT

Early Facebook exec Parker and Accel partner Breyer claim that freely available money spreads talent too thinly among too many Internet start-ups, lessening the impact of each company.

Sean Parker and Jim Breyer with Techonomy host David Kirkpatrick

Cloudera Lands $40 Million From Ignition, Accel Launches $100 Million Big Data Fund

Arik Hesseldahl in News on November 8, 2011 at 5:03 am PT

As Hadoop World gets underway in New York today, Cloudera, the start-up company that is putting on the event, has landed a big new investor.

Hadoop Start-Up Cloudera Teams Up With Storage Player NetApp

Arik Hesseldahl in News on November 7, 2011 at 4:59 am PT

Cloudera, the company best known for building a business around the open source big-data platform Hadoop, has teamed up with storage concern NetApp.

Exclusive: Lot18 Closes Third Round in a Year, This Time for $30 Million

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on November 4, 2011 at 4:45 am PT

Accel Partners has led a $30 million round of capital in Lot18, an invitation-only site that started selling wine online just a year ago. The round is the company’s third in the past 12 months.

Facebook-Funded Sociable Labs Helps Retailers Be More Friendly

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on October 26, 2011 at 5:30 am PT

Sociable Labs, which helps retailers integrate Facebook’s social graph into the shopping experience, comes out of beta today with a handful of brand-name customers.