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JOBS Act Could Kickstart Both Entrepreneurs and Equity Ownership

Beth Callaghan in Eye to Eye on May 9 at 2:25 pm PT

Considering that the new JOBS Act makes crowdfunding so much easier, what sorts of things do you see coming out of the grass roots?

News Byte

NetPlenish Stocks Shelves With $1.9 Million in Funding for Shopping App

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on May 3 at 6:00 am PT

NetPlenish, a mobile-shopping app that finds the best price on everyday items like toothpaste and toilet paper, has raised $1.9 million in seed funding. Investors include Dave McClure’s 500 Startups, Gold Hill Capital, BHV Capital, TEEC Angel Fund, Ludlow Ventures and other angels. The Ventura, Calif.-based company’s app is available starting today on iPhone and Android.

Video Ads + App Ads = Vungle, a Freshly Minted Start-Up With a Big Pile of Cash

Peter Kafka in Media on May 2 at 8:00 am PT

A start-up that didn’t exist last fall now has a $2 million seed round.

Zozi Gets Cozy With Celebrities to Separate Itself From the Groupon Clones

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 24 at 9:00 am PT

After slogging it out for two years in the daily deals business and facing competition from Groupon and hundreds of clones, Zozi believes it has started to find its niche.

Want to Lunch Like Larry or Snack Like Sergey? Kitchit Launches the NetJets for Personal Chefs. (Video)

Drake Martinet in Commerce on September 30, 2011 at 9:01 am PT

A new start-up called Kitchit is launching a service that allows even the ketchup class to book a high-end chef for private in-home dining. (I wonder if they’ll let you order PB&J.)

Battling Angel Investors Agree to Kiss, Make Up and Fund Communications Start-Ups Together

Liz Gannes in Social on September 21, 2011 at 5:16 pm PT

The two investors most publicly associated with last year’s “AngelGate” scandal over power struggles between seed-stage investors have set aside their differences to invest in the second round of the Twilio Fund.

500 Startups’ Next Class Leaves the Nest (Plus, a Full List of the Companies)

Drake Martinet in News on August 16, 2011 at 4:24 pm PT

Dave McClure’s start-up accelerator has now invested in more than 175 companies, and on Tuesday launched another 27 into the world. We’ve got photos and the full list.

Meet 500 Startups: The New Class

Liz Gannes in Social on June 9, 2011 at 9:00 am PT

Start-up accelerator 500 Startups today unveiled the 21 companies it is fostering this summer. Founding partner Dave McClure and newly promoted partner Christine Tsai gave us a peek at the list. They are particularly proud that 20 percent of the founders in the class are women and 30 percent are from outside the U.S.

500 Startups Sends 22 of Them Into the World

Liz Gannes in Social on April 6, 2011 at 5:30 pm PT

500 Startups–Dave McClure’s seed fund, accelerator program, communal office and yes, he dares call it an “incubator”–today held its first open house to show off 22 young companies.

Voices

CapLinked Wants To Make Deal Opportunities Go Social

Tomio Geron, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on February 23, 2011 at 5:00 am PT

Picture this: LinkedIn-meets-Salesforce, for potential start-up financing opportunities. That’s the vision for CapLinked Inc., a new start-up that wants to be the go-to place for setting up and closing deals, as well as managing portfolio companies after the close.

JOBS Act Could Kickstart Both Entrepreneurs and Equity Ownership

NetPlenish Stocks Shelves With $1.9 Million in Funding for Shopping App

Video Ads + App Ads = Vungle, a Freshly Minted Start-Up With a Big Pile of Cash

Zozi Gets Cozy With Celebrities to Separate Itself From the Groupon Clones

Want to Lunch Like Larry or Snack Like Sergey? Kitchit Launches the NetJets for Personal Chefs. (Video)

Battling Angel Investors Agree to Kiss, Make Up and Fund Communications Start-Ups Together

500 Startups’ Next Class Leaves the Nest (Plus, a Full List of the Companies)

Meet 500 Startups: The New Class

500 Startups Sends 22 of Them Into the World

CapLinked Wants To Make Deal Opportunities Go Social

500 Startups Unveils Start-Up Accelerator Program

I/O Ventures Returns to Train Second Class of Start-Ups

955 Dreams Jazzes Up iPad With Interactive Music History App

BoomTown Decodes Ron Conway's Super Angel Super Fit (So You Don't Have To)!

"Super Angel" Aydin Senkut Talks About VCs, Start-Ups and Shaking Up Tech Investing

Comparison Shopping Online Is for Small Businesses Too

More Money for iPhone Ads: Medialets Raises $6 Million

Meet Someone Who Still Wants to Invest in Start-Ups: Founders Fund’s Dave McClure

BoomTown as Web CEO: A Titanically Bad Idea

Love–and Being a CEO–Means Always Having to Say You're Sorry

The Children's Crusade Strikes Back at Not-a-Teenager (aka Really Old Lady) BoomTown

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