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Carl Icahn May Walk Away From Dell Proxy Fight He Started
After a brazen entrance, a quiet exit?
Checking Into Foursquare? Yahoo’s CFO Talks About Next Mobile M&A — Including Importance of “Localization.”
Hey, Dennis Crowley, that sounds like you!
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Dish Secures $9 Billion in Committed Financing for Sprint Bid
Dish Network Corp. took one step closer to arranging $9 billion in committed financing for its $25.5 billion bid for Sprint Nextel Corp., according to people familiar with the matter.Commercial Drone Platform Company Gets $10.7 Million From Andreessen Horowitz and Google Ventures
Is hardware the new software?
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Sharp Faces Dwindling Financing Options
Japan’s Sharp Corp. is trying to find new sources of capital ahead of key looming financing deadlines. But the electronics maker’s options have shrunk, as management has told potential funders it doesn’t want to relinquish control of key decisions, while rebuffing demands from creditors that it shed core assets.News Byte
Social Sports Startup Bluefields Scores $1 Million
Bluefields, the social network that links sports players together for easier communication between teams and leagues, announced Friday it had raised a $1 million seed round. Contributors include Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh’s VegasTechFund, Facebook Europe executive Christian Hernandez, Elliot Loh (formerly of Yammer), and a number of other angels and seed fund contributors. The startup also exited its private beta on Friday, opening itself up to more potential users.Voices
Pinterest in Talks to Raise Funding at Valuation up to $2.5 Billion
Online scrapbooking site Pinterest is in talks to raise a new round of financing at a $2 billion to $2.5 billion valuation, said people familiar with the matter.WhaleShark Media Hires CFO With Public Company Experience
Douglas Jeffries has held similar financial roles at Taleo, Palm and eBay.
Anne Wojcicki of 23andMe on One Million-DNA March and More (Video)
Can the personal genome company get people to keep spitting for their health?
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23andMe Raises $50 Million in New Funding, Adding Yuri Milner as Investor
Personal genomics company 23andMe said it has raised more than $50 million in a new funding round, a near doubling of its investments so far. 23andMe has already raised over about $68 million since it was founded in 2006. The new financing includes Russian investor Yuri Milner, as well as existing investors Sergey Brin of Google, 23andMe CEO and co-founder Anne Wojcicki, New Enterprise Associates, Google Ventures and MPM Capital. The money will be used by the Mountain View, Calif., company to grow to one million customers and also to cut the price of its Personal Genome service to $99, which offers 244 reports on health and personal traits, as well as genealogy and ancestry information. That price was originally $999 and provided only 14 reports.Partner Advertisement
