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Venture Firms Hit The Jackpot With Betfair

in News on October 25, 2010 at 2:33 pm PT

Ten years ago Index Ventures took a chance on an online betting service called Flutter that merged two years later with a rival called Betfair. That gamble has paid off handsomely for the European venture firm, as Betfair Group Ltd. went public Friday in a high-flying IPO.

Viral Video: Twitteleh, Yet Another Twitter Parody Has Wings

in News on September 23, 2009 at 1:40 am PT

Since it debuted last week, a spoof video for Twitteleh is rising fast, with close to 200,000 views on YouTube. It’s one of the many parodies of the popular microblogging service, Twitter, which attracts them the way it attracts valuation-mad VCs.
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Viral Video: Forget Twitter, Google–How About Acquiring Nanoblogger Flutter?

in News on April 6, 2009 at 12:00 am PT

On Friday, amid all the hoopla around acquisition rumors swirling around Twitter, Slate put out a very funny spoof on a fictional new service called Flutter. The online magazine’s mockumentary about a nanoblogging service is definitely more amusing than contemplating the fate of the real-life microblogging service. It’s mascot, of course, is a hummingbird and its 26-character messages are called “flaps.” Here’s one heck of a rumor: BoomTown is in “late-stage” discussions to buy it.
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