Arik Hesseldahl in News on December 6, 2011 at 11:48 am PT
The social search start-up has hired Duncan Greatwood, the founder who sold PostPath to Cisco Sytems in 2008.
Kara Swisher in Social on December 4, 2011 at 9:54 pm PT
Let’s put this one in the “done” column, shall we?
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Liz Gannes in News on October 13, 2011 at 5:00 am PT
Knewton, the educational content “remixer” that adapts its courses to each student (you could say it learns about the learner), has raised $33 million led by Founders Fund and Pearson. The three-year-old company’s new funding is particularly notable for its large size and because Founders Fund Managing Partner Peter Thiel is
an outspoken critic of traditional higher education.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on September 8, 2011 at 3:16 pm PT
An SEC filing shows the secretive data analytics firm has been busy raising money. Again.
Kara Swisher in News on September 8, 2011 at 6:15 am PT
Despite the bad economy, turbulent markets and lackluster venture returns of late, limited partners looking for an investment edge seem to still be adding more dough to the VC kitty.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on August 22, 2011 at 5:00 am PT
Yammer, once known as a “Twitter for Work,” is transforming itself a key player in the fast-growing business of making enterprise applications more social.
Ina Fried in Mobile on July 28, 2011 at 5:30 am PT
Palo Alto-based Azumio’s idea: Letting a smartphone play the role of medical device, helping arm consumers with information to fight chronic disease.
Liz Gannes in Social on April 6, 2011 at 10:17 am PT
“Just hustling,” as CEO Geoff Lewis described it, has helped a small, less-than-a-year-old start-up with relatively few users score deals with the likes of Virgin America, Hilton and InterContinental Hotels Group to tie customers’ geo-located social media activity with existing loyalty rewards programs.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on April 5, 2011 at 7:00 am PT
Practice Fusion, an electronic medical record system in the cloud, lands an investment round led by Peter Thiel’s Founder’s Fund.
Liz Gannes in Social on April 4, 2011 at 6:46 pm PT
Rest in peace, Valleywag. Remember when Silicon Valley gossip was so boring it couldn’t sustain a Gawker blog? Now, People.com is breaking the news of Sean Parker’s engagement.
