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No End-Zone Dance for Tumblr Investor Fred Wilson
You can count on it — when a deal works out spectacularly everyone involved will take credit for it. This behavior is particularly annoying to the entrepreneurs who put the sweat, blood, and tears into the Company.
– “Union Square Ventures’ Fred Wilson, one of Tumblr’s earliest investors, celebrating the Yahoo deal without celebrating
Time Machine! Tumblr’s David Karp in 2007, Age 21.
Back when he was 21, had 75,000 users and was raising $750,000.
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Fueled by Facebook Exchange, Triggit Raises Another $6 Million, This Time Via Debt
Ad tech startup Triggit, which raised $7.4 million last fall after Facebook helped its business skyrocket, has raised another $6 million, this time via a debt deal with North Atlantic Capital. Triggit, which has now raised $20 million over the past few years, is concentrating on connecting clients with Facebook’s Exchange, and on working with international ad buyers in particular.News Byte
Rafat Ali’s Skift Raises Another $1.1 Million
Skift, the travel news startup from paidContent founder Rafat Ali, has added $1.1 million to the $500,000 seed round it raised last year. Lerer Ventures led the round, along with new money from funds including Advancit Capital and individuals including Martin Nisenholtz and Shakil Khan. Ali said the money will help him double his staff, to 10, and to launch new services.YouTube’s StyleHaul Network Picks Up Another $6 Million, This Time From RTL
Bertelsmann really likes this fashion and shopping network; it’s the second time it has invested in it this year.
SoundCloud Starts Pushing Its Own Native Ads Out of a New York Outpost
Audio is good. Audio plus visual: Better.
Ben Lerer’s JackThreads Starts Selling Duds to Dudes Overseas, on Their Phones — And They’re Buying
iOS apps help a lot, said the Thrillist Media Group founder. So do Facebook app ads.
Maker Studios CEO Danny Zappin Steps Down, Replaced by Endemol Vet Ynon Kreiz
One of YouTube’s biggest networks gets professional help.
Look Ma, No Hands! How to Post Your Google Glass Videos to YouTube.
“Are you doing video right now?”“Yeah, dude.”
“You should stop.”
YouTube’s Latest Old-Media Investor Is a Giant Printer
Quad/Graphics and Pixability are the latest old-media/YouTube investor/startup combo. This one is a little different, though.