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Birst: When the Cloud Isn’t Always in the Cloud

in News on September 27, 2011 at 4:30 am PT

Birst, a business intelligence start-up, offers software that runs the same on premise as it does in the cloud, but for a very good reason.
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Local.com Acquires Krillion's Local Product Information for $3.5 Million

in Commerce on May 2, 2011 at 10:53 am PT

Local.com, which operates a search engine that returns results based on a user’s location, has acquired Krillion for $3.5 million in cash. Founded in 2006 and based in Mountain View, Calif., Krillion aggregates local information, including a database of products that are available in stores locally. As retailers increasingly seek to connect online and offline shopping experiences, the space has heated up. Late last year, eBay acquired Milo for similar purposes. Krillion had raised at least $9.1 million from Leapfrog Ventures and Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, peHUB reports.

Meet the VC: Hummer Winblad's Mitchell Kertzman

in News on April 3, 2008 at 4:49 am PT

We have been remiss in posting our meet-the-VCs-of-Silicon-Valley-if-you-dare video feature, what with all the Yahoo goings-on to keep track of. But we are back with another riveting episode, with guest star Mitchell Kertzman of Hummer Winblad Venture Partners. A longtime tech exec, Kertzman is one of the funniest players in the tech sector, and was [...]

Kara Visits Under the Radar!

in News on March 21, 2008 at 12:43 am PT

Yesterday, I was a judge on a three-person panel at the Under the Radar: The Business of Web Apps conference, held at Microsoft’s (MSFT) Mountain View, Calif., campus in Silicon Valley. The event, sponsored by Dealmaker Media, was a very good version of many such conferences held often around the region, where start-ups come to [...]