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CaptainU Builds the Mint.com for Student Athletes

Drake Martinet in News on November 20, 2011 at 9:15 am PT

The path from high school sports superstar to college scholarship MVP can be a treacherous one. CaptainU — a start-up built by former collegiate athletes — helps navigate it.

visual.ly Wants to Bring Nifty Charts and Graphs to the Rest of Us

Liz Gannes in Social on July 13, 2011 at 5:15 am PT

Some of the folks behind the Mint blog are launching an infographic community site and will soon offer prosumer Web-based infographic creation tools.

Exclusive: What's Former Omniture CEO Josh James Been Doing Since Leaving Adobe? Raising LOTS Of Money (Updated)

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on April 27, 2011 at 6:30 am PT

The former CEO of Web analytics powerhouse Omniture, who left Adobe after less than a year, has a new stealth venture cooking, and investors are lining up to get in on the action. Update: Investors include Andreessen Horowitz and Benchmark Capital.

"Super Angel" Aydin Senkut Talks About VCs, Start-Ups and Shaking Up Tech Investing

Kara Swisher in News on August 23, 2010 at 7:11 am PT

While in Vancouver last week, BoomTown got some time to chat with Aydin Senkut about his recent announcement of a new $40 million investment fund, which is part of a “super angel” trend in Silicon Valley. In many ways, the concept of a super angel was pioneered by well-known tech investor Ron Conway, but now the market is getting very crowded with others.

First Round Capital Forces Its Start-Ups to Sing for Their Supper (and Your Holiday Card)

Peter Kafka in Media on December 9, 2009 at 12:50 pm PT

Some of you really enjoyed last year’s First Round Capital holiday card, which featured the VC firm’s portfolio companies “dancing” a la 2008′s “Where the Hell is Matt?” viral video. Susan Boyle fans will like this year’s edition.

Intuit Acquires Mint for a Mint [CONFIRMED]

John Paczkowski in News on September 14, 2009 at 7:09 am PT

The TechCrunch 50 hasn’t even begun yet and already it’s making news. Online personal finance site Mint, which took top prize at the event in 2007, has evidently been acquired by Intuit. Price: A reported $170 million.