Sarah Lacy Debuts New Tech Site, PandoDaily — $2M+ in Funding and Guess Who’s Working for Her? (Video)

Here’s the brave woman who will be the new boss of Michael Arrington, M.G. Siegler and Paul Carr. (You read that right.)
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Digital Marketing Start-Up Thismoment Raises $7.3 Million From Sierra Ventures

Another day, another pile of funding for a social marketing start-up.

Another Googley “Acqhire” — Contextual Search Start-Up Apture to Join the Chrome Team

Google has acquired contextual search start-up Apture and will integrate the team and features into Chrome.
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First Class Ticket: Social Travel Start-Up Gogobot Raises $15M in Funding at $70M Valuation

Around the world in $15 million.
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The Three Ventureers: Andreessen Horowitz Joining Conway and Milner in Y Combinator Start Fund

The high-profile venture firm is in for $50,000 per start-up. What cash crunch?
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Exclusive: Pinterest Closes New $27M Round With Andreessen Horowitz Valuing Start-Up at $200M

That’ll buy a lot of digital pushpins.
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Email: Chamath Palihapitiya Decries Airbnb’s Recent $112M Funding for Founder Control and Cash-Out

Here’s some electric weekend reading for those interested in the push-and-pull between venture investors and start-ups in the frothy Web 2.0 environment.
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From Russia With Love: Twitter Confirms “Significant” Funding With DST Global

As we had reported, DST is now officially Twitter’s sugar daddy with a big new slug of funding.
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FindTheBest’s Kevin O’Connor Talks About Comparison Engine, Now Running Hot on $6M in Funding (Video)

How do you FindTheBest? Well, starting out with $6 million in venture funding won’t hurt.

Twitter Poised to Close a Two-Stage $800M Funding, With Half Used to Cash Out Investors and Employees

In a move reminiscent of one done by Facebook in 2009, Twitter is zeroing in on a complex $800 million funding deal, which includes a tasty $400 million payout for its current investors and also employees.
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