Start-Up News: Noob to Spark Capital
Mr. Haber. DAVID HABER JOINS SPARK CAPITAL. "David has a interesting background, which included graduating from Harvard with a BioChem degree. Not a typical degree for a VC firm but we appreciated a...
View ArticleHealthcare Is About to Get the Techie Start-Up Treatment
Look closely at this face, you might be seeing it around more often (although we can't promise he will be making the same expression). In a post on his Tumblr, former Spark Capital associate Charlie...
View ArticleSkillShare Raises $3.1 Million to Teach the Masses
Now offering classes in business ethics In the same way that Kickstarter connects users with backers for their projects, SkillShare connects experts with students for their classes. The start-up just...
View ArticleRestless VC Syndrome: Fred Wilson and Bijan Sabet Leave Twitter Board
The gang as it once was (via Technology Review) Venture capitalists have come down with a bout of seriously itchy feet. Just this week, we heard Union Square Ventures was raising a new fund, we broke...
View ArticleSpark Capital’s Mo Koyfman Promoted to General Partner
Mo' Koyfman, mo' investments. (sparkcapital.com) Spark Capital just announced the promotion of principal Mo Koyfman, the golden-haired Wharton alum who joined the firm in the summer of 2008 after more...
View ArticleSignpost, the Startup That Promises to Drive Customers to Small Businesses,...
Mr. Wall via Twitter Say you're a small business trying to figure out whether a deal with Groupon or ad on Yelp will bring customers to your door. That already-tricky marketing decision gets more...
View ArticleeBay Acquires NYC-Based Social Shopping Site Svpply
Pieratt. (Photo: Brooklyn Beta) eBay announced on its blog today that it has acquired Svpply, the NYC-based social shopping site that curates personalized collections of clothing and products. Located...
View ArticleFred Wilson Denies PrivCo Report Union Square Ventures Made $253M Off Tumblr...
(Via http://castielmalotovedlucifer.tumblr.com/, God knows the original source) Order us up a dish of crow, because we might get a few more angels out of this Tumblr deal than we initially suspected....
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