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LivingSocial Gets $25M More Funding

by Ellie Ashford on March 11, 2010

LivingSocial, the social commerce leader behind LivingSocial Deals and top Facebook applications Visual Bookshelf and Pick Your Five, today announced that it has completed a $25 million Series B round of venture funding led by U.S. Venture Partners. Grotech Ventures and Steve Case’s Revolution LLC are also participating.
With this round of funding, LivingSocial Deals is launching [...]

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midVentures25: Midwest Startups Compete for $$$

by Ellie Ashford on March 9, 2010

Twenty-five of the most promising technology startups from the Midwest will have a chance to showcase their companies—and compete for over $7,500 in technology and legal services, computer hardware, and free online advertising—Thursday in Chicago at midVentures25.
A group of young entrepreneurs created midVentures25, to spotlight technology startups and match them with the region’s wealth of [...]

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ScaleWell Kicks off Micro Startup Grant Program

by Frank Gruber on February 9, 2010

A new Chicago-based micro startup grant program has launched called ScaleWell to help provide entrepreneurs with that funding. ScaleWell will provide one team or an individual entrepreneur with a $1000 grant and co-working space on a quarterly basis. ScaleWell wants entrepreneurs to explore important questions:
How many customers can be acquired for $1000 or [...]

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The State of Entrepreneurship 2010

by Frank Gruber on January 19, 2010

The Kauffman Foundation State of Entrepreneurship Address was presented by Kauffman President and CEO Carl Schramm at the National Press Club in Washington, DC today. I was on hand to see it live and the event was also streamed live on the Internet. I posted some photos here.
Schramm assessed the outlook for entrepreneurship in 2010, [...]

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Take Comics Turns Graphic.ly & Raises $1.2M

by Frank Gruber on January 4, 2010

I first saw Take Comics as part of the TechStars 2009 program and instantly was reminded of my days reading Spiderman and X-Men comic books. I used to love to reading comic with my younger brother and we could exchange ideas about how one character was better than another or visa versa. I got a [...]

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Twitter App Directory OneForty Raises $1.2 Million

by Frank Gruber on December 21, 2009

OneForty, the application directory for Twitter, which first sneak previewed its product at TECH cocktail Boston 3 in early September secured about $1.2 Million more in funding this week. According to an SEC Filing earlier this week the total of just over $1.6 million raised so far is part of a round planned to [...]

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DC Startup Business Plan Competition for $100K

by Frank Gruber on April 22, 2009

If you have a D.C. based startup or business idea you might want to enter yourself into the Washington, D.C. Economic Partnership’s PremierPlan Business Plan Competition. There have been a couple of recent updates to the competition details which include:
First, the application deadline for the intent to apply application has been extended to April 27. [...]

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15 Essential Startup Seed Fund Raising Skillzzz

by Guest Contributor on March 26, 2009

A bunch of companies I’m involved in have gone for seed funding in the last few months. After one of them asked for the ultra-warrior-l33t-skillz, I thought I’d put this post up and break it down.
If any of you are raising your first startup or seed money, this is a must read. Would love to [...]

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MAVA’s Capital Connection April 3rd

by TECH cocktail co-founders on March 31, 2008

If you are looking for a great chance in the DC Metro area to pitch VC’s on your product you and out how to get selected to present at Capital Connection you had better head to La Ferme in Chevy Chase, Maryland on Thursday, April 3, 2008. Here are the details:
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DEADLINE FAST APPROACHING: Apply by [...]

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