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eCommerce - Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Off Credit Card Payment Firm eBillMe Raises $12M

Thumb Deleware's eBillme has raised $12M led by Canaan Partners and Celtic House Venture Partners.eBillme is a payment option that enables consumers to shop online and pay directly from their online banking accounts. The selling point here is security, wh... Full Story

Alternative Energy - Wednesday, September 17, 2008

SolarReserve Raises $140M To Build Its Towers

Thumb Santa Monica's SolarReserve has easily the coolest Web site of any alt energy startup that we have crossed and its equipment is impressive looking to boot. That doesn't mean its energy tech is the best of course but perhaps it does indicate that the... Full Story

Video - Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Bittorrent Screw-ups Raise $16M More

Thumb Talk with anyone who has ever done time at Bittorrent and they will say in unison that the opportunity there was blown. Solid technology, fast growing user base, plenty of venture funding, etc. But the folks who ran the show were not right in the he... Full Story

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Plantronics Will At Least Help You Call Your Broker

Tuesday September 16, 2008

Saying "I told you so" is easy, especially when you offer as many stock picks as the staff at tech:stocker. But with AIG (AIG:NYSE), we can't help but remind readers that we pleaded with investors to stay away back on July 13 and questioned Fidelity... Full Story

European Pub Finder Qype Raises €8M

Tuesday September 16, 2008

London's Qype has raised €8M from Wellington Partners, Advent Venture Partners and Partech International. Qype plans to increase its geographical coverage to five new countries. Qype sells ads (Adsense mostly for now) on user-generated reviews of ... Full Story

Slovenian Blogger's Friend Zemanta Funded

Tuesday September 16, 2008

Slovenia and London-based Zementa has raised seed funding from Union Square Ventures along with Eden Ventures and The Accelerator Group. The startup has raised $1.5M to date. Zemanta makes tools for bloggers such as a spell checker and additional re... Full Story

Freelance Tech Support's Crossloop Raises $6M

Monday September 15, 2008

When we were having trouble with a Mac recently, we scheduled an appointment with a "genius" at an Apple store to have an expert take a look. The genius put us on notice that Apple geniuses do not have domain expertise on Microsoft software. The tro... Full Story

Betting on PR For Profits

Monday September 15, 2008

The staff at tech:stocker is ready for Lehman Brothers (LEH:NYSE) to go away. There is way too much talk and speculation about whether not they are going to be bailed out by the government, get acquired, or get bailed out by the government and then ... Full Story

Big Fish Games' Investment Haul at $83M

Friday September 12, 2008

We have been impressed with Seattle's Big Fish Games for some time but this investment round is still a surprise. The casual online game portal has raised $83.3M in 2nd-round funding from Balderton Capital, General Catalyst Partners and Salmon River... Full Story

Symantec Pays $124M For SwapDrive

Friday September 12, 2008

Washington, DC-based Symantec has bought SwapDrive for $124M. The deal went down in June but is just announced. Founded way, way back in 1998, SwapDrive operated Backup.com and WhaleMail.com as well as a Web-based system for automatically backing up... Full Story