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Enterprise Software - Monday, July 28, 2008

Dyson, O'Reilly & Co. Seed Good Data With $2M

Thumb On-demand data analytics firm Good Data has raised $2M in seed funding from Esther Dyson, Tim O'Reilly, Windcrest Partners and others. Cambridge, MA-based Good Data was founded in 2002 and has 30 employees, many at a development office in the Czech Republic. The startup was founded by Roman Stanek, who previously launched NetBeans, which was bought by Sun. We really like what we see in the demo. No word yet on pricing. View - site...... Full Story

Social Networking - Monday, July 28, 2008

Pre-logo Tradual Raises $2.4M For Currency Trading SocNet

We like the idea of the business SocNet. LinkedIn is a tremendous business but niche business networks could be more useful. We will keep our eyes on Boston-based Tradual as it has raised $2.4M of a $4M first round says MassHighTech. When it launches... Full Story

Social Networking - Monday, July 28, 2008

Intel Invests In Indian What's Happenin' Portal BuzzInTown

Thumb Intel has invested an undisclosed amount in Wortal, which calls BuzzInTown "Our first baby." This is Series A for Wortal, which says that it has raised angel funding. The concept is that there are a lot of options for young Indians with some disposa... Full Story

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GT Solar's IPO Is A Party Pooper

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Barcelona's Online Shopping Club Privalia Raises €4M

Friday July 25, 2008

The online shopping club is a concept that has really taken off fast in Europe, in contrast to the US. Not sure why that is but we started covering the trend back in March 2007 with coverage of Privalia, Germany's BuyVIP, UK-based Koodos.com and Ven... Full Story

MSFT Gets Into Hardware With Buy of Data Warehousing's DATallegro

Friday July 25, 2008

Sure Microsoft owns Xbox but generally people in hardware feel they are safe from competition with Redmond. Now Microsoft has bought a hardware company is that a sign of more to come? Microsoft is buying Aliso Viejo's DATAllegro, which sells data wa... Full Story

Coherent Is More Than A Logical Choice For Investors

Friday July 25, 2008

As we watch the Dow drop like the San Diego Padres in the National League West, it reminds of some statements Bank of America (BOA:NYSE) CEO Ken Lewis made earlier in the week how the economy is beginning to turn the corner. Mr. Lewis might have bee... Full Story

Cisco To Pay $120M For Seattle Home Networking Startup Pure Networks

Thursday July 24, 2008

Cisco Systems is going to pay about $120M to acquire Seattle's Pure Networks which focuses on home networking-management software and tools. Pure may not have much in the way of revenues but the functionality seems like it could pay off for Cisco. P... Full Story

Social Games' Zynga Buys YoVille; Raises $29M

Thursday July 24, 2008

Last year we started to see some social games mini-events that were amateurish but well attended. It was a good omen for what was to come. Today San Francisco-based Zynga announced that it had raised $29M and had bought YoVille. The round was led by... Full Story