Topic - Charles River Ventures

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Oracle Snaps Up mValent

‘Opportunistic’ enterprise software giant grabs IT automation company backed by Polaris, Charles River and Flybridge.
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General news, Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

M2Z Slams White House Broadband Protest

VC-backed startup calls the Bush administration’s 11th hour attempt to scuttle FCC’s free wireless plan more of the failed policies of the White House.
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Pocket Takes $100M for Flat-Rate Wireless

Mobile carrier will tackle the ultra-competitive northeast region with service in cities overlooked by rivals such as MetroPCS.
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Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

M2Z Moves Closer to Free Mobile Service

By rejecting T-Mobile, FCC removes a major obstacle to VC’s long-held dream of an open-access mobile broadband network that is not controlled by a major carrier.
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Security, Media, Communications, Internet

Startup Pushes Free Wireless Broadband for Everyone

After a two-year battle with the FCC and the incumbent mobile carriers, VC-backed M2Z is inviting the public to pressure the FCC to move on free wireless broadband.
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Computers, Security, Communications, Internet, Finance

Aveksa Secures $12M

Startup becomes the latest in a growing list of companies to receive funding or be acquired as banks and corporations battle fraud.
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Dell Forks Over $1.4B in Cash for EqualLogic

Charles River, Sigma Partners score big in what may be the largest all-cash deal ever for a venture-backed technology company.
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General news, Media, Internet, Finance

Facebook Widgeteer Gets $3.5M

Marc Andreessen and Charles River Ventures back SocialMedia, creator of an ad network for companies riding the social-networking wave.
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Media, Internet

Funding Tap Opens for Social Gaming Sites

Charles River and Prism VentureWorks pump $5.5 million into stealthy Conduit Labs, the latest startup aiming to meld online gaming with social networking. Can it stand out from the crowd?
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Finance

Social Site Eons Befriends $22M

Monster founder builds a MySpace for boomers.
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Finance

Angel Fires Back

Charles River Ventures loan program takes some flak.
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Finance

VC Firm Tries Loans

Charles River Ventures tries lending strategy as a way to provide seed funding to entrepreneurs.
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General news, Finance

CRV Funds Maxthon Browser

Charles River Ventures makes its second investment in China.
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General news, Internet, Finance

Legal Epinion

A lawsuit raises new dilemmas for startup investors.
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Computers, Finance

Netezza gets $15-million Series D for streamlining queries

How to deal with a mountain of data: divide and conquer.