Topic - Union Square Ventures

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Archives, General news, Media, Internet, Finance

Virtual Stock-Picking Site Gets Real Money

UpDown.com, which pays fantasy investors who can beat the S&P 500, lands $1M from Swiss angel.
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General news, Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

T-Mobile Takes a Whrrl on Pelago

Telecom's VC unit joins Kleiner Perkins and Amazon's Bezos in backing Twitter-like mapping service.
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Archives, General news, Media, Internet, Finance

TheStreet Puts Mad Money on Geezeo

Personal finance site says Booyah! after $1.2M injection that gives Cramer’s online home an option to buy.
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Archives, General news, Media, Internet, Finance

TheStreet Puts Mad Money in Geezeo

Personal finance site says Booyah! after $1.2M injection that gives Cramer’s online home an option to buy.
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Media, Internet

Wandering the Neighborhood

Outside.in highlights the hyper-local.
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Media

DRM is Dead, VC Says

Venture capitalists see ads, not Digital Rights Management schemes, shoring up music industry.
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Internet, Finance

VCs Back Web Publisher

Boom-era magazine founder links writers with advertisers.
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Internet

Skeptics See Search Overkill

Startups are hoping to come up with the next big thing in search but skeptics say Google works just fine.
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Internet

Yahoo Buys del.icio.us

Portal provider snatches up tagging company to improve Yahoo's search engine.