Twitter has been valued at $11 billion in a Greencrest Capital report, according to Forbes, which reported the company is eying a possible IPO as early as 2014. The publication credits recent…
2012 in Review – IPO Market Manages Slight Momentum
Despite the cynicism of the public market following the Facebook debacle, the IPO market actually managed marginal improvements for 2012, though its success was severely hampered by Facebook and similar market disappointments…
RingRevenue Dials Up $3.25M to Expand Its Call Marketing Automation
by Matt Gallagher, Red Herring RingRevenue, a provider of call marketing automation solutions that uses analytics to identify which callers offer the most promising leads, recently landed $3.25 million in funding in a…
US Removes Taobao from “Notorious Markets” List for Piracy
The US Trade Representative removed the Chinese ecommerce site Taobao from its “Notorious Markets” for piracy, citing efforts on the part of the company to work with copyright holders after it was placed on…
2012 Top 100 Global Winners Announced
After surveying more than a thousand of the leading private companies from North America, Europe, and Asia, Red Herring announced the winners of the prestigious Red Herring Global Top 100 award for…
American Innovation: Advancements affecting US Oil, Economy, Jobs and Investment Returns
by Igor Sill, Geneva Venture Partners Insights into the Mississippian Lime Opportunity The recent announcement from Paris-based International Energy Agency projects the US may become the world’s largest oil producer by around…
LightSail Lands $37.3M from Bill Gates, Peter Thiel for Clean Energy Storage
by Matt Gallagher, Red Herring journalist LightSail, an innovative Berkeley company that uses air compression, water droplets and some creative thermodynamics to store clean energy for the long term, has raised $37.3…
MEF Americas 2012 Battle of the Start-Ups
We are delighted to announce an exciting new start-up competition with live finals on December 4th in Miami as part of MEF Americas 2012 Mobile Content & Commerce: the essential cross- border…
Easy Solution Latest DMS Cyberfraud Protection Suite
Every day, cyber crime makes headlines. This week, Barnes & Noble announced that PIN keypads in 63 of its stores were hacked, leaking customers card information and PIN numbers. Earlier this month,…
Apple’s iPad Mini: Small Screen, Big Bucks
Amazon and Google can breathe a sigh of relief. Apple unveiled its iPad Mini, a 7.9 miniature version of the iPad, for $329, a bit more expensive than the $250 analysts had…