China's Internet giant Tencent Holdings Ltd. made a move to shower Silicon Valley's app maker Snapchat with a USD200 million investment.
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US firm Dell launches $300M venture fund to back enterprise startups
Texas-based tech giant Dell announced a new $300-million venture capital fund that will support enterprise technologies, big data, cloud computing, next generation data center, security, and mobility startups.
Bitcoin fever spreads to Silicon Valley - FT
According to Financial Times, the Bitcoin fever has caught on to Silicon Valley with digital currency companies getting venture capital financing in their early rounds.
New York bets USD225 million on green energy
The New York governor announced that the state is investing USD225 million in clean tech startups Soraa and Silevo to build two research and development facilities in Buffalo.
Silicon Valley venture capital firm Luminari nabs USD8 million funding from British Sky
New Silicon Valley venture capital firm Luminari Capital obtained a USD8 million funding from pay-TV giant British Sky Broadcasting Group. Sky said that it wants to increase is exposure to US tech startups.
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Both Wall Street and Silicon Valley await how the market responds to Twitter's IPO. Twitter's IPO is not just about shares held by investors and employees.
Asiana airlines' accident affected the technology industry The Asiana Airlines accident halted more than just flight bookings or travel package reservations.
rollApp completes its Series A funding amounting to US$1 million. One of the fastest growing Silicon Valley based firms is rollApp. The start up is tasked to create an online service that allows users to run unmodified software on any device connected to the Internet.
Masayoshi Son, Softbank co-founder and President is planning to build a Silicon Valley office for the merged Softbank-Sprint company.
The Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index rose from 2012, indicating improved market opportunities for the year.
Kenneth Coleman joins Andreessen Horrowitz roster of advisers. Andreessen Horowitz, the venture capital firm has engaged the veteran expertise of Kenneth Coleman as one of its adviser on roster.
Technology giant Apple has recently purchased WiFiSlam for its mapping purposes. Apple is seeking to improve its mapping applications for its smart phones by purchasing Silicon Valley start up WiFiSlam.
Venture-capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers asked a California state court on Wednesday to dismiss a discrimination lawsuit by partner Ellen Pao.
Silicon Valley isn't quite ready to dump Morgan Stanley over the Facebook IPO fiasco. Silicon Valley isn't quite ready to dump Morgan Stanley over the Facebook IPO fiasco.
