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Foursquare Raises $20 Million In New Round (Finally)

Jun 29, 2010 6:00 PM

Foursquare, the extremely hot mobile check-in service, has finally raised a new round of funding. Since at least March, venture capital firms (and large internet companies) have been courting Foursquare, which has been growing very rapidly; at one point, Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) was said to have offered as much as…

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Posted In: Mobile, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, andreessen horowitz, foursquare, o'reilly alphatech ventures, union square ventures

Skype About to Be Sold to Investor Group, Including Andreessen’s New Firm: Report

Sep 1, 2009 1:33 AM

Skype is finally about to be sold by Ebay to an investor group, which includes Andreessen Horowitz, the new VC firm headed by Marc Andreessen, reports NYT, citing sources. The deal will be announced tomorrow, it says. The possible buyout was first reported by Techcrunch on Friday last week. The…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, andreessen horowitz, ebay, skype

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