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It takes two to Tango. Tango's $280M financing by Alibaba Group is the latest big bet by Chinese investors on emerging consumer tech upstarts in the U.S. In fact, Alibaba and Tencent have participated in over 20 deals totaling over $1.4B in funding to U.S. tech startups since the start of 2011. See a breakdown of their investments as well as the mega-fund that most frequently syndicates deals with Tencent.
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The rise of mobile LA? Last week brought word that Whisper is said to be raising $30M at a valuation of nearly $200M. And it's not the only mobile startup in LA capturing the attention of VCs. 2013 saw mobile-first startups garner nearly 1 in every 5 LA tech VC deals in 2013. See the full research brief.
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Empire state of mind? Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins, Accel Partners and Benchmark Capital are all making notable bets within the New York ecosystem. But based on the data, the share of deals to NY companies vs. California startups by the Silicon Valley heavyweights has remained largely flat over the past five years. See the full research brief.
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The startup ecosystem likes angst. First, it was the Series A Crunch which was mostly a mathematical fact. But now, we’re seeing chatter about a coming Series B Crunch. Based on the data, funding totals have remained largely stable but there definitely appears to be a growing gap in the pace of tech deal activity at the Series A vs Series B stages. See what the data says.
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The Chart of the Day
Every day, we share a chart or visualization on Twitter. Here's a few of the most popular from the last week:
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Insights on Startups
Interesting articles by or about startups and starting up.
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