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The Dawn of Fat Content
VCs heart journalism startups? After the exits of Bleacher Report and The Huffington Post, companies that specialize in content (think Buzzfeed, Business Insider) have drawn more than $143M in VC financing in the last year. There's some data on the growing fat content space here.
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The 10 Biggest Venture Exits in NY (Ever)
Yahoo's 1-2 punch. The lack of a $1B exit was always an asterisk attached to New York's tech scene, but with Yahoo's $1.1B purchase of Tumblr, it seems that asterisk is now removed (except for folks who will now bellyache that it wasn't an IPO). We looked back at the top 10 largest venture-backed exits, and they are here for your viewing pleasure along with some valuation and investor data.
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CB Insider Posts
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Top 10 Most Active Celebrity Investors
Geek chic. Celebrity angel investors and other cool kids are now investing in tech start-ups. Ashton Kutcher leads the pack followed by folks like Justin Timberlake and 50 Cent. In terms of outcomes, you may want to target hip-hop moguls who do very well. A list of the most active celebrity tech investors and the VCs they consider their BFFs (Menlo Ventures, SV Angel, Crunchfund) is here.
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The Farmer in the Dell
Ag Tech Investment Tops $100M: Venture capital financing into companies applying software and hardware to all aspects of the farming process is heating up. See which prominent investors have already placed bets in Ag Tech and the rest of our data on funding trends here.
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