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Here’s how to get Mark Cuban to fund your startup

SAN FRANCISCO – When it comes to making startup investments, it seems like Mark Cuban is everywhere. In addition to owning… Read More

MicroGreen gets even greener, raising $17m in capital for earth-friendly food containers

MicroGreen Polymers, which has come up with a way to turn disposable water and soda bottles into durable and light-weight coffee cups, has… Read More

Three mobile startup veterans raise $1.5M to provide cookie-like data for mobile apps

PushSpring has raised $1.5 million in capital to help mobile developers know their customers better so they can display more… Read More

Jobaline raises $7M to expand hourly jobs marketplace to 50 cities in six months

Jobaline, a bilingual marketplace that helps businesses hire dishwashers, construction workers, mechanics, landscapers and janitors, has closed a second round of… Read More

Placester closes $5.5M round for yet another online real estate idea

Here’s another spin on bringing the real estate industry online that could enable any agent to compete directly with the likes of Zillow or Redfin.… Read More

Play-i raises $8M to teach the iPad generation how to code one pint-sized robot at a time

Kids know how to unlock a touchscreen before they can walk. But will they learn how to code? Vikas Gupta,… Read More

Hold the eggs, not the mayo: Bill Gates, Partovis and others pour $23M into food startup

A team of San Francisco chemists is turning to technology to solve a global problem: producing affordable and healthy food… Read More

Hey, startups: Pretty soon you’ll be able to talk about your fundraising efforts

The world changes for startups on September 23. How? On that date, thanks to the JOBS Act, it will become… Read More

VC report: First-time financings on the rise and software leads the way

Venture capitalists are putting more cash to work in early-stage companies, boosting the dollars and deals in the category. That’s… Read More

Here’s how to score cash from Tony Conrad of True Ventures: Build a movement

As a member of the founding team at True Ventures, Tony Conrad has made a few odd bets. He bet… Read More

Former Microsoft CFO John Connors named to Midas List for top investors

John Connors, a venture capitalist at Bellevue-based Ignition Partners who previously served as CFO of Microsoft, was named to Forbes’ 2013… Read More