India Growth Needs to Reach the Masses: Sam Pitroda

Source: Avashya

Sam Pitroda, advisor to the Prime Minister of India on public information infrastructure and ... below), founder and managing director of the venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson. He spoke about his ear ...
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Box Releases Major Enterprise Updates

Source: Freshnews.com

LOS ALTOS, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 05/24/12 -- Box today announced an all new suite of powerful tools for enterprise customers that simplifies the management of content in the cloud. Box has enhanced its admin console with intuitive controls to unlock de ...
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The 10 top VC firms in the wireless industry in 2011

Source: Fierce Wireless

2011 was a banner year for venture capital investments in wireless. After the recession of the past few years, venture capitalists came out in force during 2011 to invest a total of $6.3 billion in mobile-focused companies, a ...
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Venture Capitalists Kill (Optimism Around) the Electric Car

Source: Bloomberg.com

Actor and environmental activist Ed Begley Jr. with his Bradley electric car in 1989. Still wondering who killed the electric car? How about some of the country’s most powerful venture capitalists. OK, so they didn’t really kill the electric car, t ...
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peHUB Second Opinion 5.23

Source: PE Hub

The CIT Group has appointed Neil Wessan as MD and group head of CIT Capital Markets effective immedlatey. Previously, Wessan was head of capital markets at Gleacher ...
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BodyMedia Raises $12M

Source: PE Hub

San Diego-based BodyMedia Inc., a maker of wearable body monitors, has closed a $12 million funding round. Investors include Comcast Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson ePlanet, Draper Triangle Ventures, Ascension Health Ventures and InCube Vent ...
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MakeDirect Turns $2M Series A Round from DFJ into a Fresh Start

Source: Xconomy

Taking another crack at building a company, Duy Huynh thinks MakeDirect, his latest New York-based startup, can scale up quickly by breaking old traditions in manufacturing. The company’s e-commerce site lets consumers buy furniture direct ...
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BodyMedia raises $12 million for expansion

Source: Pittsburgh Entertainment

BodyMedia Inc., a Downtown-based developer of wearable body monitoring systems, has raised $12 million from investors, the company said this morning. The money will be used to create new products, expand into new mobile applic ...
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BodyMedia Raises $12 Million Funding Round Led By Comcast Ventures

Source: TechCrunch

BodyMedia, one of the growing number of companies that offers wearable body sensors, just announced that it has raised a $12 million funding round led by Comcast Ventures. The company’s products, including its BodyMedia FIT on-body moni ...
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