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• Hearst inks chat deal with Meebo

  Strategy Eye - 2008-11-14

  Hearst  is adding instant-messaging IM functions to some of its magazine sites, as part of a partnership with Meebo. The service has already debuted on technical magazine site PopularMechanics.com, registering 30,000 unique users in the first week, according to Hearst data. Meebo's chat rooms will also launch on Hearst's...

  Tags: IM, Hearst Corp., Meebo, Instant Messaging, Business Structures, Internet, Online Communications, Finance, Francesco Canepa, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Hearst Corporation, Sequoia Capital, Time Warner

• Fallen Idols - Industry Trend or Event

  - 2001-05-21

  High-profile and respected VCs weren't able to resist the Internet bubble. Now many are paying the price with trouble funds. They talk about it at their children's school plays. They ask the question at Palo Alto power lunches: Who among them, the Silicon Valley venture capitalists wonder, will be...

  Tags: B2B, Benchmark Capital, dot-com, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, FINANCE, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, INTERNET, Investment, investor, Softbank Corp.

• Valley firms find Alley's on right coast; Net-related businesses charge here to find clients and invest, but SF's all about tech.(Brief Article)

  - 2000-08-21

  When San Francisco-based OpenTable.com Inc. decided to expand its geographical presence and broaden its marketplace, it set up shop in the heart of Manhattan. The restaurant reservation company opened offices here last fall to take advantage of th When San Francisco-based OpenTable.com Inc....

  Tags: company, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Internet, talent, venture-capital company

• meVC Draper Fisher Jurvetson Fund I Leads $15 Million Third Round of Funding for Pagoo

  - 2000-07-17

  Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN FRANCISCO--BUSINESS WIRE--July 17, 2000 Investments by meVC DFJ Fund I, Hummer Winblad and Selby Ventures Will Help Internet Telephony Leader Expand Worldwide. Draper Advisers Principal, Nino Marakovic, Takes Board Seat. Pagoo, the world's first full-service Internet phone company, today announced $15...

  Tags: board, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, FINANCE, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, INTERNET, Investment, NETWORKING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, VOIP

• InfoRocket.com Closes $25 Million Second Round of Funding

  - 2000-05-08

  Business & Multimedia Editors NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--May 8, 2000 Investment Shows Continued Growth and Demand for the Online "Information Marketplace" Category InfoRocket.com, the world's first question-and-answer marketplace, today announces the close of a $25 million second round of funding led by Carlyle Venture Partners. The...

  Tags: Draper Fisher Jurvetson, FINANCE, Garage.com, INTERNET, Investment, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.

• The VC Perspective

  BNET - 2000-03-01

  Internet venture capitalists, especially those that focus on financing early-stage companies, get bombarded with proposals outlining business concepts at various stages of development. Internet entrepreneurs considering raising venture capital to finance their companies would be well-served by asking similar questions of themselves and judging the quality of the answers they...

  Tags: Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Internet, Venture Capital, Investment, Finance, Financing Startups

• AuctionRover.com Receives $3 Million Investment from Draper Atlantic Venture Fund

  - 1999-09-28

  RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 28, 1999-- New Online Auction Resource Receives First RTP Funding from Internet-Focused Fund AuctionRover.comtm - an Internet start-up that's adding a new dimension to online auctioning - today announced the successful closing of its first round of financing. Draper Atlantic, the...

  Tags: Atlantic, Draper, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, E-business/E-commerce, Entrepreneurship, INTERNET, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.

• Direct Hit Relocates to New Headquarters to Accommodate Rapid Growth

  - 1999-02-01

  WELLESLEY, Mass.--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 1, 1999-- Aggressive Hiring, New Venture Capital Funding and New Partnerships Result in Move to Expanded Facilities in Wellesley, Mass. Direct Hit Technologies, provider of the Popularity Enginetm, a revolutionary Internet search technology, today announced their relocation to new headquarters in Wellesley, Mass. Since its...

  Tags: Business Wire, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, HotBot, INTERNET, LookSmart Ltd., Massachusetts, SEARCH