Dan Primack

The self-obsessed blogosphere is sure to be buzzing today with news that Technorati has scored $7.6 million in Series C funding, from return backers like DFJ and Mobius Venture Capital (according to a regulatory filing). But Technorati is basically just a search engine, rather than an original content provider. So imagine the hubbub when HuffingtonPost.com […]

Don’t expect to catch Ed Olkkola, a general partner with Austin Ventures, in the office after May 2. From May 3 to May 11, he’ll be racing his 2000 Ford Lightning pickup truck in the Cannonball Run. (Seriously. It’s like the movie – only without Sammy Davis Jr. or Burt Reynolds.) Never heard of the […]

Who says start-ups can?t get funding in this difficult climate? It just takes a little ingenuity, such as beating out stiff competition and getting the votes from 48 judges. For Firefly Imaging Inc., the 10 weeks and 499 other competitors was worth the effort as it earned a $1 million equity investment in Futuredex Inc.?s […]