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Could social gaming's next big revenue stream come far, far away from its subscriber base?
The University of California could be forced to disclose closely guarded information on the investment performance of venture capital funds managed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sequoia Capital after a judge last week allowed a lawsuit over the issue to move forward.
At the other end of the photo M&A spectrum, Shutterfly is poised to scoop up Kodak assets on the cheap.
Just six Brazilian tech startups landed venture capital investments in 2009, but that number grew to 17 in 2010 and to 45 last year, according to Diogo Gomes, an online entrepreneur and blogger based in Brazil.
Another M&A deal made by Microsoft shows how valuable the company's investment in Facebook is--a stark contrast back to when that deal was snubbed as being downright crazy.
All of a sudden, Chinese Internet companies are facing a perplexing problem, Reuters reports: They don't have enough capital, or a place to find it, in some cases.
Israeli high-tech firms raised $483 million in venture capital in the first quarter, after raising $2.14 billion in 2011, according to the the Israel Venture Capital Research Center, writes Reuters. The amount raised in the January-March period was 15 percent lower than the fourth quarter but flat versus the first quarter of 2011, IVC, in […]
Workday has raised $250 million from Greylock Partners, New Enterprise Associates, T Rowe Price, Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Janus Capital Group Inc. and Bezos Expeditions, Jeff Bezos' private investment fund.
Growing tech and media startups are driving up rents in Manhattan. Rent in the most desirable Midtown South buildings rose 33% from a year earlier and by $10.08 from the prior quarter to $67.52 per square foot.
Out west in Silicon Valley, a few Fortune 100 tech companies have gotten comfortable hurling patent suits at virtually anyone--but Twitter says it plans to abstain.
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