From: VatorNews.tv on Mon, Sep 14 2009 11:35 AM

Adeo Ressi, founder of TheFunded, is guest host analyzing the No. 1 social gaming company on the Web Zynga, the hottest social gaming company with 100 million users, is believed to be raising another round of financing, which will most likely result in a significant valuation for the hot socia...

From: VatorNews.tv on Sat, Sep 12 2009 4:02 PM

What am I Missy Episode 34 - Beatles stuck in 20th century; Free vs paid; Smule’s contest This episode is brought to you by our sponsor Smule, the creators of  iPhone applications like Ocarina, has a cool "Feel the Love" contest running. Users who have Leaf Trombone can register to win $500 at...

From: VatorNews.tv on Fri, Sep 11 2009 3:23 PM

How will people use location-based discover, and how Aloqa stacks up against competition "We’re bringing together your whole context," said Aloqa CEO Sanjeev Agrawal, in this second segment of a four-part interview I had with him recent. Sanjeev was responding to a question I asked about the ...

From: VatorNews.tv on Tue, Sep 08 2009 12:49 PM

CEO Andy Dunn introduces polo shirt line and says the retailer is on track to hit $5-$6 mln in sales In the old days (or pre-commercialization of the Internet), the idea of buying clothes, particularly pants, without the tactile experience of trying them on probably seemed a tough concept to g...

From: VatorNews.tv on Tue, Sep 08 2009 10:38 AM

The thin-client virtualization startup has captured 15% of the K-12 education market in two years. President Obama has earmarked billions of stimulus dollars for education technology. If the education system holds true to form, that money will be summarily devoured, leaving the bureauc...

From: VatorNews.tv on Sat, Sep 05 2009 12:39 PM

What am I Missy Episode 33 - Disney and Marvel; Aloqa’s mobile discovery; Smule's contest This episode is brought to you by our sponsor Smule, the creators of  iPhone applications like Ocarina, has a cool "Feel the Love" contest running. Users who have Leaf Trombone can register to w...

From: VatorNews.tv on Fri, Sep 04 2009 10:12 AM

VC Noah Doyle’s advice: Create a culture, remember the KISS principle and keep costs down In this segment, Bambi Francisco interviewed Noah Doyle, managing partner at Javelin Venture Partners. Doyle has had a lot of experience on the operations side as well as the investing side. Prior to Jave...

From: VatorNews.tv on Thu, Sep 03 2009 11:31 AM

User-generated directory on track (yet again) to double sales this year This is the second part of a three-segment interview with Jim Fowler, CEO of Jigsaw, a fast-growing, user-generated business directory. (See interview No. 1)Jigsaw has been profitable for the past three quarters and its re...

From: VatorNews.tv on Wed, Sep 02 2009 12:35 PM

CEO Sanjeev Agrawal on how Aloqa helps you discover who and what’s around you Aloqa is a mobile services company that recommends Facebook friends around you and things to do. It recently raised $1.5 million in venture funding from Wellington Partners and angel investors. This past July, Aloqa ...

From: VatorNews.tv on Mon, Aug 31 2009 11:25 AM

Vator Box and Javeline Venture Partners Noah Doyle take a look at the young photo-printing service During Noah Doyle’s recent vacation, his wife lost about 4,000 pictures she had created a photo album on one of the leading photo-sharing sites and lost their photos. To this end, there's a ...

From: VatorNews.tv on Sat, Aug 29 2009 12:16 PM

What am I Missy, Episode 32 - AOL, the Kindle vs e-Reader, Smule’s competition This episode is brought to you by our sponsor Smule, the creators of  iPhone applications like Ocarina, has a cool "Feel the Love" contest running. Users who have Leaf Trombone can register to win $500 at just need...

From: VatorNews.tv on Fri, Aug 28 2009 5:27 PM

Chrys Bader on how Vidly completed a round in just over a month Vidly, a San Francisco-based startup, has raised $500,000 in seed funding from several angel investors, including Ron Conway, who has previously invested in Twitter.In this segment of fundRazor, host John Bautista talks to Chrys B...

From: VatorNews.tv on Fri, Aug 28 2009 11:19 AM

VC partner Noah Doyle explains why JP invested in Nexenta and Sense Networks In this segment, Bambi Francisco continued her discussion with Noah Doyle, venture partner at Javelin Venture Partners. (See Interview I: What Javelin seeks to fund). BF: You’ve invested in nine companies and have rai...

From: VatorNews.tv on Wed, Aug 26 2009 11:39 AM

The pioneer of the most celebrated IPO says it’s tough to take companies public on the Net About 15 years ago, Andy Klein - then a securities attorney - wanted to raise funds for his tiny Manhattan brewing company, Sping Street Brewing. Andy, who currently is CEO of his new company, Spotzer, d...

From: VatorNews.tv on Sat, Aug 22 2009 12:03 PM

What am I Missy, Episode 31 - VCs predict Zynga, LinkedIn will IPO soon and Smule competition This episode is brought to you by our sponsor Smule, the creators of  iPhone applications like Ocarina, has a cool "Feel the Love" contest running. Users who have Leaf Trombone can register to win $50...

From: VatorNews.tv on Fri, Aug 21 2009 12:49 PM

Garry Tan and Sachin Agarwal on saving money by raising a $750,000 note rather than an equity round

Garry Tan and Sachin Agarwal co-founded Posterous, whose technology makes it easy to publish and share content on the Web, via email. There are two billion email accounts, but on...

From: VatorNews.tv on Thu, Aug 20 2009 12:16 PM

The up-and-coming Norwest Partner also predicts VC consolidation and the rise of super angels In the not-too-distant future, Tim Chang sees a brave new world of online “gaming-as-a-service”: cloud-based, free-to-play, frictionless distribution, all monetized through advertising, virtual goods ...

From: VatorNews.tv on Wed, Aug 19 2009 11:10 AM

Startup Sessions features the founders of Picwing who share thoughts on print photos and beyond "Memory is pretty visual to me, and photography is kind of a way to freeze in time the memories you may have of something," explained Edward Kim, co-founder of Picwing as he took me on a photo-shoot...

From: VatorNews.tv on Tue, Aug 18 2009 2:46 PM

Fark tries to unambiguate its headlines to drive more users to its aggregated news Fark has become a pioneering publisher as it taps Digger – a semantic technology-based organizer of content – to help re-categorize its millions of aggregated news stories. Unlike other traditional news sites, F...

From: VatorNews.tv on Mon, Aug 17 2009 11:51 AM

Co-founder and CEO Jim Fowler on rebuilding the database for business information In this segment, Bambi Francisco interviewed Jim Fowler, co-founder and CEO of Jigsaw, a leading provider of business card and company data services that leverages user-generated content contributed by its commun...