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Playdom Investor Jeremy Liew On Why Disney Stepped Up
[7.28.10] Walt Disney Co.’s $563 million deal to acquire two-year-old Playdom Inc. was the latest big exit in the hot social-gaming space. [
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Disney to buy Playdom for at least $563.2 mil
[7.27.10] The Walt Disney Co. has struck a deal to acquire social gaming firm Playdom Inc. for $563.2 million. [
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Stion Raises $70M Round Led by TSMC to Expand to 100MW
[6.17.10] Stion manufactures high-efficiency thin-film solar modules and will commence the expansion to 100MW of capacity in San Jose. [
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AppDynamics Raises $11M
[5.3.10] AppDynamics raises Series B to expand sales, marketing, and R&D [
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Fusion-io Raises $45M in Series C
[4.19.10] Fusion-io raises $45 million to accelerate growth and development of next-generation flash storage technologies [
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LS9’s UltraClean Diesel Receives EPA Registration
[4.13.10] LS9's diesel replacement product offers an 85% reduction in carbon footprint. [
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Solazyme and Unilever Partner for Personal Care Products
[3.9.10] Solazyme's algal oils will be used as a renewable source of natural oils for Unilever's consumer products. [
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Broadcom Completes Acquisition of Teknovus
[3.8.10] Broadcom Corporation today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Teknovus, a leading supplier of Ethernet Passive Optical Network chipsets & software. [
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Zynga Acquires Serious Business
[2.12.10] Zynga, the leader in social gaming with 235M monthly active users, buys Serious Business, creator of games like Friends for Sale and Rock Legends. [
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Orbis Education Raises $8M in Series B Funding
[1.19.10] Orbis develops nursing education solutions that alleviate nursing shortages for hospitals and healthcare systems. [
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Solazyme wins $8.7M in Navy contracts for algae-derived fuel
[9.25.09] Contracts will fund R&D and delivery of 20,000+ gallons of fuel for use in ships and jets. [
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Chevron contributes to $25M round for LS9
[9.24.09] LS9 targets economic production of diesel from designer microbes and sugar by 2011. [
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Pliant Technology Unveils Enterprise Flash Drive Family
[9.14.09] Pliant announced the availability of the industry's highest performance and most reliable flash storage devices [
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Bling Nation Rings in $8M
[7.2.09] Bling Nation, which allows users to pay for goods in stores via their mobile phones, has landed $8M. [
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Solazyme raises $57M in Series C funding
[6.8.09] Solazyme is an algal biotechnology company that produces fuels and oils for the transportation, cosmetic, and food industries. [
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Frequent Contact Helps Bridge International Divide
[6.1.09] Chip-Designer Teknovus Improves Asian Ties by Raising Status of Overseas Offices, Encouraging Staff Visits [
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LS9 Signs Up Strategic Partner Procter & Gamble
[5.21.09] LS9 signed up P&G as its first strategic partner, accelerating the development of its green chemicals technology for applications in soaps and detergents. [
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Unity Semiconductor Closes $22M Series C Financing
[5.19.09] Unity Semiconductor, a semiconductor memory startup, just announced the close of their Series C financing of $22M. [
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2009 Lightspeed Summer Grant winners announced
[4.27.09] Congratulations to our 2009 Summer Grant winners! All teams have been notified by email at this point. Thank you all for applying! [
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Pliant raises $15M in Series C financing
[3.30.09] Pliant looks to bring flash memory to the data center [
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LS9's E. coli: The Unlikely Energy Alternative [VIDEO]
[12.2.08] News 10 takes a visit to LS9 to take a closer look at the company's designer E. coli. [
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Flash Tower Defense Creators Launch Casual Collective
[11.18.08] Founders Paul Preece and David Scott created blockbuster Web game hits Desktop Tower Defense and Flash Element TD. [
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The Open Source Enterprise: Its Time Has Come
[11.15.08] The problems that made open source code impractical for many businesses are falling away. [
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Optier Raises $63M in 4th Round of Funding
[9.23.08] The leader in business transaction management accelerates growth with focus on product line and market expansion. [
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PCH International Secures $21M in VC Funding
[9.17.08] PCH International is a global supply chain services firm with over 700 people located globally. [
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Solazyme produces world's first algal-based jet fuel
[9.9.08] Fuel passes all tested specifications, including ASTM D1655 standard for aviation turbine fuel. [
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Future Win: Three VCs On Top Trends In Gaming
[8.24.08] Jeremy Liew on the rise of free-to-play gaming models. [
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Developers Compete at Facebook Conference
[7.23.08] Newcoming Facebook developers face higher hurdles for success. [
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Building Successful Startups in Israel (video)
[7.16.08] Yoni Cheifetz discusses Lightspeed's Israel investments and success factors for local startups. [
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Skyfire Secures $13M in Series B
[5.28.08] Skyfire produces a mobile browser that allows users to have a rich-media web experience on their handsets. [
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Building Trust, Chinese Style
[4.25.08] Ron Cao and Eric O'Brien comment on how American VC's have learned to assess Chinese companies. [
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Social gaming picks up momentum
[3.31.08] The combination of social networking and games, known as social gaming, is becoming increasingly popular. [
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India Investments More Than Double in 2007
[2.21.08] Jake Seid discusses the growth prospects for India and Lightspeed's investment thesis for the rapidly expanding market. [
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Solar Dominates the Clean Tech Sector
[1.4.08] Andrew Chung discusses trends in solar in this year-end cleantech review. [
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Venture Capital's Clean Dreams for China
[11.2.07] Andrew Chung discusses challenges and opportunities for cleantech investments in China. [
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Lightspeed Makes Moves in India
[10.1.07] Lightspeed Ventures is moving to capitalize on the exploding growth in the Indian consumer market. [
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Why Lightspeed Took the Plunge (into Cleantech)
[9.1.07] Andrew Chung discusses Lightspeed's interest and involvement in cleantech investing. [
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