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RRE Ventures reaches out to next generation of entrepreneurs

RRE Ventures may be the best-kept secret of the East Coast venture capital community. The prestigious New York VC firm, which was established nearly 15 years ago, is well known...


Details says David Karp and Charles Forman love the night life

Tech Confidential is certainly the right place to get all the details about the product strategies, business models, venture capital fundings and investment strategies involving high-profile Web 2.0 entrepreneurs David Karp (founder...


Iminlikewithyou is indeed "the next David Karp"

It's official: Charles Forman, founder of Iminlikewithyou, emailed us Thursday evening with a link to Spark Capital Bijan Sabet's blog post announcing funding for the gaming startup."I'm thrilled to announce...


Iminlikewithyou's Charles Forman 'the next David Karp'?

  Charles Forman, founder and CEO of Iminlikewithyou, is the likely heir apparent to Spark Capital's next investment and to the title of Web 2.0 whiz kid currently held by Tumblr Inc.'s 21-year-old founder David Karp,...


Spark Capital's Dennis Miller has his hands on the "next David Karp"

At paidContent's EconAds seminar this week in New York, Spark Capital general partner Dennis Miller said the early-stage VC firm is set to announce its investment in a startup launched...


Betaworks under the microscope

Betaworks might be the most influential early-stage investment firm no one's ever heard of. If it's take on Web 2.0 is right, that's sure to change. Tech Confidential takes...


Union Square Ventures' Brad Burnham on new fund, new partner

  Union Square Ventures recently closed a new $156 million fund in capital commitments, which partner Brad Burnham (pictured) says is "large enough for us to be able to act on our...


Jobster founder Jason Goldberg says stealth startup is 'new type' of social news service

 Earlier today while digging around the Web for details about Social Median, Jason Goldberg's angel-backed stealth startup, I came across a job Goldberg had listed on Jobster Inc., the career site he...


Tumblr Inc. 21-year-old founder David Karp following in Steve Jobs' footsteps

  Like many a Web 2.0 entrepreneur, David Karp hopes his product will be used by millions of people one day. But unlike other ambitious founders, the 21-year-old founder of micro-blogging tool maker Tumblr...


Vimeo founder Jakob Lodwick don't need no stinkin' funding

  On the last day of his vacation in Cabo San Lucas, Jakob Lodwick -- the edgy and often irreverent founder of CollegeHumor.com and Vimeo Inc. (both backed by IAC/InterActiveCorp) and...


Martin Varsavsky latest to invest in Tumblr

"I invested in www.tumblr.com!" enthused Martin Varsavsky Sunday morning in a Twitter post announcing his modest $25,000 bet on the multimedia blog tool maker. In a longer post on...


Fred Wilson, Pied Piper of young Internet talent

Venture capitalists who invest in seed-stage companies often like to back "serial entrepreneurs" who come with a proven track record of successful startups behind them. By contrast, Union Square Ventures has invested...


At 21, Tumblr's David Karp takes the long view

David Karp, the 21-year-old founder of blog tool maker Tumblr Inc., which recently got $750,000 in seed funding from Union Square Ventures and other Silicon Alley investors, stopped by Tech...


David Karp: Tumblr's "almost one-man band"

Painting a full picture of David Karp would be easier if I had Tumblr, the blogging tool he helped invent. That would make it more practical to compose a visually...



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