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Blind, An Anonymous Chat App for Employees, Raises Series A Funding from DCM

Tired of being monitored by your company while wanting to dish with colleagues about said company? Or maybe you’re curious about what people with similar work experience are making at other companies? Blind, a two-year-old app founded in South Korea and newly available in the U.S., may be just the thing for you. Its big […]

Filed Under: Entrepreneurs, Investment Opportunities Tagged With: Blind, DCM, Naver, Yik Yak

At Venture Firms, Balancing Brands Within Brands

There was a time in venture capital when it was almost unthinkable for investing professionals to make personal bets on startups outside their firms. That seemingly began to change about a decade ago. For example, after Accel Partners made an early bet on Facebook that would prove among the most lucrative in venture history, the […]

Filed Under: Firm Dynamics Tagged With: Accel, angel investing, DFJ, Jim Breyer, Raise.com, Tim Draper, VCs, Yik Yak

StrictlyVC: October 30, 2014

GIANTS. GIANTS. GIANTS. (Web visitors, here’s an easier-to-read version of today’s email.) —– Top News in the A.M. Apple CEO Tim Cook has publicly acknowledged that he is gay, saying in a powerful BusinessWeek op-ed this morning that, “I don’t consider myself an activist, but I realize how much I’ve benefited from the sacrifice of […]

Filed Under: Morning Summary Tagged With: Azure Capital, Cameron Lester, Yik Yak

Yik Yak: The Startup in Twitter’s Rearview Mirror

Yik Yak, an app that acts like a local bulletin board, allowing users within a 1.5-mile range to post to it anonymously, hasn’t received nearly as much press as other anonymous apps, including Whisper and Secret. It’s seeing much more user pick-up, though. As of last night, Yik Yak was the 27th most downloaded free […]

Filed Under: Startup Tagged With: Atlanta Ventures, Azure Capital, Cameron Lester, DCM, Renren, Tim Draper, Vaizra Investments, Yik Yak

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