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Greg Martin , the partner heading up Redpoint Ventures ' Los Angeles office, has reportedly left the firm, according to a report from the Private Equity Insider. Martin is no longer listed on Redpoint'sweb site, was not listed in its latest fundraising documents, and declined to comment on the story. READ MORE>>.
Redpoint Ventures is one of the venture capital firms which has straddled both Northern California and Southern California, with offices in both locations. It would be interesting to hear about where your interests are nowdays, there was a rumor Redpoint had backed off activity here lately. People can come in and have a coffee.
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I left a great firm, Redpoint Ventures (after 11 years), to start a new firm, Archer Venture Capital. Using the social web to fill excess capacity that exists in nearly every business was one of the best uses of the web that I've seen. What was the biggest news for you/your firm this year? Great things will emerge there.
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According to Webvisible, PC Mall will offer its web advertising programs through its online destination site for business services, MyBusinessMVP. WebVisible helps businesses market their products online, and is venture backed by Sutter Hill Ventures and Redpoint Ventures. Financial details of the partnership were not disclosed.
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The "best of show" prize went to Magnify360, which develops software for optimizing content and web sites for specific users. Magnify360 was voted the best investment opportunity by both venture capitalist audience members and panelists.
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Gilt Group is currently the largest private sale web site in US. Current rount: $8.14mm in Series A from Redpoint (lead), Foundry Group, with previous investors, First Round Capital, Lowercase Capital (Chris Sacca), Ravi Narasimham. Configurable from desktop-based web-based UI. Note that I’m not defining who numbers 1,2 are.
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Facebook was largely a web-based company and none of its revenues were generated on mobile, where many analysts were predicting it would be too hard to replicate the revenue potential of the larger real estate on desktop computers. Tact stated with a user-centric approach from Day 1.
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