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LinkedIn connects with investors for $22.7 million

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By Vassil Mladjov 23 Oct 2008
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - LinkedIn Corp. has raised an additional $22.7 million to help insulate the steadily growing online business network from the economic storm and provide more financial flexibility.

The investment announced Thursday was made by one of LinkedIn's long-time backers, Bessemer Venture Partners, and three newcomers — the venture arm of business software maker SAP AG, banker Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and The McGraw-Hill Companies...

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NYT - At Social Site, Only the Businesslike Need Apply - great article

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By Vassil Mladjov 18 Jun 2008
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The New York Times



This is a great article by Brad Stone here. The only thing that I would like to add is that most big companies (as well as the small and the mid size once) should be very careful when using open social networks for their internal collaborations. If I was Merrill or any other bank for example would I let my users share corporate info and insides on LinkedIn? Come on. Where is the corporate compliance here?! How can you be sure that all members in...
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Tags: blogtronix, funding, groups, collaboration, linkedin, vc, nyt, brad stone, facebook

SocialText raises $3m toward a $6.5 M Series C

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By Vassil Mladjov 04 Jun 2007
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SocialText, a startup that makes collaborative wiki platforms for enterprises, has raised $3 million toward a $6.5 million Series C venture financing, according to a regulatory filing.

The company is backed by Draper Fisher Jurvetson, SAP and theOmidiyar Network, from which it has already raised $3 million in its Series B. Other backers include tech executives Mark Pincus, CEO of Tribe.net which sold the majority of its assets to Cisco earlier th...

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Tags: web 2.0, VC, funding, suitetwo

KPCB's Ray Lane and Blogtronix

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By Vassil Mladjov 07 May 2007
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Last week, during the RedHerring Spring conference, I had the chance to listen and than even talk to KPBC’s Ray Lane.  It was clear that KPCB invests only in home runs.  They want to find the next Google and make lots of money for their investors.  

So, I approached Ray, since Brook Byers told that I needed to talk to Ray about Blogtronix. It turns out that KP invested in Spike Source, which I totally missed somehow and that they could not work w...
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Tags: blogtronix, funding, red herring, Ray Lane, KPCB

Raising the A round and what do you do, when VC's start knocking on your door?!

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By Vassil Mladjov 04 Apr 2007
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Over the past several week, I started to receive emails and calls from not only customers, but VC's as well. This is a very interesting thing for me since 2 years (even 3) ago, when I first started to seek funding for my Blogtronix idea, I was lucky if I was able to get an email back from a VC, saying this something like:

"Thank you for your interest in (VC name),
This is very interesting, but we will pass at this time, please keep us posted on ...
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iUpload rased $7M last month

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By Vassil Mladjov 04 Apr 2007
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Last week (or the week before) I spoke with Robin Hopper at Under The Radar conference.  IUpload rased $7M from couple of US VC's.  IUpload is no longer a Canadian company and now is a US company. Robin also hired a new CEO to head the company. I think the round was made by Greylock Partners and North Bridge Venture Partners.

This shows once again that the VC's are starting to look at corporate blogging (what iUpload does) as something important ...
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New way to raise money for Oakland Schools

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By Vassil Mladjov 17 Sep 2006
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My name is Vassil Mladjov. Both my kids go to public schools in Oakland, CA. During my day job, I run a new technology startup called Blogtronix. We provide enterprise blogging, wiki and social networking services.  I am launching a local blog /social networking community called OaklandBlog.com and I think that it can generate revenue for the local schools by running Google and local business ads.

Our school right now uses Yahoo groups to collabo...

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Tags: funding, schools, oakland