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Yuri Milner Launches Start Fund, Giving Every Y Combinator Company $150,000


Venture capitalists Yuri Milner of DST and Ron Conway of SV Angel have launched a new fund called The Start Fund. The first order of business is to invest $150,000 in every Y Combinator start-up company. The $150,000 investment will be convertible debt with no cap and discount.
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Lauren Leto Raises Funding For New Startup Called BNTER


You may know Lauren Leto best as being the co-founder of TextsFromLastNight.com. Now Leto is working on her second start-up called BNTER. Leto raised funding for BNTER from several angel investors that include Founder Collective (Chris Dixon), SV Angel (David Lee), and High Line Venture Partners (Shana Fisher).
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iPhone App Review Service Chomp Raises $2 Million


Chomp.com is an iPhone application recommendation service that has about 300,000 users that left about 1.5 million reviews.  Now Chomp has raised about $2 million in funding.

Chomp also has an iPhone application that allows users to click Like or Dislike for applications.  Based on your reviews Chomp puts together a list of other apps you might like.

The $2 million in funding is from Bluerun Ventures, David Lee, and Brian Pokomy.  Chomp previously raised $556,000 from Ron Conway, Auren Hoffman, Aydin Senkut. [VentureBeat]

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