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Square COO Keith Rabois Says Mobile Apps Are Killing The Web
Keith Rabois, the chief operating officer of Square, was interviewed by BusinessInsider and the answers he gave were slightly controversial. Especially when asked about whether he believes that the desktop based browsing was dying. “So for example, which is going to be more important to the future of society: a website with www-dot-url or one of these? [pulls out his iPhone].”
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Google Shuts Down Slide So Max Levchin Leaves
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) acquired Slide about a year ago for $182 million. Now Slide is being shut down so Slide founder Max Levchin is leaving Google.
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ZeroCater Raises $1.5 Million To Help You Plan Office Lunches
Square Ships About 500,000 Card Readers and Launches Square Card Case
Square is a mobile payments startup company that has shipped about 500,000 card readers. Square reported about 1 million transactions in May and the company is processing about $3 million in mobile payments per day. Square has announced a new service today called Square Register.
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1000Memories Raises $2.5 Million
1000Memories has raised $2.5 million in a round of funding led by Greylock Partners. Angel investors Caterina Fake, Ron Conway, Keith Rabois, Paul Buchheit, Mike Maples, and Chris Sacca also participated in this round. David Thacker of Greylock will be joining the board of directors at 1000Memories. 1000Memories is a website where loved ones can express words about people in their lives that have passed away. The appeal of 1000Memories is that it does not have ads and the website design is stylish. [TechCrunch]
Facebook Co-Founder Eduardo Saverin and Other High-Profile Investors Send $8 Million To Qwiki
Qwiki has raised $8 million in series A funding. The largest investor in this round is Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin. Saverin has been very low-key with his investments due to the tumultuous experience he had as a Facebook co-founder. Essentially Mark Zuckerberg reduced Saverin’s equity to 0.03%, but gave him proper equity back when Saverin started talking to the press about his side of the story. His side of the story was made into a movie called The Social Network.
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iOS App Company Miso Media Raises $600,000 From Google Ventures and Other Angels
Google Ventures and a couple of angel investors has invested $600,000 in an iOS application development company called Miso Media. Along with Google, some of the other investors incldue Keith Rabois (Square COO) and Laura Ziskin (film producer). Miso builds music applications that are similar to Guitar Hero, but it uses real guitar fingering. The Miso apps will help you learn how to play guitar, bas guitar (four and five-string), banjo, mandolin, and the ukelele. Once approved by Apple, Miso Music will sell for an intro price of $2.99. Miso was co-founded by Ryan Tsukamoto, Aviv Grill, and Joselle Ho. [Mashable]
Categories Google Ventures, Keith Rabois, Laura Ziskin, Miso Media
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Art.sy Raises $1.25 Million From Several Angel Investors
Art.sy is a New York City based startup company that has raised $1.25 million in funding. Investors in Art.sy include Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Rupert Murdoch’s wife Wendi, Jack Dorsey (Twitter co-founder), Jim Breyer, Dash Zhukova, Founder Collective, Keith Rabois, David Tisch, Charlei Cheever, Dave Morin, and David Kidder. Art.sy’s funding was led by Thrive Capital. Art.sy raised $160,000 in seed funding and launched at TechCrunch Disrupt. Art.sy was founded by 24 year old founder Carter Cleveland and he decided to make the website private again. Now he is shifting his service to be more focused on high-end art deals. [TechCrunch]
Topguest Raises $2 Million And Adds Peter Thiel As An Advisor
Topguest is a mobile check-in loyalty service that was founded five months ago. The service has raised $2 million in Series A funding and has added Peter Thiel as an advisor. The investors in this round of funding include Founders Fund, Ron Conway, Keith Rabois, Jeff Clavier, and Naval Ravikant. Topguest is also exiting beta today.
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Prominent Investors Plug $9 Million In Funding For Causes.com
Causes is an online philanthropy service that was started by Joe Green and Sean Parker. Causes recently raised $9 million in Series C funding from Founders Fund, Marc Benioff, Dustin Moskovitz, Karl Jacob, Keith Rabois, and Ron Conway. Scott Sandell will also be joining as an observer on the Causes board of directors. Green said that the company plans to use the funding for building their team.
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