First Round Capital's Recent Deals

FRC has led a $1 million round (875k raised so far) for Swipely, a Providence RI startup that won't disclose what it is doing yet, acording to Xconomy.

TechCrunch reports that FRC is a return investor in a $5 million round for Outright led by Sequoia Capital. Outright provides online bookeeping services for small businesses. Could it be another Mint? Outright is based in Campbell CA.

FRC also came back for a third round in AppNexus, for $5 million lead by Kodiak Venture Partners , paidContent reports. AppNexus provides online advertising services via a cloud computing platform. It is
based in New York City.




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Daily Links 11/16/09: Cohen says Comcast Ownership of Content ‘Totally Appropriate’

Another chapter starts to unfold in the SAP maintenance story (ZDNet Blogs)


Comcast Expands Online Local Sports Teams To Compete With ESPN (paidContent)

Comcast Ownership of Content ‘Totally Appropriate,’ Cohen Says (Bloomberg)

MGM exploring potential sale of company (Reuters)
Comcast owns a minority stake in MGM.

Listening in on calls to Comcast shows it's not so easy (Chicago Tribune)

Motorola to Enhance On Demand Portfolio with Strategic Acquisition
BitBand contributes IP video delivery expertise and leading share in IPTV Video On Demand (PR Newswire)
Motorola to buy BitBand, restates IPTV intentions amid sale rumors (FierceIPTV)


Investment group approves nearly $1M in funding (Phildelphia Inquirer)
Ben Franklin Technology Partners SE invests in five area companies.

Hay Group CIO Survey
IT Poised for a Recovery in 2010 (Business Wire)

Blumenthal: Stimulus provides strong foundation for HIE (FierceHealthIT)

Harris Corporation Acquires Patriot Technologies; Expands Presence in Integrated Healthcare Information Solutions for the Federal Market
(PR Newswire)
Patriot Technologies is based in King of Prussia.

Little Benefit Seen, So Far, in Electronic Patient Records (New York Times)

TL Ventures Dispute Heads To Arbitration (And Then Back to Court) (PE Hub)
TL Ventures is headquartered in Radnor.

BarCamp indicates that Philly is ready for next step. But will it happen? (Technically Philly)

Voxware Reports First Quarter Results for Fiscal 2010
Worldwide Economic Conditions Contributed to Challenging Quarter (Business Wire)




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