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Wall Street Journal names 50 "Next Big Thing" startups; none local, First Round Capital well represented

Tom Paine

The Wall Street Journal this week released its list of  50 "Next Big Thing" startups. The selections are chosen from privately held, venture-backed firms with valuations of less than $1 billion, to emphasize those with considerable potential that aren't that widely known yet.

There are no companies from anywhere near Philly on it, and only a handful from the east coast. The closest is video conferencing startup Vidyo, which is based in Hackensack. There are also a few that are based in New York. Whether this reflects a west coast bias, or simply the reality of where most of the VC money goes, I don't know.

First Round Capital did well, having four of its portfolio companies make it:

• Keep Holdings -AdKeeper,  online ad saving technology (New York)
• Tremor Video - Video technology for content and advertising (New York)
• UberMedia - Bid-based marketplace for Twitter (Pasedena)
• RockMelt - social web brower  (Mountain View)

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Daily Links 9/28/2012: Oracle plans cloud push at OpenWorld; how Bussmann elevated CIO role at SAP

Oracle Plans Cloud Push to Take On Salesforce, Workday (Bloomberg)

IBM Readies “Project Sparta” Aimed at Simplifying Big Data
(All Things D)

IBM looks to build out its cloud through partners
Big Blue will offer grants for resellers to invest in IBM technology, launch marketing campaigns (Network World)

How Oliver Bussmann Elevated the Role of CIO at SAP
(Wall Street Journal: The CIO Report)

The End of the Cash Register? Urban Outfitters Will Ring You Up With iPads (The Atlantic)

UPDATE: Comcast Employees Approach Relocation Deadline (Doylestown Patch)

Clearwire Slides As Time Warner Eyes Exit; Is Comcast Next? (Forbes)

Allscripts Said to Be Exploring Possible Sale (Bloomberg)


T-Mobile Leases Its Towers for $2.4 Billion to Fund Its LTE Plans (All Things D)

MetroPCS Reportedly Holding Talks With Potential Suitors (Forbes)

Health tech is ‘falling out of favor with VCs’? Not quite (Gigaom)

Podcamp East set for media training (Wilmington News Journal)



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