The following is an interview with Mark Solon of Highway 12 Ventures regarding VCIR Fall, which takes place Sept 9-11 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Q. Mark, for those who don’t know you, can you introduce yourself? I’m the founder and managing partner of Highway 12 Ventures in Boise. We’re an early-stage venture firm focused on …
The guys from MapBuzz pinged me to tell me they’re powering the DNC events map on Politics West. They’ve partnered with The Denver Post and Zvents to create an interactive map of all the events. Check it out: http://www.politicswest.com/mapbuzz
Razzem.com allows users to create funny photos or animations and then use them to make fun of people (celebrities, your friends, whatever). The company intends to deploy Razzem through other social media sites like Facebook and YouTube. For example, if you are a Facebook member you can Razz your contacts with a few simple clicks …
The winners of the 9th annual BCBR IQ (innovation quotient) awards were announced last night at Folsom Field. They were: Business: Envysion Communications: Tendril Networks Computer: StillSecure Consumer: Quintess Internet/Software, Business: HiveLive Internet/Software, Consumer: Socialthing (acquired by AOL yesterday) Medical & Health: Tensegrity Prosthetics Nonprofits: Crayons to Calculators Sports and Outdoor: Optibike Sustainable: Eco-Cycle Congrats …
AOL has acquired Socialthing, a Techstars company from 2007 which built a popular digital life manager. TechCrunch, Somewhat Frank, and Mashable all have coverage of the news, as does the Techstars blog in case you want more details. Disclosure: Through Techstars, I was a small investor in Socialthing.
Lijit continues to rock as it is now reporting that is has raised an additional $7.1M in venture funding from The Foundry Group, Boulder Ventures, and High Country Venture. This brings Lijit’s total funding to around $11M (it raised angel money and 3.3M previously) . Lijit will use the money to to launch their search …