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		<title>Zuora&#8217;s Journey To Managing The Subscription Economy</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2014/07/05/zuoras-path-to-managing-the-subscription-economy/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leena Rao]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2014 18:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The idea for subscription billing startup Zuora was born in Marc Benioff's office. In 2006, K.V. Rao, then a WebEx senior engineer, was meeting with Benioff and Salesforce CMO Tien Tzuo. Tzuo made a comment that subscription billing was a hard problem for Salesforce, and Rao agreed that WebEx also felt the same challenge. He left the meeting with the feeling that this problem was something he could solve.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Accompani Wants To Be The Relationship Manager To Rule Them All</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2014/06/16/accompani-wants-to-be-the-relationship-manager-to-rule-them-all/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leena Rao]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2014 17:01:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Many of us suffer the same problem&#8211;as our professional networks grow, we can&#8217;t keep track of each person&#8217;s details, including jobs, personal interests, kids, news and more. Amy Chang, the former global of head of product for Google Analytics and measurement, has spent a lot of time thinking about this problem. And she, and her [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Sand Hill Road&#8217;s Consiglieres: August Capital</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2014/06/14/sand-hill-roads-consiglieres-august-capital/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leena Rao]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2014 18:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There are VCs, and then there are classic VCs.

It was 1980, and 30 year old Dave Marquardt was a young, hot shot VC at Technology Venture Investors looking for his next deal. He heard through the grapevine that another young hotshot, "Billy Gates," was having success with a startup called Microsoft, and he called one of Gates' employees Steve Ballmer, who was his former classmate at Stanford Business School, to get a meeting.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>With Moments, Tinder Decides Photos Shouldn&#8217;t Always Last Forever</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2014/06/05/with-moments-tinder-too-decides-photos-shouldnt-always-last-forever/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leena Rao]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2014 13:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[TC]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[While Tinder has made quite a few romantic matches, the hot new dating app has long had ambitions of connecting people beyond love and attraction. Tinder wants to be the place you go to make any connection, whether that be friendship or romance. Today, the app is launching &#8220;Moments,&#8221; an ephemeral photos feature that CEO Sean [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>So Long TC, And Hello GV</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2014/06/04/so-long-tc-and-hello-gv/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leena Rao]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2014 17:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I thought hard about this post, but time didn’t make it any easier to write. After five-and-a-half years at TechCrunch, I’ll be joining Google Ventures as an operating partner. I am ready for a new challenge. When people ask me about what I love most about my job, I have the same response: “I am [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>WeddingChannel Co-Founder Jenny Lefcourt Joins Freestyle</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2014/05/30/weddingchannel-co-founder-jenny-lefcourt-joins-freestyle-as-partner/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leena Rao]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2014 16:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It was 1998, and Stanford Business School student Jenny Lefcourt and her fellow female co-founder wanted to raise money for an e-commerce-meets-retail idea they had around weddings. They were thrilled when they convinced a well-known VC at a Sand Hill firm to hear their idea. Before meeting, Lefcourt and her co-founder worked tirelessly on their pitch, hoping to win this VC over and leave the firm with a check. After they finished their pitch, the VC thought for a moment and said "I see the pretty girls. Beyond the pretty girls, what do you have for me?"]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>South African E-Commerce Giant Takealot Raises $100M From Tiger Global</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2014/05/23/south-african-e-commerce-giant-takealot-raises-100m-from-tiger-global/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leena Rao]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2014 15:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Takealot, a South African e-commerce site, has raised a whopping $100 million from Tiger Global Management.

The company is still relatively young, launching in 2011, post the acquisition of an existing e-commerce business called Take2 by Tiger Global Management and CEO Kim Reid. The site has attempted to capture the e-commerce power that Amazon has harnessed, and offers DVD’s, Games, Music and Books as well as items in lifestyle categories like Home and Kitchen, Baby and Toddler, Health and Beauty and Sports.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Brit + Co. Doubles Down On E-Commerce, Launches Etsy-Like Marketplace For Makers</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2014/05/21/brit-co-doubles-down-on-ecommerce-launches-etsy-like-marketplace-for-makers/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leena Rao]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2014 16:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There's no shortage of e-commerce companies betting on content as a way to engage with consumers and increase transactions. And we're also starting to see content companies turn on e-commerce as well. Brit + Co., Brit Morin's online community and content platform focused on the DIY and maker movement, has dabbled in e-commerce through subscription craft kits and an affiliate shop. But today, Brit + Co. is expanding its e-commerce plans significantly with the launch of an Etsy-like marketplace where makers can sell their goods.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Indian E-Commerce Site Snapdeal Raises Another $100M From BlackRock And Others</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2014/05/20/indian-e-commerce-site-snapdeal-raises-another-100m-from-blackrock-and-others/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leena Rao]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2014 01:05:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Snapdeal, one of the larger online e-commerce companies in India, has raised $100 million from Temasek, BlackRock, Myriad, Premji Invest and Tybourne. This follows a $133 million round of funding from marketplace giant eBay, Bessemer Venture Partners and others that was just announced three months ago. This brings Snapdeal&#8217;s total funding to over $400 million. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>IBM Watson Acquires Artificial Intelligence Startup Cognea</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2014/05/19/ibm-watson-acquires-artificial-intelligence-startup-cognea/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leena Rao]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2014 20:49:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[IBM's Watson group has announced a new acquisition today -- artificial intelligence company Cognea. IBM confirmed the acquisition via a blog post.

Cognea developed a cognitive computing and conversational artificial intelligence platform. The startup offers virtual assistants that relate to people through personalities. On the company's AngelList page, it says it counts NASA, HP and Start Farm as customers.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>For Aspiring Female Engineers, A Square Meal Of Code</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2014/05/17/for-aspiring-female-engineers-a-square-meal-of-code/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leena Rao]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2014 20:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I thought I had to be a guy to be an engineer,&#8221; she told me as she was siting in the Square offices nearby her home in the Tenderloin, only days away from taking the AP Computer Science test. But Nguyen still held some small hope for being part of this world &#8212; she would [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Kayak Co-Founder Raises $20M For Design-Focused Incubator, Blade</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2014/05/16/kayak-co-founder-raises-20m-for-design-focused-incubator-blade/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leena Rao]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2014 17:32:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Kayak co-founder Paul English is revealing more details about his Boston-based startup incubator, <a target="_blank" href="http://blade.net/">Blade</a>. The new company has raised $20 million in new funding from Accel and General Catalyst (both firms backed Kayak back in the day).]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Stealthy Timeful Raises $7M From Khosla To Help You Manage Your Time</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2014/05/16/stealthy-timeful-raises-7m-from-khosla-to-help-you-manage-your-time/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leena Rao]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2014 16:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A few months ago, we reported on the pending launch of Timeful, a new startup that wants to be an intelligent time manager. Although still in stealth, the company is revealing a Series A round of funding ($6.8 million) led by Khosla Ventures, with participation by Kleiner Perkins Caufield &#38; Byers, Greylock, Data Collective, Pitango, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Backed By Google Ventures And Eric Schmidt, Urban Engines Wants To Solve Urban Congestion Using Data Intelligence</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2014/05/15/backed-by-google-ventures-and-eric-schmidt-urban-engines-wants-to-solve-urban-congestion-using-data-intelligence/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leena Rao]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2014 15:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It's no secret that as our population grows, buses, trains and other transportation infrastructure in cities are becoming more congested. Public transportation departments use qualitative date from surveys, and video cameras to understand congestion, but <a target="_blank" href="https://urbanengines.com/">Urban Engines</a> believes that this can be done in a more efficient, quantitative way using intelligent algorithms and big data analysis.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>OpenDNS Raises $35M From Cisco For Its Cloud-Based Enterprise Network Security As A Service</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2014/05/14/opendns-raises-35m-from-cisco-for-its-cloud-based-enterprise-network-security-as-a-service/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leena Rao]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2014 04:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[TC]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Cloud-based enterprise network security company OpenDNS has raised $35 million in Series C funding from Greylock Partners, Sequoia Capital, Sutter Hill Ventures, Glynn Capital, Cisco, Evolution Equity, Lumia Capital, Mohr Davidow Ventures, and Northgate Capital. This brings the company's total funding to $53 million.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Early Alibaba Backer GGV Raises $620M For Fifth Fund</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2014/05/14/early-alibaba-backer-ggv-raises-620m-for-fifth-fund/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leena Rao]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2014 14:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a target="_blank" href="http://www.ggvc.com/">GGV</a> , the backers of US and Chinese tech companies like Alibaba, Pandora, Qunar, Zendesk and Tudou, has raised $620 million for its fifth venture capital fund. GGV Capital V is just $5 million shy of the firm's last fund, <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/08/21/ggv-capital-closes-new-625m-fund-to-focus-on-china-u-s-expansion-stage-companies/">raised in 2012,</a> and brings the firms total capital under management to more than $2.2 billion.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Darby Smart Raises $6.3M For DIY Craft Marketplace</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2014/05/14/darby-smart-raises-6-3m-for-diy-craft-marketplace/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leena Rao]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2014 13:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a target="_blank" href="http://darbysmart.com/">Darby Smart,</a> a do-it-yourself crafting startup, has raised $6.3 million in Series A funding led by Maveron, with participation from Forerunner Ventures, CAA Ventures and existing investors.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Square M&#038;A Lead Rishi Garg Joins Twitter To Head Corp Dev</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2014/05/12/square-ma-lead-rishi-garg-joins-twitter-to-head-corp-dev/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leena Rao]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2014 16:51:25 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[TC]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Twitter is <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/rishigarg/status/465890165861670912">bringing</a> on a new head of corporate development--<a target="_blank" href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/rishi-garg">Rishi Garg</a>. Garg joined the company from Square, where he headed corporate development for the payments company.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Ask A VC: Google Ventures&#8217; Rich Miner On Android Growth And More</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2014/05/09/ask-a-vc-google-ventures-rich-miner-on-android-growth-and-more/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leena Rao]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2014 21:46:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In this week&#8217;s episode of Ask A VC, Google Ventures&#8217; Rich Miner joined us in the studio to talk about Android&#8217;s massive growth, and more. Miner, who was the co-founder of Android and helped lead the development of the Android platform and ecosystem at Google following the acquisition, talked about his view on &#8220;alternative&#8221; Android outgrowths, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Jawbone&#8217;s Newest Investor Is Rizvi Traverse</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2014/05/09/jawbones-newest-investor-is-rizvi-traverse/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leena Rao]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2014 21:20:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Back in February, <a target="_blank" href="http://recode.net/2014/02/13/rizvi-traverse-to-lead-250-million-investment-in-jawbone-at-3-3-billion-valuation/">Re/code reported</a> that Jawbone was nearly finished raising a $250 million round of funding led by <a target="_blank" href="http://www.rizvitraverse.com/">Rizvi Traverse Management</a>, the investment firm that has backed Twitter, Square, Flipboard and a number of others of late.]]></description>
		
		
		
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