http://boathouse.pmhclients.com/index.php/news/ en maria@sparkcapital.com Copyright 2012 2012-02-03T17:47:35+00:00 http://www.sparkcapital.com/index.php/news/article/verivues_santosh_krishnan_to_present_at_cdn_asia http://www.sparkcapital.com/index.php/news/article/verivues_santosh_krishnan_to_present_at_cdn_asia#When:17:47:35Z Verivue Inc, the leading software platform for helping network operators deploy carrier CDN and transparent caching in a single, unified platform, today announced its participation in the upcoming CDN Asia conference. The event will take place on February 7 and 8, 2012 at the Eaton Hotel in Hong Kong. Verivue’s vice president of product strategy, Santosh Krishnan, will lead a session entitled: The Benefits of Virtualization and Extensibility in Deploying Operator CDNs. Dr. Krishnan will explain how CDN infrastructures can increase service revenue while transparent caching can reduce the costs of carrying over-the-top (OTT) content and multimedia delivery to current subscribers. He will also detail the benefits of deploying a content delivery solution that is extensible. Lastly, he’ll outline the advantages of sharing resources amongst multiple software components. The session will be held on February 7 at 9:40am. Company Type, Infrastructure, Article Type, In The News, Company, Verivue, 2012-02-03T17:47:35+00:00 http://www.sparkcapital.com/index.php/news/article/latest_rankings_confirm_programmatic_buying_and_selling_is_taking_the_lead http://www.sparkcapital.com/index.php/news/article/latest_rankings_confirm_programmatic_buying_and_selling_is_taking_the_lead#When:16:40:00Z /PRNewswire via COMTEX/—The latest data from comScore’s December 2011 Video Metrix exposes an important trend; the volume of video ads traded using self-service and automated buying tools is growing rapidly. Adap.tv, the company that provides a programmatic way to plan, buy, sell and measure television and video advertising, delivered the highest duration of video ads at 636 million minutes in more than 1.1 billion video streams. “The impact of programmatic buying and selling on media will be greater than the impact of e-commerce on the retail industry,” says Amir Ashkenazi, CEO of Adap.tv. “In just a few years, we expect buying and selling of TV and Video ads to be as simple as buying and selling anything else online.” Company Type, Platforms, Article Type, In The News, Company, Adap.tv, 2012-02-03T16:40:00+00:00 http://www.sparkcapital.com/index.php/news/article/fred_wilson_todd_dagres_and_more_cheer_nys_growth_in_the_vc_game http://www.sparkcapital.com/index.php/news/article/fred_wilson_todd_dagres_and_more_cheer_nys_growth_in_the_vc_game#When:14:16:00Z Much like the New York Giants charging onto the football field, companies such as bitly, BarkBox, and Gilt Groupe—along with their backers—have upped the caliber of innovation expected from startups in New York. In response to this upswell of activity, Xconomy brought some 250 members of the local investor and entrepreneurial community together Wednesday to catch a glimpse of the city’s potential as a venture hub. (And to debate the merits of the Giants vs. the Patriots.) Fred Wilson, managing partner of Union Square Ventures, and Todd Dagres, general partner and founder of Spark Capital, discussed the role media hype plays with some startups and the rise of social media, during a keynote chat moderated by David Rosenblatt, CEO of 1stdibs. Article Type, In The News, Company, Spark Capital, 2012-02-03T14:16:00+00:00 http://www.sparkcapital.com/index.php/news/article/.tumbling_on_success_how_tumblrs_david_karp_built_a_500_million_empire http://www.sparkcapital.com/index.php/news/article/.tumbling_on_success_how_tumblrs_david_karp_built_a_500_million_empire#When:18:53:14Z On the evening of August 23, 2011, Chris, a New Yorker who wishes his surname to be withheld, created a Tumblr account. His aim was to raise awareness of the Occupy Wall Street march planned for September 17. The idea was simple: he asked users to submit a photograph of themselves holding a sign explaining their economic circumstances. He called the page We Are The 99 Per Cent, and promptly forgot about it. Four days later, Chris returned to his flat, after spending time preparing meals for protesters, and checked the We Are The 99 Per Cent tumblelog. When he had left, there had been two photos in the inbox. “I thought, I’ll have five or six more submissions,” says Chris, now 29. “The inbox was overflowing. I spent that night reading through the submissions. By the time I was done, I had barely dented this thing.” Company Type, Applications, Article Type, In The News, Company, Tumblr, 2012-02-02T18:53:14+00:00 http://www.sparkcapital.com/index.php/news/article/spark_capital_names_new_general_partner http://www.sparkcapital.com/index.php/news/article/spark_capital_names_new_general_partner#When:15:04:04Z Spark Capital has promoted Mo Koyfman to general partner and will be based in the firm’s New York City office. In his new role he will continue to focus on consumer Web and mobile investments as well as sectors that exhibit network or marketplace dynamics such as education and wellness. Article Type, In The News, Company, Spark Capital, 2012-02-01T15:04:04+00:00 http://www.sparkcapital.com/index.php/news/article/the_smart_list_2012_50_people_who_will_change_the_world http://www.sparkcapital.com/index.php/news/article/the_smart_list_2012_50_people_who_will_change_the_world#When:21:39:52Z Welcome to the first Wired Smart List. We set out to discover the people who are going to make an impact on our future—by asking today’s top achievers who, emerging in their field, they’d most like to have a leisurely lunch or dinner with. So we approached some of the world’s brightest minds—from Melinda Gates to Ai Weiwei—to nominate one fresh, exciting thinker who is influencing them, someone whose ideas or experience they feel are transformative. Company Type, Services, Article Type, In The News, Company, Jana, 2012-01-31T21:39:52+00:00 http://www.sparkcapital.com/index.php/news/article/covestor_announces_next_invest_conference_in_the_cloud http://www.sparkcapital.com/index.php/news/article/covestor_announces_next_invest_conference_in_the_cloud#When:15:58:41Z Covestor, an investment management company that enables individuals to mirror the transactions of experienced investors, announced Next Invest a first-of-its-kind virtual conference. During this online event on March 20 and 21, attendees can connect with top investors, learn how they’re positioning their portfolios and obtain actionable ideas from the convenience of their computers and mobile devices. Covestor is a financial marketplace that lets clients: •  see what 135 experienced investors are buying and selling in their own portfolios; •  select from nearly 200 investment models; •  and copy proven investors’ trades in real time. Company Type, Services, Article Type, In The News, Company, Covestor, 2012-01-31T15:58:41+00:00 http://www.sparkcapital.com/index.php/news/article/runkeeper_adds_9_new_partners_to_healthgraph_api http://www.sparkcapital.com/index.php/news/article/runkeeper_adds_9_new_partners_to_healthgraph_api#When:15:38:48Z RunKeeper took yet another step towards becoming a dominant health and fitness platform this morning with the announcement of nine new integration partners, bringing the total number to 45. The new partners signal the continued growth of the company’s app ecosystem, just six months after the launch of RunKeeper’s HealthGraph API. Company Type, Applications, Article Type, In The News, Company, Runkeeper, 2012-01-31T15:38:48+00:00 http://www.sparkcapital.com/index.php/news/article/in_nonstop_whirlwind_of_campaigns_twitter_is_a_critical_tool http://www.sparkcapital.com/index.php/news/article/in_nonstop_whirlwind_of_campaigns_twitter_is_a_critical_tool#When:14:02:25Z When Newt Gingrich said in a recent debate that he was a man of “grandiose” ideas, Mitt Romney’s campaign pounced. It sent mocking Twitter messages with a hashtag, “#grandiosenewt”, encouraging voters to add their own examples of occasions when they felt Mr. Gingrich had been “grandiose.” Within minutes, the hashtag was trending on Twitter. Reporters picked up on it, sending out their own Twitter posts and writing their own articles. The result: for at least one news cycle, the Romney campaign had stamped a virtual “grandiose” on Mr. Gingrich’s forehead. Company Type, Platforms, Article Type, In The News, Company, Twitter, 2012-01-30T14:02:25+00:00 http://www.sparkcapital.com/index.php/news/article/interview_david_karp_founder_of_tumblr_on_realising_his_dream http://www.sparkcapital.com/index.php/news/article/interview_david_karp_founder_of_tumblr_on_realising_his_dream#When:13:22:51Z The chief executive of one of the fastest-growing startups on the internet says he lied about his age and experience to woo clients David Karp, the founder of the blogging platform Tumblr, was 17 when he decided to cut the apron strings and move to Tokyo. With a smattering of Japanese and a sharp eye for computer code, the impatient Manhattan teenager embarked on a period of self-discovery. Company Type, Applications, Article Type, In The News, Company, Tumblr, 2012-01-30T13:22:51+00:00