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Deal Flow: For the Week Ending October 16, 2006

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Google News:
- Google “Docs and Spreadsheets” launches

New Companies:
- Smalltown launches and has $3mm from Formative Ventures
- Coghead launches: allows for easy online application building

Fundings:
- AirPlay secures $14mm series B: merging mobile gaming and live TV
- Ripe Digital receives a $32mm series B: on demand TV
- Cellfish Media raises $50mm: pioneer in original mobile content creation
- LeadPoint Secures $2mm series C: online leads exchange
- Procore Technologies raises over $2mm series B: software-as-a-service for construction projects
- SolFocus completes a $32mm series A: solar cells
- Amyris gets $20mm: developing alternative fuel
- Indian local search engine Guruji.com gets $7mm from Sequoia
- Practical Instruments raises $8mm: solar energy
- PopSugar takes ~$5mm series A from Sequoia

VC News:
- Sevin Rosen halts latest fund
- VentureBeat launches VentureBoard

Cool Toy O’ the Week:
- H-Racer: Hydrogen Fueled Toy Car

Written by Eric Olson

October 16th, 2006 at 9:16 pm

Posted in Deal Flow: Weekly Wrap-Ups

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