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Seedcamp Selection Day

From the initial applicant pool Seedcamp will select a short-list of candidates for further consideration. If selected to advance, teams will come to London for an interview.

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Date: 9 September 2009
Location: eOffice Soho, UK

$23m Invested in Twitter Startups

Taxonomy of Twitter-Focused StartupsTwitter is dominating social media-related headlines in the same way Facebook did last year, but a report by Chubby Brain for Sun Startup Essentials pegs investment in Twitter-related start-ups at a touch over $23m in 11 different companies, including the UK’s own Tweetdeck. The data was collated at the end of June so doesn’t include £100k raised by political tweetmongers, Tweetminister.

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14 August 2009 by Sam Michel

Always On

The seventh annual Summit at Stanford, presented by AlwaysOn and Stanford Technology Ventures Program, is a two-and-a-half-day executive gathering that highlights the significant economic, political and commercial trends affecting the global technology industries.

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Date: 28 July 2009
Location: Stanford University, US

Digital Mission - let the show begin

Yesterday started with investor meetings over breakfast. Both for those companies fundraising, and those that were not, there were fruitful discussions about the market. VCs can be hard to track down, so having a place for rapid one-on-one meetings (in the very nice surroundings of the Winston and Strawn offices) was priceless.

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17 September 2008 by Benjamin Ellis