Tim Draper: Meg Whitman Will Bring Silicon Valley Sensibilities To The State Capitol

Editor’s note: The following is a guest post and endorsement written by Timothy C. Draper , Founder and a Managing Director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson. Seventy years ago, Stanford grads David Packard and Bill Hewlett took $538 dollars, opened up shop in a Palo Alto garage and, as they say, the rest is history.

Dude, I Am So High Right Now

Just in from WeedMaps (think Yelp for Pot ) CEO/owner Justin Hartfield: an email letting us know that Tim Draper at Draper Fisher Jurvetson isn’t going to invest in his startup. That’s ok, says Hartfield. He’ll just keep “growing organically” for now

InfoAxe Raises $3 Million For The Search Engine For Your Web History

Contextual search startup InfoAxe has raised $3 million in Series A funding today from Stephen Oskoui, CEO of online advertising company Smiley Media. The startup had previously raised $900,000 in seed funding from Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Labrador Ventures, Band of Angels and Amidzad Partners

CleanTech Venture Investments Total $2 Billion In Q2, Exits Reach More Than $8 Billion

Clean technology remains one of the hottest areas of venture funding.

Tremor Media Shakes Another $40 Million Out Of The VC Money Tree

Tremor Media is already the largest online video ad network in the U.S., and the company says it’s been profitable since 2009. Now the company just closed a large $40 million series D financing to accelerate its product R&D particularly its ad management system, and expand into “other media channels” (TV perhaps?). The round was led by the Draper Fisher Jurvetson Growth Fund, with some money coming from DFJ proper and Triangle Peak Partners.

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