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<item><title>Devils can&amp;#39;t seem to score TDs in red zone - East Valley Tribune</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/3-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/129775&amp;cid=1267494415&amp;ei=2eciSZ6VF6qi9gTS7by4AQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNHJWoTSJDzOBQa25lq7V7rtSR5TWQ</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/129775</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:27:22 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/3-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/129775&amp;cid=1267494415&amp;ei=2eciSZ6VF6qi9gTS7by4AQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNHJWoTSJDzOBQa25lq7V7rtSR5TWQ&quot;&gt;Devils can&amp;#39;t seem to score TDs in red zone&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;East Valley Tribune,&amp;nbsp;AZ&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Nov 5, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;And last week at Oregon State, they were victory-costing, as ASU scored on all five red-&lt;b&gt;zone ventures&lt;/b&gt;, but four ended in field  goals. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>Siimpel Gets New Investment - socalTech.com</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/1-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.socaltech.com/siimpel_gets_new_investment/s-0018502.html&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=0OciSZbmCqr6yATzjMWzAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNFDpXrxFFG6JCjFjdyWjPOGaueawQ</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.socaltech.com/siimpel_gets_new_investment/s-0018502.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:16:20 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/1-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.socaltech.com/siimpel_gets_new_investment/s-0018502.html&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=0OciSZbmCqr6yATzjMWzAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNFDpXrxFFG6JCjFjdyWjPOGaueawQ&quot;&gt;Siimpel Gets New Investment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;socalTech.com,&amp;nbsp;CA&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Nov 17, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; Motorola, Micron Technology, and its existing venture investors, which includes &lt;b&gt;Draper Fisher Jurvetson&lt;/b&gt;, Portage Venture Partners, Zone Ventures, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>Mogreet Says “Hello” to $5 Million Round - Wireless Week</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/6-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.wirelessweek.com/article.aspx%3Fid%3D164250&amp;cid=1267697600&amp;ei=0uciSbHlMIKQNcCuqa4B&amp;usg=AFQjCNE4EtHO27bw5FLSz8qeVRQYLsVsyA</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.wirelessweek.com/article.aspx?id=164250</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:16:16 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/6-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.wirelessweek.com/article.aspx%3Fid%3D164250&amp;cid=1267697600&amp;ei=0uciSbHlMIKQNcCuqa4B&amp;usg=AFQjCNE4EtHO27bw5FLSz8qeVRQYLsVsyA&quot;&gt;Mogreet Says “Hello” to $5 Million Round&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Wireless Week&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Nov 6, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Previous investor &lt;b&gt;DFJ Frontier&lt;/b&gt; also participated in the round.&amp;amp;# The company specializes in mobile video greetings, which can be used in lieu of a paper &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>AudioMicro Closes Series A Financing - dBusinessNews Los Angeles (press release)</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/2-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://losangeles.dbusinessnews.com/shownews.php%3Fnewsid%3D169494%26type_news%3Dlatest&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=0uciSbHlMIKQNcCuqa4B&amp;usg=AFQjCNFx8KwwbhGdqVXP-4X6rgElKsXnFA</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://losangeles.dbusinessnews.com/shownews.php?newsid=169494&amp;type_news=latest</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:02:34 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/2-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://losangeles.dbusinessnews.com/shownews.php%3Fnewsid%3D169494%26type_news%3Dlatest&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=0uciSbHlMIKQNcCuqa4B&amp;usg=AFQjCNFx8KwwbhGdqVXP-4X6rgElKsXnFA&quot;&gt;AudioMicro Closes Series A Financing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;dBusinessNews Los Angeles (press release),&amp;nbsp;CA&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Oct 26, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;In connection with the financing, Scott Lenet, a managing director of &lt;b&gt;DFJ Frontier&lt;/b&gt;, will join AudioMicro&amp;#39;s board of directors. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>High Tech Direct 2008 - Bizjournals.com</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/3-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/event/4508&amp;cid=1267728907&amp;ei=2eciSYyLH5TANYPZ6LoB&amp;usg=AFQjCNHCLz9ZHvehdUznmdrsK6ekX-Y7Gw</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/event/4508</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:42:11 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;a  href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/3i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/event/4508&amp;cid=1267728907&amp;ei=2eciSYyLH5TANYPZ6LoB&amp;usg=AFQjCNHCLz9ZHvehdUznmdrsK6ekX-Y7Gw&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=i4sIE5jHragJ&amp;imgurl=assets.bizjournals.com/event_image/18312-500-0.jpg width=80 height=55 alt=&quot;&quot; border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;Bizjournals.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/3-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/event/4508&amp;cid=1267728907&amp;ei=2eciSYyLH5TANYPZ6LoB&amp;usg=AFQjCNHCLz9ZHvehdUznmdrsK6ekX-Y7Gw&quot;&gt;High Tech Direct 2008&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Bizjournals.com,&amp;nbsp;NC&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Nov 6, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Moderated by Scott Lenet, Managing Director, &lt;b&gt;DFJ&lt;/b&gt;  Frontier. &lt;b&gt;DFJ&lt;/b&gt; Frontier is an early stage technology venture capital fund focused on investments on the west &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>Initiate Systems Fortifies Board with Three New Directors - MarketWatch</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/2-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Initiate-Systems-Fortifies-Board-Three/story.aspx%3Fguid%3D%257B3BA9B240-7EE8-4570-8459-45BF17B65C58%257D&amp;cid=1269243485&amp;ei=2eciSZ6VF6qi9gTS7by4AQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNGFxXZNsmAB1cXgxLlnxe43YwZjLA</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Initiate-Systems-Fortifies-Board-Three/story.aspx?guid=%7B3BA9B240-7EE8-4570-8459-45BF17B65C58%7D</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:23:26 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/2-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Initiate-Systems-Fortifies-Board-Three/story.aspx%3Fguid%3D%257B3BA9B240-7EE8-4570-8459-45BF17B65C58%257D&amp;cid=1269243485&amp;ei=2eciSZ6VF6qi9gTS7by4AQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNGFxXZNsmAB1cXgxLlnxe43YwZjLA&quot;&gt;Initiate Systems Fortifies Board with Three New Directors&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;MarketWatch&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Nov 11, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Prior to joining Paladin, Howe served as Principal at &lt;b&gt;Zone Ventures&lt;/b&gt; a Los Angeles-based venture capital firm. She also worked with McKinsey &amp;amp; Company as a &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>Mogreet Says “Hello” to $5 Million Round - Wireless Week</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/9-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.wirelessweek.com/article.aspx%3Fid%3D164250&amp;cid=1267697600&amp;ei=2eciSYyLH5TANYPZ6LoB&amp;usg=AFQjCNG3bhRL90FgYFVwBiSnwvIcrHpmoA</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.wirelessweek.com/article.aspx?id=164250</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:16:16 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/9-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.wirelessweek.com/article.aspx%3Fid%3D164250&amp;cid=1267697600&amp;ei=2eciSYyLH5TANYPZ6LoB&amp;usg=AFQjCNG3bhRL90FgYFVwBiSnwvIcrHpmoA&quot;&gt;Mogreet Says “Hello” to $5 Million Round&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Wireless Week&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Nov 6, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Previous investor &lt;b&gt;DFJ&lt;/b&gt; Frontier also participated in the round.&amp;amp;# The company specializes in mobile video greetings, which can be used in lieu of a paper &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>Smaato announces VC partners for Mobile Advertising Award - SymbianOne (press release)</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.symbianone.com/content/view/5887/&amp;cid=1269944714&amp;ei=0eciScWcC5TANYPZ6LoB&amp;usg=AFQjCNFpMDKmTr7074-PuSHLESyemkoWOw</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.symbianone.com/content/view/5887/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:44:08 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.symbianone.com/content/view/5887/&amp;cid=1269944714&amp;ei=0eciScWcC5TANYPZ6LoB&amp;usg=AFQjCNFpMDKmTr7074-PuSHLESyemkoWOw&quot;&gt;Smaato announces VC partners for Mobile Advertising Award&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;SymbianOne (press release),&amp;nbsp;Canada&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Nov 13, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; WA), &lt;b&gt;DFJ EPlanet&lt;/b&gt; (global), Polaris Fund (Anchorage), &lt;b&gt;Draper Fisher Jurvetson&lt;/b&gt; Gotham (NYC), &lt;b&gt;DFJ&lt;/b&gt; Frontier (Sacramento and Santa Barbara), and &lt;b&gt;DFJ&lt;/b&gt; Dragon &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>Exit strategist: Simon Cook - GrowthBusiness.co.uk</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.growthbusiness.co.uk/channels/raising-finance/venture-capital/746156/exit-strategist-simon-cook.thtml&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=0eciSaaSEJCoNuO-0bAB&amp;usg=AFQjCNHIfuF9i3OPdFsYPhzxJcu6BAgTyQ</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.growthbusiness.co.uk/channels/raising-finance/venture-capital/746156/exit-strategist-simon-cook.thtml</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 08:55:46 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;a  href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.growthbusiness.co.uk/channels/raising-finance/venture-capital/746156/exit-strategist-simon-cook.thtml&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=0eciSaaSEJCoNuO-0bAB&amp;usg=AFQjCNHIfuF9i3OPdFsYPhzxJcu6BAgTyQ&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=m9kWpdcYfK0J&amp;imgurl=www.growthbusiness.co.uk/article_images/articledir_1492/746156/1_200by200.jpg width=80 height=80 alt=&quot;&quot; border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;GrowthBusiness.co.uk&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.growthbusiness.co.uk/channels/raising-finance/venture-capital/746156/exit-strategist-simon-cook.thtml&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=0eciSaaSEJCoNuO-0bAB&amp;usg=AFQjCNHIfuF9i3OPdFsYPhzxJcu6BAgTyQ&quot;&gt;Exit strategist: Simon Cook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;GrowthBusiness.co.uk,&amp;nbsp;UK&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Oct 23, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;b&gt;DFJ Esprit&lt;/b&gt; head honcho Simon Cook has had a string of multi-million dollar exits under his belt, but he’s still on the lookout for more great early stage &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>Smaato announces VC partners for Mobile Advertising Award - SymbianOne (press release)</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.symbianone.com/content/view/5887/&amp;cid=1269944714&amp;ei=0OciSYSLLZnK8ASM8ZSyAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNHLy1H8ZepFNXmDdrzodqUl7PihIA</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.symbianone.com/content/view/5887/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:44:08 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.symbianone.com/content/view/5887/&amp;cid=1269944714&amp;ei=0OciSYSLLZnK8ASM8ZSyAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNHLy1H8ZepFNXmDdrzodqUl7PihIA&quot;&gt;Smaato announces VC partners for Mobile Advertising Award&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;SymbianOne (press release),&amp;nbsp;Canada&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Nov 13, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; WA), &lt;b&gt;DFJ&lt;/b&gt; EPlanet (global), Polaris Fund (Anchorage), &lt;b&gt;Draper Fisher Jurvetson&lt;/b&gt; Gotham (NYC), &lt;b&gt;DFJ&lt;/b&gt; Frontier (Sacramento and Santa Barbara), and &lt;b&gt;DFJ Dragon&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>Digital media surviving economy - TMCnet</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/3-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-digital-media-surviving-economy-/2008/11/03/3755850.htm&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=0-ciScbzGpjcMdfyhboB&amp;usg=AFQjCNGNsOzJ5L5WNtzbq5lY8QNssB7g7A</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-digital-media-surviving-economy-/2008/11/03/3755850.htm</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:22:39 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/3-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-digital-media-surviving-economy-/2008/11/03/3755850.htm&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=0-ciScbzGpjcMdfyhboB&amp;usg=AFQjCNGNsOzJ5L5WNtzbq5lY8QNssB7g7A&quot;&gt;Digital media surviving economy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;TMCnet&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Nov 3, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Speaking as a panel member on &amp;quot;Investment Opportunities in Digital Media,&amp;quot; Daniel Schultz, co-founder of New York-based investment firm &lt;b&gt;DFJ Gotham&lt;/b&gt; Ventures, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>Video text messaging company gets $5 million in funding - HotStocked</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/7-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.hotstocked.com/article/0940/video-text-messaging-company-gets-5-million-in-funding.html&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=0-ciSdnqJpXM8AT0pt3GAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNFEEgd_z6JPnmqgmEPKfEaBwalv-A</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.hotstocked.com/article/0940/video-text-messaging-company-gets-5-million-in-funding.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:24:41 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;a  href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/7i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.hotstocked.com/article/0940/video-text-messaging-company-gets-5-million-in-funding.html&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=0-ciSdnqJpXM8AT0pt3GAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNFEEgd_z6JPnmqgmEPKfEaBwalv-A&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=CGemU8En9noJ&amp;imgurl=www.hotstocked.com/img/authors/icon/profilePic.jpg width=59 height=80 alt=&quot;&quot; border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;HotStocked&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/7-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.hotstocked.com/article/0940/video-text-messaging-company-gets-5-million-in-funding.html&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=0-ciSdnqJpXM8AT0pt3GAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNFEEgd_z6JPnmqgmEPKfEaBwalv-A&quot;&gt;Video text messaging company gets $5 million in funding&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;HotStocked,&amp;nbsp;Bulgaria&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Nov 7, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Investors included Ascend Ventures, Black Diamond Ventures, and Spyglass Ventures as well as &lt;b&gt;DFJ&lt;/b&gt; Frontier which had already invested in the company before. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>Thermal Imaging Camera suits process control applications. - ThomasNet Industrial News Room</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/5-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://news.thomasnet.com/fullstory/552377&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=2eciSYyLH5TANYPZ6LoB&amp;usg=AFQjCNGbXrxJ9csUKhxqatKGQPIrciXrvQ</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://news.thomasnet.com/fullstory/552377</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:32:05 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/5-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://news.thomasnet.com/fullstory/552377&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=2eciSYyLH5TANYPZ6LoB&amp;usg=AFQjCNGbXrxJ9csUKhxqatKGQPIrciXrvQ&quot;&gt;Thermal Imaging Camera suits process control applications.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;ThomasNet Industrial News Room,&amp;nbsp;NY&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;LumaSense Technologies is backed by Oak Investment Partners, a leading multi-stage venture capital firm with a 28-year history and &lt;b&gt;DFJ&lt;/b&gt; Element, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>Q5 interview - Dr. Ebrahim Bushehri, Lime Microsystems - ElectronicsWeekly.com</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/3-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2008/10/27/44797/q5-interview-dr.-ebrahim-bushehri-lime-microsystems.htm&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=0eciSaaSEJCoNuO-0bAB&amp;usg=AFQjCNEjel6KZCkv-QsdPNNF6ohc0uS6ww</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2008/10/27/44797/q5-interview-dr.-ebrahim-bushehri-lime-microsystems.htm</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:34:51 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/3-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2008/10/27/44797/q5-interview-dr.-ebrahim-bushehri-lime-microsystems.htm&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=0eciSaaSEJCoNuO-0bAB&amp;usg=AFQjCNEjel6KZCkv-QsdPNNF6ohc0uS6ww&quot;&gt;Q5 interview - Dr. Ebrahim Bushehri, Lime Microsystems&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;ElectronicsWeekly.com,&amp;nbsp;UK&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Oct 27, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;For example, Lime is backed by ACT Venture Capital and &lt;b&gt;DFJ Esprit&lt;/b&gt;. Secondly, there are clusters of high-quality engineering &amp;#39;talent&amp;#39; in certain areas of the &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>Siimpel Gets New Investment - socalTech.com</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/1-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.socaltech.com/siimpel_gets_new_investment/s-0018502.html&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=2eciSZ6VF6qi9gTS7by4AQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNEbLG1AZt4nCUz-IGbPGjsuTSCzNA</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.socaltech.com/siimpel_gets_new_investment/s-0018502.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:16:20 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/1-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.socaltech.com/siimpel_gets_new_investment/s-0018502.html&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=2eciSZ6VF6qi9gTS7by4AQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNEbLG1AZt4nCUz-IGbPGjsuTSCzNA&quot;&gt;Siimpel Gets New Investment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;socalTech.com,&amp;nbsp;CA&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Nov 17, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; Motorola, Micron Technology, and its existing venture investors, which includes Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Portage Venture Partners, &lt;b&gt;Zone Ventures&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>Mogreet Rings Up $5M - socalTech.com</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/4-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.socaltech.com/mogreet_rings_up__m/s-0018347.html&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=0uciSbHlMIKQNcCuqa4B&amp;usg=AFQjCNH-DlDw5xyCGkJc_SueuQI97rfDFQ</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.socaltech.com/mogreet_rings_up__m/s-0018347.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:38:16 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/4-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.socaltech.com/mogreet_rings_up__m/s-0018347.html&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=0uciSbHlMIKQNcCuqa4B&amp;usg=AFQjCNH-DlDw5xyCGkJc_SueuQI97rfDFQ&quot;&gt;Mogreet Rings Up $5M&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;socalTech.com,&amp;nbsp;CA&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Nov 6, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;The funding came from Ascend Ventures, Black Diamond Ventures, and Spyglass Ventures, along with prior investor &lt;b&gt;DFJ Frontier&lt;/b&gt;. Chris Lucas of Black Diamond &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>Avantium beendet Finanzierungsrunde in Höhe von 18 Millionen Euro - PR Newswire UK (press release)</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/5-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release%3Fid%3D241161&amp;cid=1257843778&amp;ei=0eciSaaSEJCoNuO-0bAB&amp;usg=AFQjCNHJ0enrHwSvXOCtR76TsuZwqOZ49w</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=241161</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 06:30:40 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/5-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release%3Fid%3D241161&amp;cid=1257843778&amp;ei=0eciSaaSEJCoNuO-0bAB&amp;usg=AFQjCNHJ0enrHwSvXOCtR76TsuZwqOZ49w&quot;&gt;Avantium beendet Finanzierungsrunde in Höhe von 18 Millionen Euro&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;PR Newswire UK (press release),&amp;nbsp;UK&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Oct 29, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Avantium ist erfreut über die weitere Unterstützung seiner vorhandenen Anteilseigner &lt;b&gt;DFJ Esprit&lt;/b&gt;, AlpInvest, EDB Investments, Eastman Chemical und Pfizer. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>DFJ Frontier finances audio company - Bizjournals.com</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2008/10/20/daily65.html&amp;cid=1261708398&amp;ei=0uciSbHlMIKQNcCuqa4B&amp;usg=AFQjCNGryXz1ka8CEtjyCObNo0TQjMC8Dw</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2008/10/20/daily65.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:56:07 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2008/10/20/daily65.html&amp;cid=1261708398&amp;ei=0uciSbHlMIKQNcCuqa4B&amp;usg=AFQjCNGryXz1ka8CEtjyCObNo0TQjMC8Dw&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;DFJ Frontier&lt;/b&gt; finances audio company&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Bizjournals.com,&amp;nbsp;NC&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Oct 23, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Venture capital firm &lt;b&gt;DFJ Frontier&lt;/b&gt; led an Series A round of investment into AudioMicro Inc., a provider of royalty-free music and audio based in Sherman Oaks &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>Avantium sluit EUR 18 miljoen financiering af - PR Newswire UK (press release)</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/6-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release%3Fid%3D241080&amp;cid=1249960884&amp;ei=0eciSaaSEJCoNuO-0bAB&amp;usg=AFQjCNEs4cSSkgz6HKWYqrE9XWLYTl6s5A</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=241080</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:27:00 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/6-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release%3Fid%3D241080&amp;cid=1249960884&amp;ei=0eciSaaSEJCoNuO-0bAB&amp;usg=AFQjCNEs4cSSkgz6HKWYqrE9XWLYTl6s5A&quot;&gt;Avantium sluit EUR 18 miljoen financiering af&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;PR Newswire UK (press release),&amp;nbsp;UK&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Oct 29, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Avantium is verheugd met het vertrouwen van de bestaande aandeelhouders, &lt;b&gt;DFJ Esprit&lt;/b&gt;, AlpInvest, EDB Investments, Eastman Chemical en Pfizer, die besloten &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>Planet Metrics Scores $2.3M for Carbon Modeling Software - Earth2Tech</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/2-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://earth2tech.com/2008/11/11/planet-metrics-scores-23m-for-carbon-modeling-software/&amp;cid=1269196604&amp;ei=0OciSZbmCqr6yATzjMWzAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNFcUe5vTiznpV6HApSZwvmpraK4cA</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://earth2tech.com/2008/11/11/planet-metrics-scores-23m-for-carbon-modeling-software/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:41:23 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/2-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://earth2tech.com/2008/11/11/planet-metrics-scores-23m-for-carbon-modeling-software/&amp;cid=1269196604&amp;ei=0OciSZbmCqr6yATzjMWzAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNFcUe5vTiznpV6HApSZwvmpraK4cA&quot;&gt;Planet Metrics Scores $2.3M for Carbon Modeling Software&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Earth2Tech,&amp;nbsp;CA&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Nov 11, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Planet Metrics this morning said it has raised $2.3 million in Series A funding from &lt;b&gt;Draper Fisher Jurvetson&lt;/b&gt; for its carbon footprint modeling software. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/2-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10086066-54.html&amp;cid=1269196604&amp;ei=0OciSZbmCqr6yATzjMWzAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNFIIBDY4rjkcXRH6T85yqwN-GV-kg&quot;&gt;Planet Metrics launches carbon data warehouse&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;CNET News&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/2-2&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://venturebeat.com/2008/11/11/planet-metrics-tracks-down-carbon-hotspots-at-home-or-abroad/&amp;cid=1269196604&amp;ei=0OciSZbmCqr6yATzjMWzAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNGKE7CQptwOZG1G8ugRyAj4COQZxw&quot;&gt;Planet Metrics tracks down carbon hotspots, at home  or abroad&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;VentureBeat&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/2-3&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/11/planet_metric_s.html&amp;cid=1269196604&amp;ei=0OciSZbmCqr6yATzjMWzAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNHOJobBuApzA2XzyM1KZwnzaeTpgg&quot;&gt;Planet Metrics Sizes Up Carbon Impact&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;InformationWeek&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1 class=p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/2-4&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/planet-metrics-launches-carbon-modeling-software-5148.html&amp;cid=1269196604&amp;ei=0OciSZbmCqr6yATzjMWzAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNGRL3gErfKJREw2wyWnUQk_8r6IgA&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Greentech Media&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/2-5&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Planet-Metrics-918952.html&amp;cid=1269196604&amp;ei=0OciSZbmCqr6yATzjMWzAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNF5ppPtGyMlIVc3ZBThHudRO9z7Zg&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Market Wire (press release)&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;ned=us&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;ncl=1269196604&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;all 18 news articles&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>2008-11-14 Avantium bags USD 22.8m for second generation bio... - New Energy Matters (subscription)</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/1-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.newenergymatters.com/%3Fp%3Dlist%26t%3Dnewsitems%26id%3D27377&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=0eciSaaSEJCoNuO-0bAB&amp;usg=AFQjCNGt1MKzSqMq5DW5ZbW8w9Zgl2Y9mQ</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.newenergymatters.com/?p=list&amp;t=newsitems&amp;id=27377</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:05:24 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/1-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.newenergymatters.com/%3Fp%3Dlist%26t%3Dnewsitems%26id%3D27377&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=0eciSaaSEJCoNuO-0bAB&amp;usg=AFQjCNGt1MKzSqMq5DW5ZbW8w9Zgl2Y9mQ&quot;&gt;2008-11-14 Avantium bags USD 22.8m for second generation bio...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;New Energy Matters (subscription),&amp;nbsp;UK&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Nov 14, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Avantium said it was happy with the support of its existing shareholders &lt;b&gt;DFJ Esprit&lt;/b&gt;, AlpInvest, EDB Investments, Eastman Chemical and Pfizer, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>LumaSense Technologies Announces the Release of LumaSoft(TM) Multi ... - MarketWatch</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/2-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/LumaSense-Technologies-Announces-Release-LumaSoftTM/story.aspx%3Fguid%3D%257BC8C4CC40-3D3C-4B4F-A6E0-161B1708D28A%257D&amp;cid=1264262411&amp;ei=0eciSci9BIbYMpHggbYB&amp;usg=AFQjCNF19hDfUyMVpv_ZVDBJdvbXYGPpFA</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/LumaSense-Technologies-Announces-Release-LumaSoftTM/story.aspx?guid=%7BC8C4CC40-3D3C-4B4F-A6E0-161B1708D28A%7D</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:04:56 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/2-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/LumaSense-Technologies-Announces-Release-LumaSoftTM/story.aspx%3Fguid%3D%257BC8C4CC40-3D3C-4B4F-A6E0-161B1708D28A%257D&amp;cid=1264262411&amp;ei=0eciSci9BIbYMpHggbYB&amp;usg=AFQjCNF19hDfUyMVpv_ZVDBJdvbXYGPpFA&quot;&gt;LumaSense Technologies Announces the Release of LumaSoft(TM) Multi &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;MarketWatch&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Oct 29, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;LumaSense Technologies is backed by Oak Investment Partners, a leading multi-stage venture capital firm with a 28-year history and &lt;b&gt;DFJ Element&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>Infoaxe Records Your Browsing Sessions, Lets You Search Your Web ... - TechCrunch</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/17/infoaxe-records-your-browsing-sessions-lets-you-search-your-web-history/&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=2eciSYyLH5TANYPZ6LoB&amp;usg=AFQjCNHZLv5HaH_lauLRI371fY--S73POg</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/17/infoaxe-records-your-browsing-sessions-lets-you-search-your-web-history/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:13:43 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;a  href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/17/infoaxe-records-your-browsing-sessions-lets-you-search-your-web-history/&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=2eciSYyLH5TANYPZ6LoB&amp;usg=AFQjCNHZLv5HaH_lauLRI371fY--S73POg&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=TVqmjEtphKQJ&amp;imgurl=www.techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/infoaxe.jpg width=80 height=27 alt=&quot;&quot; border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;TechCrunch&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/17/infoaxe-records-your-browsing-sessions-lets-you-search-your-web-history/&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=2eciSYyLH5TANYPZ6LoB&amp;usg=AFQjCNHZLv5HaH_lauLRI371fY--S73POg&quot;&gt;Infoaxe Records Your Browsing Sessions, Lets You Search Your Web &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;TechCrunch,&amp;nbsp;CA&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;21 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;The company raised initial seed funding of $900000 in March 2008 from Labrador Ventures,  &lt;b&gt;DFJ&lt;/b&gt; (Tim Draper), Band of Angels and Amidzad Ventures. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>More Than 100 Million Americans Viewed Mobile Ads in Q3 2008 - MarketWatch</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/2-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/More-Than-100-Million-Americans/story.aspx%3Fguid%3D%257BBFF98E9C-220E-4CEF-B789-D9604798928D%257D&amp;cid=1266315940&amp;ei=0-ciSdnqJpXM8AT0pt3GAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNHbsqizRvlzS0bXLViv2RufBK2cxw</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/More-Than-100-Million-Americans/story.aspx?guid=%7BBFF98E9C-220E-4CEF-B789-D9604798928D%7D</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:06:29 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/2-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/More-Than-100-Million-Americans/story.aspx%3Fguid%3D%257BBFF98E9C-220E-4CEF-B789-D9604798928D%257D&amp;cid=1266315940&amp;ei=0-ciSdnqJpXM8AT0pt3GAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNHbsqizRvlzS0bXLViv2RufBK2cxw&quot;&gt;More Than 100 Million Americans Viewed Mobile Ads in Q3 2008&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;MarketWatch&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Nov 3, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;The third quarter report reveals that mobile advertising awareness grew 33 percent in nine months against a backdrop of six percent &lt;b&gt;growth&lt;/b&gt; in cell phone &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>Meebo Launches Messaging Application for Android - MarketWatch</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/4-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Meebo-Launches-Messaging-Application-Android/story.aspx%3Fguid%3D%257B2ACD6918-6641-4010-B637-850D2283064C%257D&amp;cid=1267833685&amp;ei=0OciSZbmCqr6yATzjMWzAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNEq5d5UcaTEelChgTgnaSGtMtEp6A</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Meebo-Launches-Messaging-Application-Android/story.aspx?guid=%7B2ACD6918-6641-4010-B637-850D2283064C%7D</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:03:10 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/4-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Meebo-Launches-Messaging-Application-Android/story.aspx%3Fguid%3D%257B2ACD6918-6641-4010-B637-850D2283064C%257D&amp;cid=1267833685&amp;ei=0OciSZbmCqr6yATzjMWzAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNEq5d5UcaTEelChgTgnaSGtMtEp6A&quot;&gt;Meebo Launches Messaging Application for Android&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;MarketWatch&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Nov 6, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;The company has raised $37.5 million from investors Sequoia Capital, &lt;b&gt;Draper Fisher Jurvetson&lt;/b&gt;, JAFCO Ventures, Time Warner Investments, and KTB Ventures. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>Thermal Imaging Camera suits process control applications. - ThomasNet Industrial News Room</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://news.thomasnet.com/fullstory/552377&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=0eciSci9BIbYMpHggbYB&amp;usg=AFQjCNFixeBgDsJzIMjuKIs2DNjSvOBBcg</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://news.thomasnet.com/fullstory/552377</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:32:05 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://news.thomasnet.com/fullstory/552377&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=0eciSci9BIbYMpHggbYB&amp;usg=AFQjCNFixeBgDsJzIMjuKIs2DNjSvOBBcg&quot;&gt;Thermal Imaging Camera suits process control applications.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;ThomasNet Industrial News Room,&amp;nbsp;NY&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;LumaSense Technologies is backed by Oak Investment Partners, a leading multi-stage venture capital firm with a 28-year history and &lt;b&gt;DFJ Element&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>Exit strategist: Simon Cook - GrowthBusiness.co.uk</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/5-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.growthbusiness.co.uk/channels/raising-finance/venture-capital/746156/exit-strategist-simon-cook.thtml&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=0-ciSdnqJpXM8AT0pt3GAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNF3ybYVMWj79BzseJzOfEjr4q_TCw</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.growthbusiness.co.uk/channels/raising-finance/venture-capital/746156/exit-strategist-simon-cook.thtml</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 08:55:46 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;a  href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/5i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.growthbusiness.co.uk/channels/raising-finance/venture-capital/746156/exit-strategist-simon-cook.thtml&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=0-ciSdnqJpXM8AT0pt3GAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNF3ybYVMWj79BzseJzOfEjr4q_TCw&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=m9kWpdcYfK0J&amp;imgurl=www.growthbusiness.co.uk/article_images/articledir_1492/746156/1_200by200.jpg width=80 height=80 alt=&quot;&quot; border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;GrowthBusiness.co.uk&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/5-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.growthbusiness.co.uk/channels/raising-finance/venture-capital/746156/exit-strategist-simon-cook.thtml&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=0-ciSdnqJpXM8AT0pt3GAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNF3ybYVMWj79BzseJzOfEjr4q_TCw&quot;&gt;Exit strategist: Simon Cook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;GrowthBusiness.co.uk,&amp;nbsp;UK&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Oct 23, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;b&gt;DFJ&lt;/b&gt; Esprit head honcho Simon Cook has had a string of multi-million dollar exits under his belt, but he’s still on the lookout for more great early stage &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>Venture capital financing wrap-up: Mogreet, RockYou and WiChorus - RCR Wireless</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/8-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.rcrwireless.com/article/20081107/WIRELESS/811079997/1082/WIRELESS_TECHNOLOGY/venture-capital-financing-wrap-up-mogreet-rockyou-and-wichorus&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=0uciSbHlMIKQNcCuqa4B&amp;usg=AFQjCNHoGxu2at_0KgB1MKK80PkDTqzzIg</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.rcrwireless.com/article/20081107/WIRELESS/811079997/1082/WIRELESS_TECHNOLOGY/venture-capital-financing-wrap-up-mogreet-rockyou-and-wichorus</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:07:44 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/8-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.rcrwireless.com/article/20081107/WIRELESS/811079997/1082/WIRELESS_TECHNOLOGY/venture-capital-financing-wrap-up-mogreet-rockyou-and-wichorus&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=0uciSbHlMIKQNcCuqa4B&amp;usg=AFQjCNHoGxu2at_0KgB1MKK80PkDTqzzIg&quot;&gt;Venture capital financing wrap-up: Mogreet, RockYou and WiChorus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;RCR Wireless,&amp;nbsp;CO&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Nov 7, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Existing investor &lt;b&gt;DFJ Frontier&lt;/b&gt; also participated in the Series B funding round. As part of the financing, Chris Lucas, a managing partner  at Black Diamond &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>Sites Featuring Web 2.0 Technologies Earn Web Design Firm Multiple ... - PR Web (press release)</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/7-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/10/prweb1518064.htm&amp;cid=1262320627&amp;ei=2eciSYyLH5TANYPZ6LoB&amp;usg=AFQjCNGkgnNJzw-v6SWmgwt3unY9HutPyA</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/10/prweb1518064.htm</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 07:39:18 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/7-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/10/prweb1518064.htm&amp;cid=1262320627&amp;ei=2eciSYyLH5TANYPZ6LoB&amp;usg=AFQjCNGkgnNJzw-v6SWmgwt3unY9HutPyA&quot;&gt;Sites Featuring Web 2.0 Technologies Earn Web Design Firm Multiple &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;PR Web (press release),&amp;nbsp;WA&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Oct 25, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Scott Design won an award in the Professional Services Industry category for &lt;b&gt;Draper Fisher Jurvetson&amp;#39;s&lt;/b&gt; website (www.&lt;b&gt;dfj&lt;/b&gt;.com). Continuing a string of awards &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>DFJ Frontier finances audio company - Bizjournals.com</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/1-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2008/10/20/daily65.html&amp;cid=1261708398&amp;ei=0eciSci9BIbYMpHggbYB&amp;usg=AFQjCNG-iNcIgxxP4aYnzajB5L2QBXQscg</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2008/10/20/daily65.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:56:07 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/1-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2008/10/20/daily65.html&amp;cid=1261708398&amp;ei=0eciSci9BIbYMpHggbYB&amp;usg=AFQjCNG-iNcIgxxP4aYnzajB5L2QBXQscg&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;DFJ&lt;/b&gt; Frontier finances audio company&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Bizjournals.com,&amp;nbsp;NC&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Oct 23, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Musicians and sound designers license and upload stock music, sound effects, audio cues, and production &lt;b&gt;elements&lt;/b&gt; to AudioMicro. All content is pre-cleared &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>AudioMicro Closes Series A Financing - dBusinessNews Los Angeles (press release)</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/4-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://losangeles.dbusinessnews.com/shownews.php%3Fnewsid%3D169494%26type_news%3Dlatest&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=0-ciSdnqJpXM8AT0pt3GAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNG2gtaRA_QXYcWH4hM-VT5CyMFcnQ</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://losangeles.dbusinessnews.com/shownews.php?newsid=169494&amp;type_news=latest</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:02:34 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/4-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://losangeles.dbusinessnews.com/shownews.php%3Fnewsid%3D169494%26type_news%3Dlatest&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=0-ciSdnqJpXM8AT0pt3GAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNG2gtaRA_QXYcWH4hM-VT5CyMFcnQ&quot;&gt;AudioMicro Closes Series A Financing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;dBusinessNews Los Angeles (press release),&amp;nbsp;CA&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Oct 26, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;With its track record of building world-renowned companies, &lt;b&gt;DFJ&lt;/b&gt; Frontier is an ideal partner to support our &lt;b&gt;growth&lt;/b&gt;.&amp;quot; AudioMicro&amp;#39;s industry-changing platform &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>Funding becomes difficult for Startups due to economic crisis - TopNews</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/8-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.topnews.in/funding-becomes-difficult-startups-due-economic-crisis-283542&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=0-ciSdnqJpXM8AT0pt3GAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNEAp_KoItW343lf9ddlAfGjjd8K5w</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.topnews.in/funding-becomes-difficult-startups-due-economic-crisis-283542</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:20:06 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/8-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.topnews.in/funding-becomes-difficult-startups-due-economic-crisis-283542&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=0-ciSdnqJpXM8AT0pt3GAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNEAp_KoItW343lf9ddlAfGjjd8K5w&quot;&gt;Funding becomes difficult for Startups due to economic crisis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;TopNews,&amp;nbsp;India&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Nov 4, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Mr. Mohanjit Jolly, ED, &lt;b&gt;DFJ&lt;/b&gt; India, in his recent article, said that the startups shouldn’t argue about values right now and should take the cash which they &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>长城开发携手弥亚微向四川灾区捐赠远程抄表系统 - 新浪网</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/7-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://finance.sina.com.cn/roll/20081105/10442499252.shtml&amp;cid=1259104798&amp;ei=0eciSci9BIbYMpHggbYB&amp;usg=AFQjCNGmyj1h0QhDHXteBJDqg79PYN5z4w</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://finance.sina.com.cn/roll/20081105/10442499252.shtml</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 02:54:48 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/7-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://finance.sina.com.cn/roll/20081105/10442499252.shtml&amp;cid=1259104798&amp;ei=0eciSci9BIbYMpHggbYB&amp;usg=AFQjCNGmyj1h0QhDHXteBJDqg79PYN5z4w&quot;&gt;长城开发携手弥亚微向四川灾区捐赠远程抄表系统&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;新浪网,&amp;nbsp;China&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Nov 4, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;2006年弥亚微电子有限公司获得了首轮来自著名风险投资商&lt;font color=&quot;#CC0033&quot;&gt;DFJ&lt;/font&gt; DragonFund 、&lt;font color=&quot;#CC0033&quot;&gt;DFJ Element&lt;/font&gt; 及&lt;font color=&quot;#CC0033&quot;&gt;DFJ&lt;/font&gt; 的风险投资，同时弥亚微电子（上海）有限公司也作为中国企业荣誉入选本 &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>High Tech Direct 2008 - Bizjournals.com</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/1-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/event/4508&amp;cid=1267728907&amp;ei=0uciSbHlMIKQNcCuqa4B&amp;usg=AFQjCNHHG_dM4bf24jxEX5WK8aGuN4vT_g</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/event/4508</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:42:11 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;a  href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/1i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/event/4508&amp;cid=1267728907&amp;ei=0uciSbHlMIKQNcCuqa4B&amp;usg=AFQjCNHHG_dM4bf24jxEX5WK8aGuN4vT_g&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=i4sIE5jHragJ&amp;imgurl=assets.bizjournals.com/event_image/18312-500-0.jpg width=80 height=55 alt=&quot;&quot; border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;Bizjournals.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/1-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/event/4508&amp;cid=1267728907&amp;ei=0uciSbHlMIKQNcCuqa4B&amp;usg=AFQjCNHHG_dM4bf24jxEX5WK8aGuN4vT_g&quot;&gt;High Tech Direct 2008&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Bizjournals.com,&amp;nbsp;NC&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Nov 6, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Moderated by Scott Lenet, Managing Director, &lt;b&gt;DFJ Frontier&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;b&gt;DFJ Frontier&lt;/b&gt; is an early stage technology venture capital fund focused on investments on the west &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>DOCOMO Backs Siimpel - Private Equity Hub</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.pehub.com/23636/docomo-backs-siimpel/&amp;cid=1271522195&amp;ei=1uciScDyHpHCMdqGsbMB&amp;usg=AFQjCNFBgDzNVShocDBdUYP4bfiMQDGOgg</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.pehub.com/23636/docomo-backs-siimpel/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:31:27 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.pehub.com/23636/docomo-backs-siimpel/&amp;cid=1271522195&amp;ei=1uciScDyHpHCMdqGsbMB&amp;usg=AFQjCNFBgDzNVShocDBdUYP4bfiMQDGOgg&quot;&gt;DOCOMO Backs Siimpel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Private Equity Hub,&amp;nbsp;MA&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;21 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;The company previously raised around $73 million from firms like otorola Ventures and return backers &lt;b&gt;DFJ&lt;/b&gt;, Global Catalyst Partners, &lt;b&gt;Portage&lt;/b&gt; Venture Partners &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>CES gets the carbon treatment - ZDNet</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/6-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://blogs.zdnet.com/green/%3Fp%3D1446&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=0OciSZbmCqr6yATzjMWzAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNGcPfIbnXTMUp3gNX8abWcEFBhtsA</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://blogs.zdnet.com/green/?p=1446</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:15:57 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/6-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://blogs.zdnet.com/green/%3Fp%3D1446&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=0OciSZbmCqr6yATzjMWzAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNGcPfIbnXTMUp3gNX8abWcEFBhtsA&quot;&gt;CES gets the carbon treatment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;ZDNet&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Nov 12, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; a new-ish software company being launched this week with $2.3 million in Series A angel money and venture funding from &lt;b&gt;Draper Fisher Jurvetson&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>Video text messaging company gets $5 million in funding - HotStocked</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/5-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.hotstocked.com/article/0940/video-text-messaging-company-gets-5-million-in-funding.html&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=0uciSbHlMIKQNcCuqa4B&amp;usg=AFQjCNFSgTnR44X8szlZapzPgQ8N0kgmQA</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.hotstocked.com/article/0940/video-text-messaging-company-gets-5-million-in-funding.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:24:41 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;a  href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/5i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.hotstocked.com/article/0940/video-text-messaging-company-gets-5-million-in-funding.html&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=0uciSbHlMIKQNcCuqa4B&amp;usg=AFQjCNFSgTnR44X8szlZapzPgQ8N0kgmQA&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=CGemU8En9noJ&amp;imgurl=www.hotstocked.com/img/authors/icon/profilePic.jpg width=59 height=80 alt=&quot;&quot; border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;HotStocked&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/5-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.hotstocked.com/article/0940/video-text-messaging-company-gets-5-million-in-funding.html&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=0uciSbHlMIKQNcCuqa4B&amp;usg=AFQjCNFSgTnR44X8szlZapzPgQ8N0kgmQA&quot;&gt;Video text messaging company gets $5 million in funding&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;HotStocked,&amp;nbsp;Bulgaria&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Nov 7, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Investors included Ascend Ventures, Black Diamond Ventures, and Spyglass Ventures as well as &lt;b&gt;DFJ Frontier&lt;/b&gt; which had already invested in the company before. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>DOCOMO Backs Siimpel - Private Equity Hub</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/5-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.pehub.com/23636/docomo-backs-siimpel/&amp;cid=1271522195&amp;ei=0eciSci9BIbYMpHggbYB&amp;usg=AFQjCNGsa4BFkyZXhmT1KxPkzfVI8a2Uag</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.pehub.com/23636/docomo-backs-siimpel/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:31:27 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/5-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.pehub.com/23636/docomo-backs-siimpel/&amp;cid=1271522195&amp;ei=0eciSci9BIbYMpHggbYB&amp;usg=AFQjCNGsa4BFkyZXhmT1KxPkzfVI8a2Uag&quot;&gt;DOCOMO Backs Siimpel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Private Equity Hub,&amp;nbsp;MA&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;21 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;The company previously raised around $73 million from firms like otorola Ventures and return backers &lt;b&gt;DFJ&lt;/b&gt;, Global Catalyst Partners, Portage Venture Partners &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>Siimpel Announces Investment by DOCOMO Capital in Support of Its ... - MarketWatch</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/3-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Siimpel-Announces-Investment-DOCOMO-Capital/story.aspx%3Fguid%3D%257B596C7305-5871-4326-B963-19330ACB2FBF%257D&amp;cid=1271522195&amp;ei=0OciSZbmCqr6yATzjMWzAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNHQ1TxowE2ytU90gWxgpj81QjIkcw</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Siimpel-Announces-Investment-DOCOMO-Capital/story.aspx?guid=%7B596C7305-5871-4326-B963-19330ACB2FBF%7D</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:07:03 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/3-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Siimpel-Announces-Investment-DOCOMO-Capital/story.aspx%3Fguid%3D%257B596C7305-5871-4326-B963-19330ACB2FBF%257D&amp;cid=1271522195&amp;ei=0OciSZbmCqr6yATzjMWzAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNHQ1TxowE2ytU90gWxgpj81QjIkcw&quot;&gt;Siimpel Announces Investment by DOCOMO Capital in Support of Its &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;MarketWatch&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Nov 17, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Siimpel&amp;#39;s recent investment round was also supported by several existing investors from leading venture capital firms including &lt;b&gt;Draper Fisher Jurvetson&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>DFJ Frontier finances audio company - Bizjournals.com</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/1-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2008/10/20/daily65.html&amp;cid=1261708398&amp;ei=2eciSYyLH5TANYPZ6LoB&amp;usg=AFQjCNF50ja6k3DJKqysFO3ijUFUozp7oQ</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2008/10/20/daily65.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:56:07 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/1-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2008/10/20/daily65.html&amp;cid=1261708398&amp;ei=2eciSYyLH5TANYPZ6LoB&amp;usg=AFQjCNF50ja6k3DJKqysFO3ijUFUozp7oQ&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;DFJ&lt;/b&gt; Frontier finances audio company&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Bizjournals.com,&amp;nbsp;NC&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Oct 23, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Venture capital firm &lt;b&gt;DFJ&lt;/b&gt; Frontier led an Series A round of investment into AudioMicro Inc., a provider of royalty-free music and audio based in Sherman Oaks &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>Mogreet Grabs $5 Million For Mobile Video Messaging Platform - Washington Post</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/3-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/06/AR2008110600658.html&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=0uciSbHlMIKQNcCuqa4B&amp;usg=AFQjCNE30MyZSSW2ENN1QI-fDjUJk3Lmag</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/06/AR2008110600658.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:17:06 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/3-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/06/AR2008110600658.html&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=0uciSbHlMIKQNcCuqa4B&amp;usg=AFQjCNE30MyZSSW2ENN1QI-fDjUJk3Lmag&quot;&gt;Mogreet Grabs $5 Million For Mobile Video Messaging Platform&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Washington Post,&amp;nbsp;United States&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Nov 6, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;b&gt;DFJ Frontier&lt;/b&gt; had already  invested an undisclosed amount in an earlier round (estimated to be $1.2 million Update: We&amp;#39;ve confirmed from  the company that the &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>Smaato announces VC partners for Mobile Advertising Award - SymbianOne (press release)</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.symbianone.com/content/view/5887/&amp;cid=1269944714&amp;ei=0OciSdbZJqDM8AS699y_AQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNF8ysAEZo77GFwOVe09HJFEaUVsRw</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.symbianone.com/content/view/5887/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:44:08 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.symbianone.com/content/view/5887/&amp;cid=1269944714&amp;ei=0OciSdbZJqDM8AS699y_AQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNF8ysAEZo77GFwOVe09HJFEaUVsRw&quot;&gt;Smaato announces VC partners for Mobile Advertising Award&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;SymbianOne (press release),&amp;nbsp;Canada&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Nov 13, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;He founded or co-founded Wasatch Ventures (Salt Lake City), Zone Ventures (LA), &lt;b&gt;Draper Atlantic&lt;/b&gt; (Reston), Draper Triangle (Pittsburgh), Timberline Ventures &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>Lumidigm / Innometriks Biometric Reader Passes TSA Evaluation for ... - Earthtimes (press release)</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/lumidigm--innometriks-biometric-reader-passes-tsa-evaluation-for-twicpilot,626168.shtml&amp;cid=1271861775&amp;ei=0-ciSf-JPI7YMuWNvbwB&amp;usg=AFQjCNEwYUaDr-Rkmi7YvLKr-U7fNuh9Gg</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/lumidigm--innometriks-biometric-reader-passes-tsa-evaluation-for-twicpilot,626168.shtml</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:02:19 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;a  href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/lumidigm--innometriks-biometric-reader-passes-tsa-evaluation-for-twicpilot,626168.shtml&amp;cid=1271861775&amp;ei=0-ciSf-JPI7YMuWNvbwB&amp;usg=AFQjCNEwYUaDr-Rkmi7YvLKr-U7fNuh9Gg&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=AcBVgJ_0H5gJ&amp;imgurl=www.earthtimes.org/newsimage/Bus_20081118121114_40.jpg width=80 height=53 alt=&quot;&quot; border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;Earthtimes (press release)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/lumidigm--innometriks-biometric-reader-passes-tsa-evaluation-for-twicpilot,626168.shtml&amp;cid=1271861775&amp;ei=0-ciSf-JPI7YMuWNvbwB&amp;usg=AFQjCNEwYUaDr-Rkmi7YvLKr-U7fNuh9Gg&quot;&gt;Lumidigm / Innometriks Biometric Reader Passes TSA Evaluation for &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Earthtimes (press release),&amp;nbsp;UK&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;5 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Lumidigm’s initial venture capital investors are &lt;b&gt;DFJ New England&lt;/b&gt;, Epic Ventures, and International Venture Fund. Other investors include &lt;b&gt;Draper Fisher&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>Exit strategist: Simon Cook - GrowthBusiness.co.uk</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/9-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.growthbusiness.co.uk/channels/raising-finance/venture-capital/746156/exit-strategist-simon-cook.thtml&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=0uciSbHlMIKQNcCuqa4B&amp;usg=AFQjCNEtnTBfA2RRjvGq9ebFtLgpPQHpDg</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.growthbusiness.co.uk/channels/raising-finance/venture-capital/746156/exit-strategist-simon-cook.thtml</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 08:55:46 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;a  href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/9i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.growthbusiness.co.uk/channels/raising-finance/venture-capital/746156/exit-strategist-simon-cook.thtml&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=0uciSbHlMIKQNcCuqa4B&amp;usg=AFQjCNEtnTBfA2RRjvGq9ebFtLgpPQHpDg&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=m9kWpdcYfK0J&amp;imgurl=www.growthbusiness.co.uk/article_images/articledir_1492/746156/1_200by200.jpg width=80 height=80 alt=&quot;&quot; border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;GrowthBusiness.co.uk&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/9-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.growthbusiness.co.uk/channels/raising-finance/venture-capital/746156/exit-strategist-simon-cook.thtml&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=0uciSbHlMIKQNcCuqa4B&amp;usg=AFQjCNEtnTBfA2RRjvGq9ebFtLgpPQHpDg&quot;&gt;Exit strategist: Simon Cook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;GrowthBusiness.co.uk,&amp;nbsp;UK&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Oct 23, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Simon Cook, now the CEO of venture capital firm &lt;b&gt;DFJ&lt;/b&gt; Esprit, was one of those &lt;b&gt;frontier&lt;/b&gt; über-geeks. Using both a trusty Atari ST and Commodore Amiga, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>Infibeam Acquires Photo Printing Portal Picsquare - ContentSutra</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.contentsutra.com/entry/419-infibeam-acquires-photo-printing-portal-picsquare/&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=0-ciSdnqJpXM8AT0pt3GAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNHC6-R_sTRJyCcmIxfoainpW3i8bA</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.contentsutra.com/entry/419-infibeam-acquires-photo-printing-portal-picsquare/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:10:56 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.contentsutra.com/entry/419-infibeam-acquires-photo-printing-portal-picsquare/&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=0-ciSdnqJpXM8AT0pt3GAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNHC6-R_sTRJyCcmIxfoainpW3i8bA&quot;&gt;Infibeam Acquires Photo Printing Portal Picsquare&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;ContentSutra,&amp;nbsp;CA&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;9 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Banglore-based Canvera raised Series A funding in May this year from Footprint Ventures, &lt;b&gt;DFJ&lt;/b&gt; and others. There are also other players like eYaadien and &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>Drop.io Adds Scott Schwanbeck, Online Media Veteran, to Its ... - MarketWatch</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/1-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Dropio-Adds-Scott-Schwanbeck-Online/story.aspx%3Fguid%3D%257B74407359-26F8-42FF-ACCB-1C9698E89181%257D&amp;cid=1270318937&amp;ei=0-ciSdnqJpXM8AT0pt3GAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNFJeOWyzW9pwZZ6gbx5uoTQrCsGFA</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Dropio-Adds-Scott-Schwanbeck-Online/story.aspx?guid=%7B74407359-26F8-42FF-ACCB-1C9698E89181%7D</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:04:16 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/1-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Dropio-Adds-Scott-Schwanbeck-Online/story.aspx%3Fguid%3D%257B74407359-26F8-42FF-ACCB-1C9698E89181%257D&amp;cid=1270318937&amp;ei=0-ciSdnqJpXM8AT0pt3GAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNFJeOWyzW9pwZZ6gbx5uoTQrCsGFA&quot;&gt;Drop.io Adds Scott Schwanbeck, Online Media Veteran, to Its &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;MarketWatch&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Nov 14, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;The company was founded by Sam Lessin  in 2007 and has raised $3.9 MM in financing from RRE Ventures and &lt;b&gt;DFJ&lt;/b&gt; Gotham. For more information, visit, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>Bringing out the entrepreneur in the aam aadmi - Rediff</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/6-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://inhome.rediff.com/money/2008/oct/31inter.htm&amp;cid=1265009067&amp;ei=0-ciSdnqJpXM8AT0pt3GAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNEXlL4IwCi2aRjZR6Wuc-Jubrm8Jw</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://inhome.rediff.com/money/2008/oct/31inter.htm</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:49:46 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;a  href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/6i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://inhome.rediff.com/money/2008/oct/31inter.htm&amp;cid=1265009067&amp;ei=0-ciSdnqJpXM8AT0pt3GAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNEXlL4IwCi2aRjZR6Wuc-Jubrm8Jw&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=MdkTSwrFtacJ&amp;imgurl=im.rediff.com/money/2008/oct/31inter3.jpg width=69 height=80 alt=&quot;&quot; border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;Rediff&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/6-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://inhome.rediff.com/money/2008/oct/31inter.htm&amp;cid=1265009067&amp;ei=0-ciSdnqJpXM8AT0pt3GAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNEXlL4IwCi2aRjZR6Wuc-Jubrm8Jw&quot;&gt;Bringing out the entrepreneur in the aam aadmi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Rediff,&amp;nbsp;India&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Oct 31, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Last year&amp;#39;s event attracted close to 400 entries, out of which 36 ideas were short listed for Start Connect - for early stage firms and &lt;b&gt;Growth&lt;/b&gt; Connect - for &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>Angel-backed start-ups find favour with first-round funding - Livemint</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/7-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.livemint.com/2008/11/17212516/Angelbacked-startups-find-fa.html&amp;cid=1271686258&amp;ei=0OciSZbmCqr6yATzjMWzAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNFUy3KNTFY1bshnYuOf9dJNKPgyog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.livemint.com/2008/11/17212516/Angelbacked-startups-find-fa.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:16:59 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/7-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.livemint.com/2008/11/17212516/Angelbacked-startups-find-fa.html&amp;cid=1271686258&amp;ei=0OciSZbmCqr6yATzjMWzAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNFUy3KNTFY1bshnYuOf9dJNKPgyog&quot;&gt;Angel-backed start-ups find favour with first-round funding&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Livemint,&amp;nbsp;India&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;23 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;D.light was an unusual case: it received a little more than $1 million seed money from VCs such as &lt;b&gt;Draper Fisher Jurvetson&lt;/b&gt;, Nexus India Capital, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>Smaato announces VC partners for Mobile Advertising Award - SymbianOne (press release)</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/4-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.symbianone.com/content/view/5887/&amp;cid=1269944714&amp;ei=0-ciScbzGpjcMdfyhboB&amp;usg=AFQjCNHPb0NnKHfn7btqRDuhmbqDcl5gVA</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.symbianone.com/content/view/5887/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:44:08 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/4-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.symbianone.com/content/view/5887/&amp;cid=1269944714&amp;ei=0-ciScbzGpjcMdfyhboB&amp;usg=AFQjCNHPb0NnKHfn7btqRDuhmbqDcl5gVA&quot;&gt;Smaato announces VC partners for Mobile Advertising Award&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;SymbianOne (press release),&amp;nbsp;Canada&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Nov 13, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; WA), &lt;b&gt;DFJ&lt;/b&gt; EPlanet (global), Polaris Fund (Anchorage), &lt;b&gt;Draper Fisher Jurvetson Gotham&lt;/b&gt; (NYC), &lt;b&gt;DFJ&lt;/b&gt; Frontier (Sacramento and Santa Barbara), and &lt;b&gt;DFJ&lt;/b&gt; Dragon &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>Drop.io Adds Scott Schwanbeck, Online Media Veteran, to Its ... - MarketWatch</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/1-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Dropio-Adds-Scott-Schwanbeck-Online/story.aspx%3Fguid%3D%257B74407359-26F8-42FF-ACCB-1C9698E89181%257D&amp;cid=1270318937&amp;ei=0-ciScbzGpjcMdfyhboB&amp;usg=AFQjCNHyPJSLawgA6tmz6Hjhf-VgOyibvQ</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Dropio-Adds-Scott-Schwanbeck-Online/story.aspx?guid=%7B74407359-26F8-42FF-ACCB-1C9698E89181%7D</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:04:16 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/1-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Dropio-Adds-Scott-Schwanbeck-Online/story.aspx%3Fguid%3D%257B74407359-26F8-42FF-ACCB-1C9698E89181%257D&amp;cid=1270318937&amp;ei=0-ciScbzGpjcMdfyhboB&amp;usg=AFQjCNHyPJSLawgA6tmz6Hjhf-VgOyibvQ&quot;&gt;Drop.io Adds Scott Schwanbeck, Online Media Veteran, to Its &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;MarketWatch&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Nov 14, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;The company was founded by Sam Lessin  in 2007 and has raised $3.9 MM in financing from RRE Ventures and &lt;b&gt;DFJ Gotham&lt;/b&gt;. For more information, visit, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>Smaato announces VC partners for Mobile Advertising Award - SymbianOne (press release)</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/4-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.symbianone.com/content/view/5887/&amp;cid=1269944714&amp;ei=2eciSZ6VF6qi9gTS7by4AQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNGff2pkBbVydm_nFNT_Hl3dbXHzDg</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.symbianone.com/content/view/5887/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:44:08 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/4-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.symbianone.com/content/view/5887/&amp;cid=1269944714&amp;ei=2eciSZ6VF6qi9gTS7by4AQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNGff2pkBbVydm_nFNT_Hl3dbXHzDg&quot;&gt;Smaato announces VC partners for Mobile Advertising Award&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;SymbianOne (press release),&amp;nbsp;Canada&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Nov 13, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;He founded or co-founded Wasatch Ventures (Salt Lake City), &lt;b&gt;Zone Ventures&lt;/b&gt; (LA), Draper Atlantic (Reston), Draper Triangle (Pittsburgh), Timberline Ventures &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>Avantium vient de terminer une collecte de fonds à hauteur de 18 ... - PR Newswire UK (press release)</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/7-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release%3Fid%3D241160&amp;cid=1256613635&amp;ei=0eciSaaSEJCoNuO-0bAB&amp;usg=AFQjCNE1X0aH2Mwsedy3md8IuyGTwnxTSw</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=241160</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 06:26:07 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/7-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release%3Fid%3D241160&amp;cid=1256613635&amp;ei=0eciSaaSEJCoNuO-0bAB&amp;usg=AFQjCNE1X0aH2Mwsedy3md8IuyGTwnxTSw&quot;&gt;Avantium vient de terminer une collecte de fonds  à hauteur de 18 &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;PR Newswire UK (press release),&amp;nbsp;UK&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Oct 29, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Avantium se félicite du soutien de ses actionnaires actuels &lt;b&gt;DFJ Esprit&lt;/b&gt;, AlpInvest, EDB Investments, Eastman Chemical et Pfizer qui ont décidé de continuer à &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>COMUNICADO: Avantium completa una ronda de financiación de 18 ... - Europa Press</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/4-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.europapress.es/economia/noticia-comunicado-avantium-completa-ronda-financiacion-18-millones-euros-20081030000947.html&amp;cid=1257143717&amp;ei=0eciSaaSEJCoNuO-0bAB&amp;usg=AFQjCNE8VMt-UfB_wPblC2AlDKXVLL8M0w</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.europapress.es/economia/noticia-comunicado-avantium-completa-ronda-financiacion-18-millones-euros-20081030000947.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:10:14 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/4-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.europapress.es/economia/noticia-comunicado-avantium-completa-ronda-financiacion-18-millones-euros-20081030000947.html&amp;cid=1257143717&amp;ei=0eciSaaSEJCoNuO-0bAB&amp;usg=AFQjCNE8VMt-UfB_wPblC2AlDKXVLL8M0w&quot;&gt;COMUNICADO: Avantium completa  una ronda de financiación de 18 &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Europa Press,&amp;nbsp;Spain&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Oct 29, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Avantium está encantado con el apoyo de sus accionistas &lt;b&gt;DFJ Esprit&lt;/b&gt;, AlpInvest, EDB Investments, Eastman Chemical y Pfizer, que han decidido continuar su &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>DFJ Player of the Week: Jesse Monthei, South Hamilton QB - Daily Freeman Journal</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/2-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.webstercitynews.com/page/content.detail/id/502325.html%3Fnav%3D5010&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=2eciSYyLH5TANYPZ6LoB&amp;usg=AFQjCNHZnh159e2-mZEp8xXuINMGzmbwfw</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.webstercitynews.com/page/content.detail/id/502325.html?nav=5010</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:06:26 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/2-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.webstercitynews.com/page/content.detail/id/502325.html%3Fnav%3D5010&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=2eciSYyLH5TANYPZ6LoB&amp;usg=AFQjCNHZnh159e2-mZEp8xXuINMGzmbwfw&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;DFJ&lt;/b&gt; Player of the Week: Jesse Monthei, South Hamilton QB&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Daily Freeman Journal,&amp;nbsp;IA&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Oct 23, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;By Troy Banning, &lt;b&gt;DFJ&lt;/b&gt; Sports Editor South Hamilton back-up  quarterback Jesse Monthei didn&amp;#39;t see a heck of a lot of playing time under center last Friday &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>Avantium Completes EUR 18 Million Financing Round - MarketWatch</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/6-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Avantium-Completes-EUR-18-Million/story.aspx%3Fguid%3D%257B17904A47-ABA3-4252-A5AE-A85FCAA13C7D%257D&amp;cid=1264152441&amp;ei=0eciSci9BIbYMpHggbYB&amp;usg=AFQjCNEsFJ7N0iWnsHCSxl__7KaBjIi2sA</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Avantium-Completes-EUR-18-Million/story.aspx?guid=%7B17904A47-ABA3-4252-A5AE-A85FCAA13C7D%7D</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:20:59 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/6-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Avantium-Completes-EUR-18-Million/story.aspx%3Fguid%3D%257B17904A47-ABA3-4252-A5AE-A85FCAA13C7D%257D&amp;cid=1264152441&amp;ei=0eciSci9BIbYMpHggbYB&amp;usg=AFQjCNEsFJ7N0iWnsHCSxl__7KaBjIi2sA&quot;&gt;Avantium Completes EUR 18 Million Financing Round&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;MarketWatch&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Oct 29, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Avantium is pleased with the support of its existing shareholders &lt;b&gt;DFJ&lt;/b&gt; Esprit, AlpInvest, EDB Investments, Eastman Chemical and Pfizer, who have decided to &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>De bons signes pour l&amp;#39;économie nationale - Courrier du Vietnam</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/1-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://lecourrier.vnagency.com.vn/default.asp%3Fpage%3Dnewsdetail%26newsid%3D47174&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=2OciSZ6tMYeoMueNlLgB&amp;usg=AFQjCNHnA9xvqFDGxDS7460JqRWaJ0QLnQ</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://lecourrier.vnagency.com.vn/default.asp?page=newsdetail&amp;newsid=47174</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:05:18 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/1-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://lecourrier.vnagency.com.vn/default.asp%3Fpage%3Dnewsdetail%26newsid%3D47174&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=2OciSZ6tMYeoMueNlLgB&amp;usg=AFQjCNHnA9xvqFDGxDS7460JqRWaJ0QLnQ&quot;&gt;De bons signes pour l&amp;#39;économie nationale&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Courrier du Vietnam,&amp;nbsp;Vietnam&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Nov 12, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Il s&amp;#39;agit de Vietnam Opportunity Fund (VOF), VinaLand (VNL), Vietnam Infrastructure Limited et &lt;b&gt;DFJ VinaCapital&lt;/b&gt;. Le total de ses investissements s&amp;#39;élève à &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>Lumidigm / Innometriks Biometric Reader Passes TSA Evaluation for ... - Earthtimes (press release)</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/8-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/lumidigm--innometriks-biometric-reader-passes-tsa-evaluation-for-twicpilot,626168.shtml&amp;cid=1271861775&amp;ei=0OciSZbmCqr6yATzjMWzAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNFTwcWhwTzhHPd5Gx9SUQkk-XDq4A</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/lumidigm--innometriks-biometric-reader-passes-tsa-evaluation-for-twicpilot,626168.shtml</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:02:19 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;a  href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/8i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/lumidigm--innometriks-biometric-reader-passes-tsa-evaluation-for-twicpilot,626168.shtml&amp;cid=1271861775&amp;ei=0OciSZbmCqr6yATzjMWzAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNFTwcWhwTzhHPd5Gx9SUQkk-XDq4A&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=AcBVgJ_0H5gJ&amp;imgurl=www.earthtimes.org/newsimage/Bus_20081118121114_40.jpg width=80 height=53 alt=&quot;&quot; border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;Earthtimes (press release)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/8-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/lumidigm--innometriks-biometric-reader-passes-tsa-evaluation-for-twicpilot,626168.shtml&amp;cid=1271861775&amp;ei=0OciSZbmCqr6yATzjMWzAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNFTwcWhwTzhHPd5Gx9SUQkk-XDq4A&quot;&gt;Lumidigm / Innometriks Biometric Reader Passes TSA Evaluation for &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Earthtimes (press release),&amp;nbsp;UK&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;5 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Other investors include &lt;b&gt;Draper Fisher Jurvetson&lt;/b&gt;, Intel Capital, Methode Electronics, Motorola Ventures, New Mexico Co-Investment Partners managed by Fort &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>Avantium Completes EUR 18 Million Financing Round - MarketWatch</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/2-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Avantium-Completes-EUR-18-Million/story.aspx%3Fguid%3D%257B17904A47-ABA3-4252-A5AE-A85FCAA13C7D%257D&amp;cid=1264152441&amp;ei=0eciSaaSEJCoNuO-0bAB&amp;usg=AFQjCNFFEqIirGVKva7yB3prkwtpjuErsQ</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Avantium-Completes-EUR-18-Million/story.aspx?guid=%7B17904A47-ABA3-4252-A5AE-A85FCAA13C7D%7D</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:20:59 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/2-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Avantium-Completes-EUR-18-Million/story.aspx%3Fguid%3D%257B17904A47-ABA3-4252-A5AE-A85FCAA13C7D%257D&amp;cid=1264152441&amp;ei=0eciSaaSEJCoNuO-0bAB&amp;usg=AFQjCNFFEqIirGVKva7yB3prkwtpjuErsQ&quot;&gt;Avantium Completes EUR 18 Million Financing Round&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;MarketWatch&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Oct 29, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Avantium is pleased with the support of its existing shareholders &lt;b&gt;DFJ Esprit&lt;/b&gt;, AlpInvest, EDB Investments, Eastman Chemical and Pfizer, who have decided to &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>风投撤资九九音乐网猝死 - 人民网</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/1-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.022net.com/2008/10-31/49312241314964.html&amp;cid=1257717832&amp;ei=0eciScWcC5TANYPZ6LoB&amp;usg=AFQjCNGC99KBVEzS4o8osaHvEhQCK_bTIA</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.022net.com/2008/10-31/49312241314964.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:40:23 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/1-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.022net.com/2008/10-31/49312241314964.html&amp;cid=1257717832&amp;ei=0eciScWcC5TANYPZ6LoB&amp;usg=AFQjCNGC99KBVEzS4o8osaHvEhQCK_bTIA&quot;&gt;风投撤资九九音乐网猝死&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;人民网,&amp;nbsp;China&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Oct 31, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;美国著名风投机构&lt;font color=&quot;#CC0033&quot;&gt;DFJ ePlanet&lt;/font&gt;  Ventures北京机构的一位副总昨日对记者说，在经济环境不好时，投资商投放资金越来越谨慎，一些相对规模小的投资基金本身也遇到了融资 &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/1-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://finance.sina.com.cn/roll/20081031/21095456519.shtml&amp;cid=1257717832&amp;ei=0eciScWcC5TANYPZ6LoB&amp;usg=AFQjCNFKUnWrU5n96PcuyeKHttEFoQaHag&quot;&gt;应对寒冬IT业是否贸然转型&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;新浪网&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?hl=zh-CN&amp;ned=us&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;ncl=1257717832&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;all 11 news articles&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>AudioMicro Closes Series A Financing - dBusinessNews Los Angeles (press release)</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/4-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://losangeles.dbusinessnews.com/shownews.php%3Fnewsid%3D169494%26type_news%3Dlatest&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=0eciSci9BIbYMpHggbYB&amp;usg=AFQjCNEA8u4olIqANJ0nEAfoQAdfyS1KVA</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://losangeles.dbusinessnews.com/shownews.php?newsid=169494&amp;type_news=latest</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:02:34 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/4-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://losangeles.dbusinessnews.com/shownews.php%3Fnewsid%3D169494%26type_news%3Dlatest&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=0eciSci9BIbYMpHggbYB&amp;usg=AFQjCNEA8u4olIqANJ0nEAfoQAdfyS1KVA&quot;&gt;AudioMicro Closes Series A Financing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;dBusinessNews Los Angeles (press release),&amp;nbsp;CA&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Oct 26, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;In connection with the financing, Scott Lenet, a managing director of &lt;b&gt;DFJ&lt;/b&gt; Frontier, will join AudioMicro&amp;#39;s board of directors. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>Fox Interactive&amp;#39;s Schwanbeck Heads To Drop.io - Silicon Alley Insider</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/4-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/11/fox-interactive-s-schwanbeck-heads-to-drop-io&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=2eciSYyLH5TANYPZ6LoB&amp;usg=AFQjCNEaSGluInZ-Bn0GX00JbpzBO4RnCA</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/11/fox-interactive-s-schwanbeck-heads-to-drop-io</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:07:44 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/4-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/11/fox-interactive-s-schwanbeck-heads-to-drop-io&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=2eciSYyLH5TANYPZ6LoB&amp;usg=AFQjCNEaSGluInZ-Bn0GX00JbpzBO4RnCA&quot;&gt;Fox Interactive&amp;#39;s Schwanbeck Heads To Drop.io&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Silicon Alley Insider,&amp;nbsp;NY&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Nov 14, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; had senior  roles at Web 1.0 firms Lycos, Altavista, and Excite. Drop.io raised $2.7 million in a March Series A round led by &lt;b&gt;DFJ&lt;/b&gt; Gotham and RRE ventures.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>Challenges are actually opportunities: Krishna Tanuku - Siliconindia.com</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/9-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/48494&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=0-ciSdnqJpXM8AT0pt3GAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNH6xxHQwxJb2KAJWReygIcz22fBlA</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/48494</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:41:52 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;a  href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/9i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/48494&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=0-ciSdnqJpXM8AT0pt3GAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNH6xxHQwxJb2KAJWReygIcz22fBlA&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=4QfKDJkLVRkJ&amp;imgurl=www.siliconindia.com/news/newsimages/news3.jpg width=72 height=80 alt=&quot;&quot; border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;Siliconindia.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/9-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/48494&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=0-ciSdnqJpXM8AT0pt3GAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNH6xxHQwxJb2KAJWReygIcz22fBlA&quot;&gt;Challenges are actually opportunities: Krishna Tanuku&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Siliconindia.com,&amp;nbsp;India&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Nov 7, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;TiE-ISB Connect, an event, which enables interaction of aspiring entrepreneurs, early-stage ventures, and &lt;b&gt;growth&lt;/b&gt;-stage ventures with potential investors, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>風投撤資九九音樂網猝死 - 新華網重慶頻道</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/2-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://big5.xinhuanet.com/gate/big5/www.cq.xinhuanet.com/2008/2008-10/31/content_14793123.htm&amp;cid=1256408494&amp;ei=0eciScWcC5TANYPZ6LoB&amp;usg=AFQjCNGXCgkNn1VsetrCdijFbAGJz6pviQ</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://big5.xinhuanet.com/gate/big5/www.cq.xinhuanet.com/2008/2008-10/31/content_14793123.htm</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:39:06 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/2-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://big5.xinhuanet.com/gate/big5/www.cq.xinhuanet.com/2008/2008-10/31/content_14793123.htm&amp;cid=1256408494&amp;ei=0eciScWcC5TANYPZ6LoB&amp;usg=AFQjCNGXCgkNn1VsetrCdijFbAGJz6pviQ&quot;&gt;風投撤資九九音樂網猝死&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;新華網重慶頻道,&amp;nbsp;China&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Oct 30, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;美國著名風投機構&lt;font color=&quot;#CC0033&quot;&gt;DFJ ePlanet&lt;/font&gt; Ventures北京機構的一位副總昨日對記者說，在經濟環境不好時，投資商投放資金越來越謹慎，一些相對規模小的投資基金本身也遇到了融資 &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/2-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://big5.xinhuanet.com/gate/big5/www.zj.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2008-10/31/content_14795285.htm&amp;cid=1256408494&amp;ei=0eciScWcC5TANYPZ6LoB&amp;usg=AFQjCNErt1XJRXD-iL8h7Vs7jCVsDRzLKA&quot;&gt;杭州80余家動漫企業大多數仍然在燒錢&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;新華網浙江頻道&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?hl=zh-TW&amp;ned=us&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;ncl=1256408494&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;all 3 news articles&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>Meebo Enables Real-Time Social Interaction for Hearst Magazines ... - MarketWatch</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/5-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Meebo-Enables-Real-Time-Social/story.aspx%3Fguid%3D%257BB6CDBBEF-544F-442D-BC96-71FFA0F2CDE1%257D&amp;cid=1270140153&amp;ei=0OciSZbmCqr6yATzjMWzAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNEr0bkNpmtlTTxGg6uoIFLrrH_AfQ</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Meebo-Enables-Real-Time-Social/story.aspx?guid=%7BB6CDBBEF-544F-442D-BC96-71FFA0F2CDE1%7D</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:02:57 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/5-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Meebo-Enables-Real-Time-Social/story.aspx%3Fguid%3D%257BB6CDBBEF-544F-442D-BC96-71FFA0F2CDE1%257D&amp;cid=1270140153&amp;ei=0OciSZbmCqr6yATzjMWzAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNEr0bkNpmtlTTxGg6uoIFLrrH_AfQ&quot;&gt;Meebo Enables Real-Time Social Interaction for Hearst Magazines &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;MarketWatch&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Nov 13, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;The company has raised $37.5 million from investors Sequoia Capital, &lt;b&gt;Draper Fisher Jurvetson&lt;/b&gt;, JAFCO Ventures, Time Warner Investments, and KTB Ventures. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>Vertos Medical, Inc. Appoints James M. Corbett Chief Executive Officer - International Business Times</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.ibtimes.com/prnews/20081107/ca-vertos-medical-ceo.htm&amp;cid=1268012103&amp;ei=0-ciScyDNYzK8ATotf28AQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNGtDkt_xPNLbcpzNkImQF5VbQtzCQ</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.ibtimes.com/prnews/20081107/ca-vertos-medical-ceo.htm</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:19:45 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.ibtimes.com/prnews/20081107/ca-vertos-medical-ceo.htm&amp;cid=1268012103&amp;ei=0-ciScyDNYzK8ATotf28AQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNGtDkt_xPNLbcpzNkImQF5VbQtzCQ&quot;&gt;Vertos Medical, Inc. Appoints James M. Corbett Chief Executive Officer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;International Business Times,&amp;nbsp;NY&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Nov 7, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; completed a $12 million financing from leadingventure capital firms CHL Medical Partners, Foundation Medical Partners,Aweida Ventures, and &lt;b&gt;DFJ Mercury&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>Midtown south an epicenter again - Crain&#39;s New York Business</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/2-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.crainsnewyork.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article%3FAID%3D/20081109/SMALLBIZ/311094166/1145/TOC&amp;cid=1268586981&amp;ei=0-ciScbzGpjcMdfyhboB&amp;usg=AFQjCNGpj--7FqUD0k5R6hGP1sCQRmnIjA</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.crainsnewyork.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081109/SMALLBIZ/311094166/1145/TOC</guid><pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 11:04:58 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/2-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.crainsnewyork.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article%3FAID%3D/20081109/SMALLBIZ/311094166/1145/TOC&amp;cid=1268586981&amp;ei=0-ciScbzGpjcMdfyhboB&amp;usg=AFQjCNGpj--7FqUD0k5R6hGP1sCQRmnIjA&quot;&gt;Midtown south an epicenter again&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Crain&#39;s New York Business,&amp;nbsp;NY&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Nov 9, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;After getting funding from &lt;b&gt;DFJ Gotham&lt;/b&gt; Ventures, Sam Lessin moved his online startup, Drop.io, out of midtown. He leased a 3500-square-foot loft  at 78 Jay &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>長城開發攜手彌亞微向四川災區捐贈遠程抄表系統 - 財華網</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/8-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.finet.hk/mainsite/newscenter_story.php%3Fnews%3DPRNEWSBJ%26ncode%3D23714%26page%3D&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=0eciSci9BIbYMpHggbYB&amp;usg=AFQjCNHPchW5gLawXbmxVq2gVN58BDN3Lw</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.finet.hk/mainsite/newscenter_story.php?news=PRNEWSBJ&amp;ncode=23714&amp;page=</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 04:53:34 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/8-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.finet.hk/mainsite/newscenter_story.php%3Fnews%3DPRNEWSBJ%26ncode%3D23714%26page%3D&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=0eciSci9BIbYMpHggbYB&amp;usg=AFQjCNHPchW5gLawXbmxVq2gVN58BDN3Lw&quot;&gt;長城開發攜手彌亞微向四川災區捐贈遠程抄表系統&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;財華網,&amp;nbsp;Hong Kong&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Nov 4, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;2006年彌亞微電子有限公司獲得了首輪來自著名風險投資商&lt;font color=&quot;#CC0033&quot;&gt;DFJ&lt;/font&gt; DragonFund 、&lt;font color=&quot;#CC0033&quot;&gt;DFJ Element&lt;/font&gt; 及&lt;font color=&quot;#CC0033&quot;&gt;DFJ&lt;/font&gt; 的風險投資，同時彌亞微電子（上海）有限公司也作為中國企業榮譽入選本 &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>Mogreet, the First Mobile Video Messaging Company, Secures $5M in ... - SYS-CON Media</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/7-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://in.sys-con.com/node/737721&amp;cid=1267616177&amp;ei=0uciSbHlMIKQNcCuqa4B&amp;usg=AFQjCNGrfKY5NU38DrzHZChfNGkgOmkyJg</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://in.sys-con.com/node/737721</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:00:48 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/7-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://in.sys-con.com/node/737721&amp;cid=1267616177&amp;ei=0uciSbHlMIKQNcCuqa4B&amp;usg=AFQjCNGrfKY5NU38DrzHZChfNGkgOmkyJg&quot;&gt;Mogreet, the First Mobile Video Messaging Company, Secures $5M in &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;SYS-CON Media,&amp;nbsp;NJ&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Nov 6, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Previous investor &lt;b&gt;DFJ Frontier&lt;/b&gt; also participated in the round. In connection with the financing, Chris Lucas, a managing partner  at Black Diamond Ventures, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>Avantium Completes EUR 18 Million Financing Round - MarketWatch</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/3-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Avantium-Completes-EUR-18-Million/story.aspx%3Fguid%3D%257B17904A47-ABA3-4252-A5AE-A85FCAA13C7D%257D&amp;cid=1264152441&amp;ei=0-ciSdnqJpXM8AT0pt3GAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNGm8OBfUwpiEjLQPx7KR8C7IbDlIw</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Avantium-Completes-EUR-18-Million/story.aspx?guid=%7B17904A47-ABA3-4252-A5AE-A85FCAA13C7D%7D</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:20:59 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/3-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Avantium-Completes-EUR-18-Million/story.aspx%3Fguid%3D%257B17904A47-ABA3-4252-A5AE-A85FCAA13C7D%257D&amp;cid=1264152441&amp;ei=0-ciSdnqJpXM8AT0pt3GAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNGm8OBfUwpiEjLQPx7KR8C7IbDlIw&quot;&gt;Avantium Completes EUR 18 Million Financing Round&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;MarketWatch&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Oct 29, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;DFJ&lt;/b&gt; Esprit, AlpInvest, EDB Investments, Eastman Chemical and Pfizer, who have decided to continue their support of the company and its &lt;b&gt;growth&lt;/b&gt; ambitions. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item>

<item><title>COMEDY CENTRAL(R) Chooses Meebo for Indecision 2008 - MarketWatch</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?