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TheFunded and Avvo – Calling Plays from the Same Playbook

Posted on June 27, 2007, 11:58 am, by charles, under avvo, thefunded, venture capital.

TweetAfter reading about the class action lawsuit against Avvo, the lawyer rating site, and Matt Marshall’s post on TheFunded earlier today, it feels to me like both of these companies are calling plays from the same playbook by creating review properties focused on service providers in industries where reputation is paramount in generating new opportunities. […]

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The Return of the Large Pre-Launch Consumer Web Financing

Posted on May 2, 2007, 1:26 pm, by charles, under avvo, Beta, Business, metaweb, powerset, venture capital, vertical search, web20.

TweetI’ve been clipping stories about companies who have raised fairly large (as in greater than $10 million) amounts of venture capital for consumer web services prior to launch. I am not sure that three data points constitutes a trend, but I noticed that Avvo in Seattle (link here), Powerset here in the Valley (link here), […]

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