Tag Archives: intense debate

TechStars Meetups

January 11, 2009 – 10:37 pm

Interested in TechStars?
TechStars is a seed stage, mentorship driven funding accelerator.  It is my humble place of employment, and a company that is near and dear to my heart.  Every summer, we make ten investments in brilliant teams wanting to build their startup.    We have funded BrightKite, IntenseDebate (now part of Wordpress), SocialThing! (now [...]

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Automattic Acquires Intense Debate

September 23, 2008 – 4:21 pm

Wow.
Did that just happen?  I am planning on a rather quiet day at the 2008 Mountain View TechStars Demo Day… and bam, in walks Toni Schneider, the CEO of Automatic, to say that they just acquired a TechStars team.
Amazing to me.  Both companies are ones that I really respect and love (use them both everyday [...]

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TechStars Teams Present at Mountain View

September 23, 2008 – 9:31 am

Today 12 TechStars teams are presenting to a group of around 150 investors in Mountain View California at the beautiful Microsoft campus.  Here is the under 5 word description of the companies, because I know you are just dying to have things oversimpliefied.
Ignighter- Group to group online dating
Devver- Tools for ruby hackers
Foodzie- Artisan food marketplace
Travelfli- [...]

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