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Report: Facebook Valuation Doomed Twitter Acquisition

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 2, 2009 - 9:17am.
New York - Facebook was unsuccessful in its attempt to acquire the Twitter microblogging service last year due to the disputed valuation of Facebook, early Facebook investor Peter Thiel tells BusinessWeek.
tags: Deals | Blogs | Social Networking | Acquisitions | Facebook | Twitter | Peter Thiel | Microblogging |

Entrepreneur Pitch Video Site Vator.tv Raises Funds

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 16, 2007 - 12:44pm.

San Francisco - Vator.tv, a site that allows entrepreneurs to upload videos of an "elevator pitch" for their business idea, has raised an undisclosed sum of new funds, VentureBeat reported.

tags: Deals | VC | Video | Richard Rosenblatt | Vator.tv | Bambi Francisco | Peter Thiel |