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Square snags $100M at massive $1B valuation
If you need any further evidence that the mobile payments arena is going to be huge over the next few years, just look at Square. The mobile payments startup, created by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey,...
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MobileBeat 2011 speakers round four: Keith Rabois, Bill Maris and more!
Preparations for our fourth annual MobileBeat conference are speeding along. Today, we’re announcing our fourth round of speakers for the event: Keith Rabois, COO at Square; Bill Maris, managing...
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EBay-Zong is the first salvo in World War of Payments. Which side are you on?
With eBay’s acquisition of Zong Thursday for $240 million, it’s hard not see it as the first salvo in a major war over today’s most important business theatre, mobile payments. It may not be a military...
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Square COO Keith Rabois on creating an affinity brand for payments
How can a mere mobile payments startup like Square become a beloved brand like Apple or Porsche? According to COO Keith Rabois, it’s by making payments far less frustrating for both consumers and...
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Confirmed: Square raises $100M, Mary Meeker, Vinod Khosla and Larry Summers...
Earlier reports of mobile payments provider Square raising $100 million that arose in June are now confirmed thanks to a Form D filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Chief operating...
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Updated: Xoom, the money transfer company, gets a little money of its own:...
[Editor’s note: Updated with quotes from Xoom’s chief executive John Kunze.] Money transfer company Xoom received a $25 million round of funding today, according to a Form D filed with the SEC. The...
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That’s the ticket! Gogobot raises $15M for social travel recommendations
Gogobot has raised an $15 million second round of funding for its social travel search site. Gogobot recommends travel deals powered by tips from friends and family. It also has an iPhone app that...
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Social TV startup Miso closes $4M round from Khosla, Google Ventures & others
Social TV service Miso has raised a new $4 million round of funding, the startup announced on its blog today. Miso’s service, which has about 250,000 users, works by allowing people to check-in, rate,...
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Gain Fitness grabs $650K to pump up its business
Gain Fitness, developer of an exercise application, wants to make personal trainer-quality workouts available to the masses. The San Francisco-based startup has raised a round of seed funding to...
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Square now gives merchants next-day access to cash, annual payment processing...
Life just got a bit rosier for merchants using Square’s mobile credit card reader. Merchants will now have access to cash on sales made before 5 p.m. by the next business day — meaning they won’t have...
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Square COO Keith Rabois resigns, replaced by CFO
In surprising news last night, Square’s chief operating officer and No. 2 exec Keith Rabois announced that he was leaving the mobile payments startup. His actual reasons for leaving are still unclear,...
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Keith Rabois left Square due to claim he sexually harassed an employee
Today on “As Silicon Valley Turns,” we learn the true reason for Square chief operating officer Keith Rabois’ departure: He’s being accused of sexually harassing a Square employee. In a very personal...
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Keith Rabois’ next act, after Square: Khosla Ventures
Keith Rabois, the former chief operating officer of Square, has a new gig: He’s going to be a venture capitalist at Khosla Ventures. “I love Khosla Ventures’ vision and passion for assisting the next...
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Red Hot Labs raises $1.5M for mobile games and a platform to make them spread
Started by the team that created Zynga’s FarmVille, Red Hot Labs has raised $1.5 million in funding to create a mobile-technology platform and the games that prove it works. The San Francisco company,...
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Former Square COO & Foursquare CEO battle about Foursquare’s success
Former Square COO Keith Rabois took to Twitter today to bash social-location app Foursquare, but Foursquare CEO Dennis Crowley did not simply sit back and take it. He punched back. The strange...
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HealthTap scores $24M from Khosla & others, former Square COO Keith Rabois...
Health Q&A startup HealthTap has raised $24 million in its second round of funding and added former Square COO Keith Rabois to its board of directors, the company said today. Palo Alto,...
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Founders: Bid for pitch slots with Tim Draper, Kleiner Perkins, Khosla...
CharityBuzz has gotten a taste of the tech world’s power, and it wants more. Weeks after auctioning off coffee with Apple CEO Tim Cook for a staggering $610,000, CharityBuzz is starting a new auction,...
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Sosh raises another $10M to be your local social concierge
Mobile recommendations are still a big deal, and they’re helping Sosh raise a $10.1 million round of VC money. Using a combination of local listings and user-supplied data points, Sosh recommends...
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Silicon Valley is more than just social media and $4 toast — way more
Over the past few years, San Francisco has gradually started to view itself as part of Silicon Valley. It’s not. Yes, tech plays a much bigger role in San Francisco than it has in the past. The...
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Khosla Ventures' Keith Rabois finally launches his real estate startup
SAN FRANCISCO — Keith Rabois, the fast-talking Khosla Ventures investor and former Square executive, has been carrying around a big idea for 11 years. Now he’s finally ready to act on it. Under the...
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