by Erick Schonfeld Daily deals are growing like crazy, and it’s not just Groupon and LivingSocial. Daily deal aggregator Yipit just raised $6 million in a series B led by Highland Capital Partners. Existing investors RRE, DFJ Gotham and IA Ventures also participated. I caught up...

Battery Ventures and DFJ Gotham Lead Recent Financing, STELLAService to Amplify Customer Service Ratings Platform and Expand Marketing Efforts with New Website New York, NY (March 21, 2011) – STELLAService, the first independent customer service ratings provider for online...

The Reports of Groupon’s Death Are Greatly Exaggerated by Vinicius Vacanti on June 5, 2011 Since Groupon filed its S-1 on Thursday, there have been hundreds of negative articles written about Groupon (including one of our own). While some of the concerns brought up about Groupon...

By JOE LIGHT LinkedIn Corp.’s splashy initial public offering of stock earlier this month underscored the company’s status as a major professional network. But several start-ups are banking that the future of career networking is actually on Facebook Inc. LinkedIn has...

By Spencer E. Ante A couple of years ago, seed venture capital investor Jeff Clavier would only invest in start-up firms based near his Silicon Valley offices. Like a lot of Valley denizens, he thought there weren’t enough talented software engineers outside the San Francisco Bay...

New York (May 12, 2011) – DFJ Gotham Ventures today announced that Joy Marcus, former GM of Dailymotion US and SVP of Global Marketing at Time Warner, has joined the firm as a Venture Partner. At DFJ Gotham, Joy will be focused on evaluating prospective investments and working...

March 29 (Bloomberg) — ViVOtech Inc., a maker of in-store payment systems, is planning an initial public offering for as early as 2012, Chief Executive Officer Mick Mullagh said. The company is capitalizing on demand for payment systems that rely on mobile phones, rather...

Rating Customer-Service Performance Makes Marketers, Consumers and Investors Happy With South by Southwest — clangorous and turgid as a prom-night after-party — raging 1,800 miles away, Jordy Leiser and I rode a squeaky, crowded commuter train to Fairfield, Conn. Mr....

Women’s Wear Daily…………. ISSUE 03/21/2011 StellaService, which rates the customer service of online businesses, has raised $2 million in early stage funding, led by institutional investors Battery Ventures and DFJ Gotham Ventures. The funds will be...

February 11, 2011……… Sixty-five percent of the marketing team at private-sale e-commerce site Totsy is dedicated exclusively to social media marketing, the company’s CMO told an audience at Social Media Week on February 10. Totsy’s SEO efforts are...