TechFlash: Record seed funding year raises new Series A concerns

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January 24, 2014

Record seed funding year raises new Series A concerns There appears to be a bigger backlog forming at the Series A funding window after another record year of seed activity. Founders Fund's Luke Nosek may ride SpaceX all the way to Mars As a boy, Founders Fund Partner Luke Nosek dreamed of building rockets, but he pursued other scientific interests, including computers, which led him to become a cofounder and vice president of PayPal... Greylock backs Twitter founder Biz Stone's Jelly Jelly, the image-based search engine founded by Twitter's Biz Stone, has picked up some cash and a board member from Greylock Partners. Silicon Valley's next innovation frontier: Food As a high-tech buzzword, the term "innovation" is now mostly meaningless. Riverbed's Eric Wolford joins Accel as venture partner Riverbed Technology's product president Eric Wolford has joined Accel Partners as a venture partner. More founder & funder news The top 100 biggest voices in crowdfunding (with Twitter handles) Feds aim to even score with 'Revenge Porn King' Hunter Moore Well begun is half done: 30 years with Apple's Macintosh Computer Jamie Dimon has more to lose than you think if Bitcoin wins Care.com CEO: IPO a good sign for Boston entrepreneurship, families - Boston

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