TechFlash: Launch winner Connect to storm SXSW; DFJ's Roizen gets promoted

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February 28, 2014

Bootstrapped Connect wins Launch, ready to storm SXSW Social address book developer Connect hopes to ride success at this week's Launch Festival in San Francisco to a bigger stage next week at SXSW in Austin. Surf Air CEO Eyerly resigns; Former Frontier Airlines CEO to take role Surf Air co-founder and CEO Wade Eyerly has resigned, and the company has recruited former Frontier Airlines chief Jeff Potter to take over the role, according to TechCrunch. DFJ promotes Roizen to operating partner Entrepreneur and venture investor Heidi Roizen has been promoted to operating partner at venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson. Gaming platform Midverse Studios snags $6.5 million Mobile gaming platform developer Midverse Studios has raised $6.5 million to boost its sales and marketing staff and expand in new cities. VC firm IVP opens San Francisco office Institutional Venture Partners, a later-stage venture capital and private equity firm long known as an anchor tenant on Menlo Park's Sand Hill Road, has opened a satellite office in San Francisco. Seattle limiting UberX, Lyft, Sidecar vehicles in city Seattle's City Council voted Thursday to cap the number of drivers allowed to work for increasingly popular ride-share services — including UberX, Lyft and Sidecar — that compete with traditional taxi ... More founder & funder news Angel investing: What catches this ex-Intel Capital investor's eye - Portland NFL QB Andrew Luck, top athletes lead Harvard panel on sports technology (Video) - Boston Which technology is 'going to explode'? Paul Grossman knows - San Francisco Janet Yellen says the Fed has no power to regulate Bitcoin IPO-bound HubSpot in talks with Morgan Stanley - Boston

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