TechFlash: Why Costanoa VC Sands likes B2B; PubMatic plans $1B IPO

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February 10, 2014

Costanoa VC Greg Sands on why he focuses on early stage B2B deals After more than a year of running Costanoa Venture Capital solo, Greg Sands took on a second partner last week because he says he needs help keeping up with all of the opportunities he is seeing to in ... Ad tech business PubMatic reveals $1B IPO plans PubMatic, which provides a real-time ad bidding platform, reportedly plans to go public later this year at a $1 billion valuation. Boston VC buys controlling stake and names new CEO of Data Physics Battery Ventures LP bought controlling stake in San Jose-based Data Physics Corp, the Boston-based venture capital firm said. Crunchies vs. Crappies: Tech awards become latest SF protest target Protesters plan to crash the Crunchies tech awards party Monday night, the latest target of their unhappiness over the gentrification of San Francisco. Splice Machine raises $15 million for Hadoop applications Splice Machine Inc., which develops Hadoop database software for real-time operational and analytical tasks, closed a $15 million Series B funding to build up its sales and marketing team and prepare ... Online ad startup iSocket nabs $5M, hires Microsoft exec Burlingame-based digital advertising startup iSocket Inc. has raised $5 million in venture capital from a batch of publishing companies. More founder & funder news The time an accounting law almost landed Ben Horowitz in jail Cisco Systems spent almost $16 million fighting patent troll Innovation - San Francisco Clarus Ventures seeks $375 million for third life sciences fund - Boston WATCH: Mike Judge spoofs startups in HBO's upcoming 'Silicon Valley' Glitch shakes foundations of Mt. Gox, but Bitcoin itself remains stable

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