VentureBeat
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Type of site | Technologynews and analysis |
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| Available in | English |
| Created by | Matt Marshall |
| URL | venturebeat |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Launched | October 2006 |
| Current status | Active |
VentureBeatis an American technology website headquartered inSan Francisco,California.VentureBeatis a tech news source that publishes news, analysis, long-form features,interviews,and videos. TheVentureBeatcompany was founded in 2006 by Matt Marshall, an ex-correspondent forThe Mercury News.[1][2]
History[edit]
In March 2009,VentureBeatsigned a partnership agreement withIDGto produceDEMO Conference,a conference for startups to announce their launches and raise funding fromventure capitalistsandangel investors.[3]The partnership with IDG ended in 2012.[4]
In September 2009, Matt Marshall took on the role of executive producer for the DEMO conference. Over the years, a variety of companies have launched at DEMO including Boingo, TiVo, ETrade, VMware, Palm, Java, Symantec, Salesforce, and others. In September 2012,VentureBeatended its partnership with DEMO.[4]
In 2014 and 2015, the company raised outside investor funding fromSilicon Valleyventure capitalist firms including Crosslink Capital, Walden Venture Capital, Rally Ventures,Formation 8,andLightbank.[5]
VentureBeatproduces a variety of themed industry events, including MobileBeat, GamesBeat, and GrowthBeat.[6]In addition, it produces several small, annual conclaves of C-level industry executives called Summits.[7]
References[edit]
- ^Statz, Pamela (August 31, 2006)."VentureBeat Launches (Kinda)".Wired.Archivedfrom the original on August 2, 2023.
- ^"Company Overview of VentureBeat, Inc".Bloomberg L.P.Archivedfrom the original on August 13, 2023.RetrievedOctober 30,2017.[dead link]
- ^Schonfeld, Erick (February 18, 2009)."VDEMO Gets Desperate: Shipley Out, Marshall In".TechCrunch.Archivedfrom the original on May 13, 2021.RetrievedAugust 2,2010.
- ^abMarshall, Matt (September 19, 2012)."Farewell, DEMO. It's been an incredible ride".VentureBeat.Archivedfrom the original on March 25, 2021.RetrievedJuly 16,2013.
- ^"Ethics Statement".VentureBeat. August 4, 2020.Archivedfrom the original on June 7, 2021.RetrievedMay 17,2013.
- ^"Events".VentureBeat.Archivedfrom the original on May 16, 2013.RetrievedMay 17,2013.
- ^"Mobile Summit 2013".VentureBeat. Archived fromthe originalon May 9, 2013.RetrievedMay 17,2013.