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SoundCloud Raises Expansion Capital from Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers and GGV Capital

 SoundCloud has raised growth capital in a round led by Silicon Valley’s Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) and GGV Capital, a US/China growth fund. The amount raised was not disclosed, but the company said it is large enough to fund scaling of the three-year old company’s social audio platform. Mary Meeker of KPCB will join SoundCloud’s board as an observer. She is also actively involved in other KPCB portfolio companies including Groupon, Waze, 360buy.com, and Spotify, another one Europe’s up and coming social music platforms.Read more

Fortune 500 Firms Embrace Bloom Energy's Fuel Cell Technology

Bloom Energy, a fuel cell company which aims to help homes and businesses generate their own electricity, publicly unveiled its technology and an impressive list of  Fortune 500 customers, at a February 24 press conference attended by California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and former U.S. Secretary of State General Colin Powell.Read more

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