185 news & feature articles results for "vulcan ventures"

The investment company headed by Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen takes a 64 percent stake in Ziff-Davis' ZDTV business unit, a deal worth $204.8 million.

Posted by Melanie Austria Farmer

Metricom, a provider of wide-area, portable wireless data services, has announced that Vulcan Ventures, the investment organization of Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen, has completed its purchase of 4.65 million shares of Metricom common stock. The $55.8 million transaction raises Vulcan's interest in Metricom to 49.5 percent. Metricom also has announced the resignation of its president, Donald F. Wood, who will be joining Vanguard Venture Partners as a general partner.

Posted by Suzan Revah

The Microsoft co-founder is backing a product, Xiant Filer, that helps sort through e-mail.

Posted by Ina Fried

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's Vulcan Ventures comes up with a design for a shrunken laptop that weighs about a pound and rests comfortably in two hands.

Posted by David Becker

Paul Allen's Vulcan Ventures and Tickets.com are among the investors pumping $30 million into EncrypTix, a unit that specializes in online ticketing.

Posted by Greg Sandoval

Vulcan Ventures, the investment company of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, acquired Small World Media, a provider of online fantasy sports games. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The assets of New York-based Small World will become part of The Sporting News, a sports media and publishing company that Vulcan acquired in February. Small World CEO Mark Jacobstein will remain with the company as vice president and general manager of fantasy sports for The Sporting News.

The fantasy sports division will continue to develop and maintain licensed fantasy sports games in baseball, football, basketball, hockey, auto racing, soccer and golf. The unit will operate from Small World's existing facility in New York.

Posted by Melanie Austria Farmer

Start-ups Digeo and Moxi Digital say they will be merging and have received funding from lead investor Vulcan Ventures.

Posted by Richard Shim

Posted by Tiffany Kary

Paul Allen and Vulcan Ventures sold 1.12 million shares, or a 5.6 percent stake, in Broderbund Software in late July and early August, for $21.25 to $23.38 a share, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Allen is president and director of Vulcan Ventures.

Posted by Suzanne Galante

The company plans to merge the cable channel owned by Paul Allen's Vulcan Ventures with its own G4 video game network.

Posted by Jim Hu