Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Pigs are starting to fly again...

The recent wave of success, introductions, and positioning around media has investors doing more than investing. The meltdown of 2000 came about primarily through circular relationships: ie, a consulting company would create a "workshop" to explore an idea, participants would include a VC, entrepreneur, etc. Several "fundable" ideas would be hatched. A company would be funded. And, of course, the consultancy would then be hired to build the site! Hmmm... Now this, from PaidContent.org:

Social Media Site Jacked Gets $0.5 Million Funding [by Rafat]

Stealth social media site and service Jacked, launched by former American Greeting Mobile head Bryan Biniak, has received $0.5 million in seed funding. The round was done by the new VC firm Provenance Ventures, also founded by Biniak.

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