Inochi Ventures http://inochiventures.com A privately financed Angel Investment Fund Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:04:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Hardly Surprising… http://inochiventures.com/2010/08/hardly-surprising/ http://inochiventures.com/2010/08/hardly-surprising/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:04:19 +0000 admin http://inochiventures.com/?p=407 Less than a fifth of Internet users welcome ads…

]]> http://inochiventures.com/2010/08/hardly-surprising/feed/ 1 Flattr opens up http://inochiventures.com/2010/08/flattr-opens-up/ http://inochiventures.com/2010/08/flattr-opens-up/#comments Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:31:59 +0000 admin http://inochiventures.com/?p=402 Flattr has opened its doors to the public – definitely one to watch, this. TechCrunch article here.

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]]> http://inochiventures.com/2010/08/wave-bye-bye/feed/ 1 Madbid Secures £4m Funding http://inochiventures.com/2010/07/madbid-secures-4m-funding/ http://inochiventures.com/2010/07/madbid-secures-4m-funding/#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:27:01 +0000 admin http://inochiventures.com/?p=396 MadBid, a fast growing “pay-to-bid” auction site has secured £4 million in a Series A funding from Atomico Ventures. Read more from Techcrunch here:

http://eu.techcrunch.com/2010/07/26/penny-auction-site-madbid-secures-4m-funding-from-atomico-ventures/

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]]> http://inochiventures.com/2010/07/goldman-profits-down/feed/ 1 Times Online Traffic Falls by Two-Thirds http://inochiventures.com/2010/07/times-online-traffic-falls-by-two-thirds/ http://inochiventures.com/2010/07/times-online-traffic-falls-by-two-thirds/#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:26:07 +0000 admin http://inochiventures.com/?p=390 Since the erection of the paywall, traffic to the Times and Sunday Times websites have fallen by two-thirds. Full article from Brand Republic here:

http://www.brandrepublic.com/bulletin/digitalpmbulletin/article/1016927/times-site-traffic-falls-two-thirds-following-paywalls/

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http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/3015783.article?cmpid=MWE01&cmptype=newsletter

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/jul/12/android-app-inventor-google

]]> http://inochiventures.com/2010/07/new-android-developer-kit/feed/ 1 C4 and Five not set to Merge http://inochiventures.com/2010/07/c4-and-five-not-set-to-merge/ http://inochiventures.com/2010/07/c4-and-five-not-set-to-merge/#comments Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:58:24 +0000 admin http://inochiventures.com/?p=382 Contrary to reports, Channel Four and Channel Five are not planning a merger, according to Channel Four’s CEO David Abraham:

http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/news/bulletin/thefix/article/1014538/?DCMP=EMC-CampaignDailyFix

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http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2010-06/29/o2-world-cup-infoporn

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