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The RealReal is opening a real store in New York (and other news from CEO Julie Wainwright)

I sat down with The RealReal founder and CEO Julie Wainwright, who is renowned in startup circles for a variety of things, including her role in winding down Pets.com during the dot.com era; being one

NewsCred Raises $42M As It Sets Its Sights Beyond Content Marketing

<a target="_blank" href="http://newscred.com">NewsCred</a> is announcing that it has raised $42 million in additional equity funding. Founded in 2008, the company started out as a system for reader

Luxury Consignment Site The RealReal Adds $40 Million In New Funding

Online luxury consignment site The RealReal announced this morning its largest round of financing to date with news that it has closed on $40 million in Series D funding, as the company is poised t

LocBox Raises $5.1M From InterWest, Google Ventures, Others To Help Local Businesses Master Online Deals And Marketing

It seems like there are an infinite number of marketing tools competing for local businesses' attention nowadays. An <a target="_blank" href="http://www.angelpad.org">AngelPad</a>-incubated startup ca

Triposo: Ex-Googlers Raise $3.5M From InterWest To Put Social (& Traditional) Travel Guides To Shame

Last fall, ex-Googlers Jon Tirsen and Douwe Osinga launched a new mobile travel platform called <a target="_blank" href="http://www.triposo.com/">Triposo</a>, which aimed to bring a little <a target="

Gojee Raises $2.8M From InterWest For Beautiful Recipe Aggregation

<a target="_blank" href="http://www.gojee.com/">Gojee</a>, an aesthetically pleasing recipe-sharing site, has raised a first venture round of $2.8 million from <a target="_blank" href="http://www.int

Mayfield Fund Leads $8 Million Round Of Funding For Cloud9 Analytics

<img src="http://www.techcrunchit.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/cloud9.png" class="shot2" /><a href="http://www.cloud9analytics.com/">Cloud9 Analytics</a>, a provider of SaaS business analytics for l

Only 55 VC Funds Raised Money In The Third Quarter (Down 29 Percent).

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/ichartshot.png" /> The third quarter saw the number of U.S. venture funds raising new cash decline by 29 percent to 55 funds, according to da