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		<title>EZ VIP, OpenTable for Nightlife, Cleans Up on The Shark Tank</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 02:08:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alashe Nelson founder of EZ VIP came to The Shark Tank seeking $150,000 for 15%.  EZ VIP is an OpenTable for NightLife which allows user to purchase bottle service, a VIP table, etc via their technology.  Their value proposition is access and convenience.  Mark Cuban initially opted out because he wasn&#8217;t sure he could get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BusinessGhost Gets Shut Down on Shark Tank &#8211; It&#8217;s a Weightlifting Snowman</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 01:43:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michael Levin whose business, BusinessGhost, can help anyone become a published author was seeking $200,000 for 10% of the company on The Shark Tank. Michael Levin offers customers who want to publish a book ghostwriting service so they can use the book as a marketing tool. Robert Herjavec didn&#8217;t understand how the business scales. They [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Wonderful Life Dies on The Shark Tank &#8211; Doesn&#8217;t Get Investment</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 01:32:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My Wonderful Life presented on The Shark Tank asking for $100,000 for 10% of the company. The company founded by Nancy Bush and Sue Christoff offers a website that lets people plan for their funeral while they are alive so they can be remembered and celebrated when they die in the way they want. My [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clean Bottle Cleans Up on Shark Tank &#8211; Dave Mayer is a &#8220;Pig&#8221; According to Daymond John</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 01:20:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>the Chubby Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Clean Bottle owner Dave Mayer came to the Shark Tank seeking $60,000 in exchange for 5% of the company. His product was a water bottle which had a removable bottom which makes cleaning the bottle easier. Launched in May 2011, Clean Bottle sold 150,000 units grossing $750,000 since inception. Robert Herjavec thought it was a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CrunchFund Makes Its First Two Investments &#8211; It&#8217;s On</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:21:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>the Chubby Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CrunchFund, despite all the drama, is very real.  And it&#8217;s general partners/founders, Michael Arrington and Patrick Gallagher, are making real investments, and here are the first two in the CrunchFund portfolio. GetAround &#8211; A car sharing service/community akin to an Airbnb for car rental.  GetAround which launched at TechCrunch Disrupt is joining the collaborative commerce [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Playlore Investors Ink a Series A Round of Funding</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 14:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>the Chubby Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Playlore (http://www.playlore.com) raised a Series A round of funding from Monashees Capital. The company is located in Westport, Connecticut. Playlore is a game outsourcing company with offices in Brazil and the United States specializing in design and development to management, financial and legal services. This Playlore funding from Monashees Capital was detailed in FundingFlash &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teraco Data Environments Investors Ink a Series C Round of Funding</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 13:58:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>the Chubby Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Teraco Data Environments (http://www.teraco.co.za) closed a Series C round of funding from a set of investors including Pentangle Group, Marlow Capital, Development Bank of Southern Africa, Treacle Private Equity and IFC. The company is located in Cape Town, NULL. Teraco is a provider of vendor neutral data centers in South Africa, located in Newlands, Cape [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SolarBridge Technologies Investors Complete a Series C Round of Funding</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 06:50:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>the Chubby Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SolarBridge Technologies (http://www.solarbridgetech.com) secured a Series C round of funding from a set of investors including The Texas Emerging Technology Fund, Battery Ventures and Rho Capital Partners. The company is located in Champaign, Illinois. SolarBridge Technologies, fka SmartSpark Energy Systems, develops integrated microinverter technologies for the solar industry. Through its module-integrated design and reliability, SolarBridge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PowerDirect Marketing Investors Add a Debt Round of Funding</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2011 06:53:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>the Chubby Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PowerDirect Marketing (http://www.powerdirect.net) secured a debt round of funding. The company is located in Newport Beach, California. PowerDirect Marketing provides direct marketing services, with a specialty in jumbo door hangers, to super-regional and nationwide telecom companies and big-box retailers. This PowerDirect Marketing funding from was detailed in FundingFlash &#8211; a comprehensive daily email detailing companies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California Energy &amp; Power Investors Add an Undisclosed Round of Funding</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 12:19:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>the Chubby Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[California Energy &#038; Power (http://www.cal-epower.com/) closed an undisclosed round of funding. The company is located in Glendora, California. California Energy &#038; Power is developing and commercializing a new technology for vertical axis wind turbines. This California Energy &#038; Power funding from was detailed in FundingFlash &#8211; a comprehensive daily email detailing companies receiving venture capital, [...]]]></description>
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