Cloning Facebook; Mixed Signals on the VC Front; Notable Funding

German Facebook Clone – An interesting example of how the Internet has changed the world of intellectual property.  One wonders how StudiVZ could so blatantly copy Facebook, one of the most successful and well-known Internet startups of the last ten-or-so years: StudiVZ Won’t Comment On Facebook Lawsuit, But Will Talk Smack In General

VC Funding Shrinks for Startups – While VC investment overall appears to be holding steady, this MoneyTree report suggests that capital investments may be shrinking for startups: Venture Investments Are Up, But Not For Startups

Funding of Note:

gumgum

Carbonetworks

Rohati Systems

Wakonda Technologies

ContextWeb

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