''VentureBeat'' is an American technology website headquartered in

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. ''VentureBeat'' is a tech news source that publishes news, analysis, long-form features,

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s, and videos. The ''VentureBeat'' company was founded in 2006 by Matt Marshall, an ex-correspondent for ''

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History

In March 2009, ''VentureBeat'' signed a partnership agreement with IDG to produce DEMO Conference, a conference for startups to announce their launches and raise funding from

venture capitalists Venture capital (VC) is a form of private equity financing provided by firms or funds to start-up company, startup, early-stage, and emerging companies, that have been deemed to have high growth potential or that have demonstrated high growth in ...

and

angel investors An angel investor (also known as a business angel, informal investor, angel funder, private investor, or seed investor) is an individual who provides capital to a business or businesses, including startups, usually in exchange for convertible debt ...

. The partnership with IDG ended in 2012. In September 2009, Matt Marshall took on the role of executive producer for the DEMO conference. Over the years, a variety of companies have launched at DEMO including Boingo, TiVo, ETrade, VMware, Palm, Java, Symantec, Salesforce, and others. In September 2012, ''VentureBeat'' ended its partnership with DEMO. In 2014 and 2015, the company raised outside investor funding from

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venture capitalist firms including Crosslink Capital, Walden Venture Capital, Rally Ventures,

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, and

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. ''VentureBeat'' produces a variety of themed industry events, including MobileBeat, GamesBeat, and GrowthBeat. In addition, it produces several small, annual conclaves of C-level industry executives called Summits.

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External links

* {{Official website, https://venturebeat.com/ American technology news websites Internet properties established in 2009 Online mass media companies of the United States Web-related conferences