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

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. It publishes news, analysis, long-form features,

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, and videos.

History

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

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''. In March 2009, ''VentureBeat'' signed a partnership agreement with

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to produce DEMO Conference, a conference for startups to announce their launches and raise funding from

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and angel investors. In 2012, the partnership with IDG ended. 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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Editorial

The ''VentureBeat'' website comprises a series of distinct news "Beats":

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, Business (general news), Cloud, Deals, Dev, Enterprise, Entrepreneur, Media, Mobile, Marketing, Security, Small Biz, and Social. In addition, the site includes a semi-separate publication, ''GamesBeat'', as one of its major sections. ''GamesBeat'' focuses on video games and the videogame industry. ''VentureBeat''s editorial team includes: * Harrison Weber – executive editor, and has previously written for ''The Next Web'' and ''

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.'' * Dean Takahashi – covers gaming and previously worked for ''

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'' and ''

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''. * Dylan Tweney – former ''VentureBeat'' executive editor and current editor at large. * Morwenna Marshall – current editor at large.

Events

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. ''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.

References

External links

* {{Official website American technology news websites Internet properties established in 2009 Online mass media companies of the United States Web-related conferences