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TEAM Matt Marshall HEADQUARTERS San Francisco, CA FOUNDED 2006 CO-INVESTORS Felicis, Angels	VentureBeat is a leading online innovation and technology news site. For high tech entrepreneurs and executives, it is a trusted source for breaking news across the software, internet, mobile and green technology industries. VentureBeat also organizes industry leading conferences like DEMO, GreenBeat and MobileBeat.