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PrivCo Responds to Criticisms of Its Tumblr Report By Slinging Twitter Insults at Fred Wilson, Everyone Else [UPDATED]

Yesterday, Crain’s reported on some eye-popping Tumblr numbers from PrivCo, suggesting VCs reaped huge rewards, including a 5,000 percent return
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Fred Wilson Denies PrivCo Report Union Square Ventures Made $253M Off Tumblr [UPDATED]

Order us up a dish of crow, because we might get a few more angels out of this Tumblr deal
By Kelly Faircloth

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In 2010 Swedish music streaming service Spotify was on the rise, with a 151 percent jump in revenue. According to
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