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Confession: It’s official now! SlideShare loses its (financial) virginity
| Tags: funding, slideshare, venrock |
Just wanted to confess on this blog that my startup, SlideShare has now officially lost its bootstrapping (aka financial virginity) status. And we have entered into a serious relationship with one of those big venture firms in Silicon Valley. This was not an impulsive decision; the marriage was preceded by a courtship that lasted a couple of months- horoscopes were matched (Indian style), the (technology) pundits were consulted and each party tried to woo the other with candle-lit dinners, chocolates, long midnight serenades etc. Here’s hoping this relationship blossoms into a life-long partnership for the benefit of the extended family (the slideshare community).
And if you are bored of reading drab press releases announcing funding news (like I am), check out the slide deck below. This is a makeover that our design team gave to the official press release. It is based on a very popular presentation style on slideshare that has almost achieved cult status now!
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5 Comments | Add your own
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1. Sumedh | May 9th, 2008 at 7:05 am
Hey Great Amit !!!
Congratulations !!!
Now you can speed up the growth of Slideshare…
May it become a huge web products company…and go to the IPO stage…and beyond…Amen !!!
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2. Ashish Tulsian | May 9th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
Hey thats a grr8 piece news mann 
Really happy to hear this…a well deserved thing !!
kudos to you, rashmi, john and the complete uzanto team..
Keep Rocking !!
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3. amit | May 10th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
Sumedh & Ashish,
thanks for your wishes
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4. Rajiv | May 10th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
congratulations. way to go.
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5. Benjamin | May 12th, 2008 at 10:24 am
Great for you, guys - and great for us as users!
Keep up the good work!
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Amit Ranjan is a cofounder of SlideShare. Based out of N. Delhi, he is a prime mover on the Indian tech startup circuit. His professional life is a mashup of disparate roles- startup guy, blogger, podcaster, product manager & tech entrepreneur. He closely tracks the Indian consumer internet space...more
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