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Sassa’s Web Publishing Firm Uber.com Closing Down; Investors Pulled Out

Sep 26, 2008 11:40 PM

What happened here? Two months ago I met Scott Sassa in our offices when he was all gaga over Uber.com‘s chances. In those two months, it turns out, the investors Discovery (NSDQ: DISAB) Communications (NSDQ: DISCA) and previous ones UMG and others decided to pull out, it seems, and his…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, , discovery communications, scott sassa, uber

Discovery Invests in Sassa’s Web Publishing Firm Uber.com; UMG Other Investor

May 26, 2008 11:00 PM

Last we knew, Scott Sassa, the former CEO of Friendster, had left his EIR position at Kleiner Perkins and taken over as the CEO of an obscure social network Uber.com. That was late 2006. Since then, not much has been heard about the Los Angeles-based company, and now it has…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, Companies, Vivendi, Universal Music Group, discovery communications, scott sassa, sterling stamos co-investors fund, uber

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