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Arrington will continue to write for the popular tech blog as he deploys $20 million in start-ups.

Twitter said it received a "significant" round of funding led by Russian venture firm Digital Sky Technologies.

A year ago, Mike Maples's investment firm, Floodgate, was investing in young companies at a pace of two or three every quarter. Now, he's backed just one start-up all year and puts a big chunk of the blame on spiraling price tags.

Consumer Internet entrepreneurs are like pro basketball players,” a venture capitalist told me recently while discussing the prospects for a thirty-something founder, “They peak at 25, by 30 they’re usually done.

Twitter has raised a big new round of venture capital, $200 million, valuing the company at $3.7 billion.

Venture capital investment plunged 50% from a year ago, signaling what could be a fundamental shift in the industry's size and direction.

Venture-capital investment dropped 30% in the fourth quarter to its lowest level since 2005.