VC's Seek Crowdsourcing Opportunities in BusinessApril 16, 2010Area venture capitalists are betting that crowdsourcing - the idea behind Wikipedia and open-source software - can penetrate some of the most staid industries: patent research and business-to-business credit checks. Cortera Inc. of Quincy has raised more than $20 million from Volition Capital, whose managers believe the company can beat Dun & Bradstreet Corp. by sourcing credit-check data from myraid small to midsize businesses. (click here for the rest of the article) Mass High Tech |
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