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April 15, 2011 11:09 pm GMT

My Twitter Debate With Mike McCue: Why Does Flipboard Need $50 Million?

There is no question that Flipboard has an early lead in iPad news consumption. The company just raised a massive $50 million B round to cement that lead. This comes in between iPhone photo app Color raising a $41 million A round, and LivingSocial raising $400 million so that its founders and early investors could take half of that off the table. There is obviously a lot of venture money sloshing around, especially for high-quality companies and teams. When investors offer startups a huge pile of cash at favorable terms, it is usually a good idea to take the money. And that's exactly what Flipboard did. But does an iPad app company really need $50 million? And does taking too much money ever backfire? Flipboard is no lean startup.

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