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Be judged by the crowds and you could win cash for your startupThink you have a hot startup idea? Write it down and you could net a little funding.

Bang Ventures from New York is offering $15,000 U.S. for startup CEOs to get their ideas off the ground. "You Be The VC" Candidates start by submitting applications outlining their plans for a new internet startup. These will be judged by handpicked professionals in the startup field to guarantee unbiased results and ensure that funding goes to best idea seen in the public's eye. There are no limits as to the number of ideas that CEO's can submit, just as long as they are in by the deadline of December 2007.

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Joost raises $45 million

JoostOkay, we're getting about as tired of writing Joost news as you are of reading it. But this is kind of big. The internet television platform started by Skype founders Janus Friis and Niklas Zennström has raised $45 million in capital.

Sequoia Capital, Index Ventures, Li K-shing, and CBS have all put some money in, although that's not a comprehensive list. So far, Joost had been funded primarily out of the pockets of Friis and Zennström.

Given the game-changing nature of the duo's last project with Skype, it shouldn't be a huge surprise that Joost is gaining momentum as it nears an official release. The company continues to sign major content partners, overcoming one of the earliest criticisms: that there was nothing worth watching.

And while Joost has experienced some server overload since widening its beta test group in recent weeks, the overall user experience is pretty innovative and nothing at all like YouTube, which is what most people think of when you mention internet video these days.

Share personal video with Motionbox

motionbox video sharingMotionbox makes it easier to share video online. You have the choice when uploading to keep the videos private or broadcast them to the world. When viewing public videos, you have the option of share them, adding them to your favorites, or adding them to your playlists. A cool feature Motionbox has, is the ability to scrub through the video from the search result before actually clicking into the video.

Keep a close eye on Motionbox and look for some exciting new features, as they have just announced that they have raised $4.2M in funding. Watch out YouTube.

Funding Watch: $25 mil. for Facebook, 13.5 for SimplyHired

FacebookLast we heard Facebook was up on the block for nothing less than $2 billion, but now they're saying they were never interested in selling in the first place. According to SiliconBeat, the king of social networking sites for the college set has just accepted $25 million in funding from some Silicon Valley investors and marketing says, "It has never been our intention to sell the company." Facebook, according to comScore Media Metrix, is the seventh most-visited site on the web.

And over on the other side of the web, job meta-search site SimplyHired has raised $13.5 million from Fox Interactive and Foundation Capital, despite the fact that Google is hovering ominously around the corner with its own job search project.

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