“The Silicon Valley Six, made up of the hottest privately held companies with annual revenue of more than $100 million, were chosen based on informal polling by Reuters of venture capitalists and others.”

Here are the 4 hot startups, along with their hot startup jobs, on VentureLoop:

1. LinkedIn
2. Zynga
3. Silver Spring
4. LiveOps

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Historically startups and early stage companies tend to begin hiring sooner than the bigger public companies as economic times improve.  They have more flexibility and can commit to headcount without the market pressures that publicly traded companies feel.  Could this be a sign of better things to come?  We don’t know, but it was at least a refreshing observation.  We’ll keep you posted on any other positive signs and check in next month to determine if this was an anomoly or the beginning of a trend.

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Acquia Inc. has picked up an $8 million second round of equity financing from existing investors, according to regulatory documents posted Friday by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The round brings Acquia’s total funding to at least $15 million.

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The company also announced $1.5 million in first-round funding from Wellington Partners and angel investors, and the appointment of a new CEO, Sanjeev Agrawal, an ex-head of product marketing from Google and more recently vice president of products at TellMe Networks (now part of Microsoft).

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