VentureBeat is a venture capital news blog created by Matt Marshall. With over million of monthly pageviews and an Alexa ranking under 15,000, it ranks among the popular blogs on the Internet. VentureBeat regularly writes about venture capital but it also reports on social networking and social media sites.

VentureBeat is one of my favorite blogs. Their mission is to provide news and information about private companies and the venture capital that fuels them. It is the successor to SiliconBeat, co-founded and written by Matt Marshall.

VentureBeat will focus initially on Silicon Valley, and gradually expand to cover innovation hubs around the globe. Its mission in each region will be the same to provide insider news and data about the entrepreneurial and venture community that is useful to decision makers. Their readers are entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, veteran developers and architects, and other technology professionals.