Twelvefold Media Lands $5,017,846 Series A Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=76d058f0-7179-41fd-912f-36121987d4f8 Date 10/2/2015 Company Name Twelvefold Media Mailing Address 1261 Howard Street 3rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94103 USA Company Description Twelvefold Media is the only emotive-based media company that helps brands target, reach and persuade engaged audiences by delivering the right ad, in the right place at the right time to … Continue reading “Twelvefold Media Lands $5,017,846 Series A Financing Round”

FlightCar Receives $20,718,608 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ca12031f-3b14-457d-b07e-3ddc675d0d9c Date 10/2/2015 Company Name FlightCar Mailing Address 620 David St. San Francisco, CA 94111 USA Company Description FlightCar lets people parking at the airport rent their vehicles out to other travelers. Every rental is insured up to $1 million, and every renter is pre-screened. Depending on the size and model year … Continue reading “FlightCar Receives $20,718,608 New Financing”

ZeeMee Secures $5,800,000 Series A Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2370f446-35e4-4540-9713-516abc1ac6be Date 10/2/2015 Company Name ZeeMee Mailing Address Undisclosed Mountain View, CA 94103 USA Company Description ZeeMee is a free platform for students to bring their college applications to life. With over 1 billion photos shared on Snapchat daily, Generation Z resonates deeply with ZeeMee, as it allows them to tell their … Continue reading “ZeeMee Secures $5,800,000 Series A Financing”

Twelvefold Media Obtains $3,929,995 Series B Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9944a4ab-e640-4c5d-9adc-60f7dffce75a Date 10/2/2015 Company Name Twelvefold Media Mailing Address 1261 Howard Street 3rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94103 USA Company Description Twelvefold Media is the only emotive-based media company that helps brands target, reach and persuade engaged audiences by delivering the right ad, in the right place at the right time to … Continue reading “Twelvefold Media Obtains $3,929,995 Series B Funding Round”

MoBeam Receives $450,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7f826f8d-adfe-47a4-b687-85f573214119 Date 10/2/2015 Company Name MoBeam Mailing Address 299 S. California Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94306 USA Company Description MoBeam Inc. applies its patented technology to transform the consumer-retail interaction and create multiple layers of value across the entire consumer products and retail industry, with clear benefits to both consumers and retailers. … Continue reading “MoBeam Receives $450,000 New Round”

Dome9 Obtains $8,300,000 Series B Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9f5365e5-ec4a-49ac-8ad8-8f9f6788c5fc Date 10/2/2015 Company Name Dome9 Mailing Address 2730 Sand Hill Road Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA Company Description We launched Dome9 Security in 2012 because we sensed there was an emerging market need in the area of securing cloud infrastructure. That emerging need has grown into a clear market gap with … Continue reading “Dome9 Obtains $8,300,000 Series B Financing Round”

Decisyon Lands $1,000,000 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=efeb85d6-2574-4277-8508-a89d1183b14a Date 10/2/2015 Company Name Decisyon Mailing Address 795 Folsom Street 1st Floor San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description Decisyon’s unique software allows its customers to drive significant financial and operational benefits by quickly discovering the key factors affecting business issues and processes, collaborating and deciding on the best course of … Continue reading “Decisyon Lands $1,000,000 New Financing”

New VC-Backed School Joins Ranks of SF’s Indie Coding Skills Shops

San Francisco hosts so many freestanding computer programming schools and code bootcamps now that it’s hard to keep track of them all. But make room for another one. A trio of alumni from France’s European Institute of Technology is launching the new Holberton School in a 4,000-square-foot space on Battery Street, and they’re offering free … Continue reading “New VC-Backed School Joins Ranks of SF’s Indie Coding Skills Shops”

Teridion Lands $15,000,000 Series B Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6ab6b50b-c403-4944-b272-67f164d790a7 Date 10/1/2015 Company Name Teridion Mailing Address 300 Brannan Street San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description Application performance is no longer hit-or-miss depending upon where you are, or what kind of device you use. With Teridion’s personalized internet experience, videos stream faster, web conferences run smoother, files upload quicker, games … Continue reading “Teridion Lands $15,000,000 Series B Funding”

aboutLife Receives $3,000,000 Series A Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=34a3982c-5420-4e0f-8ba4-72b4f82919f2 Date 10/1/2015 Company Name aboutLife Mailing Address 450 Townsend St. San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description Budgets. Social Security. Retirement Locations. 401k. IRA. Clear, simple guidance for your important financial decisions should be free. Now it is. Website http://www.aboutlife.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $3,000,000 Transaction Round Series A … Continue reading “aboutLife Receives $3,000,000 Series A Round”

Tunitas Therapeutics Garners $10,000,000 Series A Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8fb52495-d228-434a-b94c-75dabd9bfff5 Date 10/1/2015 Company Name Tunitas Therapeutics Mailing Address 409 Illinois Street San Francisco, CA 94158 USA Company Description Tunitas Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company that is developing novel and precisely targeted protein therapeutics with the potential to dramatically change the lives of allergy sufferers. Website http://www.tunitastherapeutics.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction … Continue reading “Tunitas Therapeutics Garners $10,000,000 Series A Financing Round”

BigPanda Receives $16,000,000 Series B Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=45f7645d-20e0-4d36-88be-a12dc09a89e4 Date 10/1/2015 Company Name BigPanda Mailing Address 444 Castro Street Mountain View, CA 94041 USA Company Description BigPanda analyzes the flood of alerts that IT, NOC & DevOps teams face everyday and clusters them into high-level incidents. Next it automates the slow and manual processes involved with detecting, investigating and collaborating … Continue reading “BigPanda Receives $16,000,000 Series B Funding”

Neumob Receives $12,721,237 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bb82357b-8e40-44c1-a2a7-c1876e2a4549 Date 10/1/2015 Company Name Neumob Mailing Address 440 North Wolfe Road Sunnyvale, CA 94085 USA Company Description Our mission is to speed up Mobile Apps for the next 5 billion users around the globe. Our team has spent the past 20 years building cloud networks for businesses, content providers, governments and … Continue reading “Neumob Receives $12,721,237 New Financing”

Qualpay Lands $8,000,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e13afbc2-0fe8-4277-8924-c342467dcdd8 Date 10/1/2015 Company Name Qualpay Mailing Address 4 West 4th Avenue San Mateo, CA 94402 USA Company Description You have a business to run. Our business is to help you run it better. With leading-edge solutions from seasoned professionals with years of experience in the payment industry. Website http://www.qualpay.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “Qualpay Lands $8,000,000 New Financing Round”

Peaxy Receives $15,000,000 Series B Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=64c239df-7fb6-4514-91e1-f8a86b33a7d4 Date 10/1/2015 Company Name Peaxy Mailing Address 2380 Bering Dr. San Jose, CA 95131 USA Company Description The Peaxy software platform makes it possible to find, mine, manage and reuse your enterprise data—whenever it was created, wherever it is located—to out-discover, out-innovate, and out-perform your competitors. Website http://www.peaxy.net Transaction Type Venture … Continue reading “Peaxy Receives $15,000,000 Series B Funding”

NodePrime Obtains $7,000,000 Seed Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d0d02bd2-e90c-48a9-9c33-fba3c5b88a99 Date 10/1/2015 Company Name NodePrime Mailing Address 835 Howard St. San Francisco, CA 94103 USA Company Description NodePrime is essentially building Palantir for distributed datacenters, offering that same level of insight, scalability and speed for provisioning datacenter assets and taking the guesswork out of systems operations and management. Website http://www.nodeprime.com Transaction … Continue reading “NodePrime Obtains $7,000,000 Seed Financing”

For Damaged ACLs, It’s Aperion and Pig Tendons to the Rescue

The premise of Aperion Biologics’ business is a bit of a no-brainer: Provide the market with a product used to repair anterior cruciate ligaments of the knee, because there is demand and not necessarily enough supply. The way the San Antonio, TX-based company does that is a bit more complicated. Aperion uses a patented process … Continue reading “For Damaged ACLs, It’s Aperion and Pig Tendons to the Rescue”

Crossing Sand Hill: A Q&A With Biotech Venture Vet Nina Kjellson

Nina Kjellson has been a biotech investor for 15 years, having spent the last 13 at InterWest Partners in Menlo Park, CA. Now she’s moving across the street to Canaan Partners. Her new office is literally right across Sand Hill Road, a Silicon Valley thoroughfare synonymous with venture capital, and her new job isn’t far … Continue reading “Crossing Sand Hill: A Q&A With Biotech Venture Vet Nina Kjellson”

Norse Obtains $11,400,000 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1863e119-f8f7-41c2-b562-148e9d607911 Date 9/30/2015 Company Name Norse Mailing Address 333 Hatch Drive Foster City, CA 94404 USA Company Description Norse is the leading innovator in the live threat intelligence security market. With the goal of transforming the traditionally reactive IT security industry, Norse offers proactive, intelligence-based security solutions that enable organizations to identify … Continue reading “Norse Obtains $11,400,000 New Funding Round”

Corvus Pharmaceuticals Receives $75,000,000 Series B Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=185e7a73-40bc-4f98-9e31-2ffb16eeddb6 Date 9/30/2015 Company Name Corvus Pharmaceuticals Mailing Address 863 Mitten Road Burlingame, CA 94010 USA Company Description Corvus Pharmaceuticals is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel, first-in-class agents that target the immune system to treat patients with cancer. Website http://www.corvuspharma.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $75,000,000 … Continue reading “Corvus Pharmaceuticals Receives $75,000,000 Series B Funding”

Infoworks Secures $5,000,000 Series A Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=74ae6c7b-f593-4122-9893-7bbdab00ce9d Date 9/30/2015 Company Name Infoworks Mailing Address 2025 Gateway Place San Jose, CA 95110 USA Company Description Infoworks mission is to enable enterprises to quickly leverage their data assets, for all enterprise use-cases, whether via BI, reporting, OLAP, or advanced and statistical analytics. Website http://www.infoworks.io Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Infoworks Secures $5,000,000 Series A Financing”

Interviewed Obtains $2,000,000 Seed Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0d61b2ff-c110-49f3-b8ff-890d226841f9 Date 9/30/2015 Company Name Interviewed Mailing Address 55 9th St. San Francisco, CA 94103 USA Company Description Learn how hiring managers will evaluate your skills and resume so that you can improve. Our tests will quantify how you did on performance dimensions that matter to hiring managers. We will suggest steps … Continue reading “Interviewed Obtains $2,000,000 Seed Round”

Safe Cash Technologies Lands $1,120,000 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9524b30c-a28f-4a74-a224-9528f749e96c Date 9/30/2015 Company Name Safe Cash Technologies Mailing Address 775 East Blithedale Avenue Mill Valley, CA 94941 USA Company Description Safe Cash Payment Technologies Inc. operates in the banking industry. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Mill Valley, California. Website Undisclosed Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Safe Cash Technologies Lands $1,120,000 New Funding”

Cloud Lending Solutions Garners $8,000,000 Series A Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fe235c20-68dc-49e9-9773-97eb6b7638ae Date 9/30/2015 Company Name Cloud Lending Solutions Mailing Address 1 Waters Park Drive San Mateo, CA 94403 USA Company Description Cloud Lending Inc., is an enterprise cloud lending solution provider. Our agile solutions are designed to empower lending businesses to simplify business processes, stay compliant and be future ready. Website http://www.cloudlendinginc.com … Continue reading “Cloud Lending Solutions Garners $8,000,000 Series A Financing Round”

Credible Secures $10,000,000 Series A Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ae91d829-ca98-464d-b475-9d3792a0e107 Date 9/30/2015 Company Name Credible Mailing Address 731 Sansome St. San Francisco, CA 94111 USA Company Description Credible is the simple way for graduates to switch lenders and save on their student loans. We make the process of saving money by refinancing student loans simple and painless. We pride ourselves on … Continue reading “Credible Secures $10,000,000 Series A Round”

Stormpath Secures $15,000,000 Series B Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=01320fa9-9e9d-4af3-bdce-9eaf8a2d300d Date 9/30/2015 Company Name Stormpath Mailing Address 217 South B Street San Mateo, CA 94401 USA Company Description Stormpath is a cloud service that developers can use to manage users and simplify authentication and access control in your applications. We contribute to and support Apache Shiro, a powerful and easy-to-use Java … Continue reading “Stormpath Secures $15,000,000 Series B Financing”

Unifi Software Receives $10,000,000 Series A Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=88f039cc-a465-4b7f-bb15-a060008f9d7a Date 9/30/2015 Company Name Unifi Software Mailing Address 217 South B St. San Mateo, CA 94401 USA Company Description UNIFI was founded with a mission of solving the ubiquitous big data acquisition and integration problem that has plagued enterprises since the dawn of data warehousing. Website http://www.unifisoftware.com Transaction Type Venture Equity … Continue reading “Unifi Software Receives $10,000,000 Series A Funding”

Heighten Obtains $7,360,556 Series A Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=abcf62cb-3ebb-4282-ad52-ac2b963691a1 Date 9/30/2015 Company Name Heighten Mailing Address 805 Veterans Boulevard Redwood City, CA 94063 USA Company Description Heighten is redefining the way the fastest growing companies enable their sales force to deliver a more effective and efficient buyer/seller experience. Website http://www.heighten.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $7,360,556 Transaction Round Series … Continue reading “Heighten Obtains $7,360,556 Series A Round”

People Power Obtains $4,400,000 Series B Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1473fce0-7223-494f-96c8-b7461f53f7f0 Date 9/30/2015 Company Name People Power Mailing Address 425 Broadway Street Redwood City, CA 94063 USA Company Description People Power Presence app turns your old smartphone into a wireless web camera for FREE. Use it anywhere with a WiFi internet connection as a webcam, security cam, baby cam, party cam, you … Continue reading “People Power Obtains $4,400,000 Series B Financing”

Vilynx Lands $460,001 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=acd014e2-2a6d-43e5-ae53-bdf1474b709a Date 9/30/2015 Company Name Vilynx Mailing Address 410 Central Ave. Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA Company Description Embed your video with just one line of code. Try out our oEmbed, Iframe or Widgets. Trust us, it’s easy. You don’t need to change your video platform. We work with any video player … Continue reading “Vilynx Lands $460,001 New Round”

Vectra Networks Lands $35,143,281 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=840b82ec-315c-4847-b9a3-c86d43544ef6 Date 9/30/2015 Company Name Vectra Networks Mailing Address 550 South Winchester Blvd. San Jose, CA 95128 USA Company Description Every organization is infected with malware. Vectra Networks redefines security with the patent-pending X-series platform that instantly identifies cyber attacks while they are happening as well as what the attacker is doing. … Continue reading “Vectra Networks Lands $35,143,281 New Funding Round”

Farmigo Receives $16,000,000 Series B Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8b58a200-1e90-4a49-aaf0-fe69bdcab988 Date 9/30/2015 Company Name Farmigo Mailing Address 1955 Bryant St. Palo Alto, CA 94301 USA Company Description Farmigo is dedicated to creating a healthy alternative food system for generations to come. Through our interactive food network and community we enable connections between consumers and farmers that build long lasting, trusting relationships … Continue reading “Farmigo Receives $16,000,000 Series B Financing Round”

Kinetic Technologies Acquires Akros Silicon for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=91539ae1-dbd2-4875-bc26-d2dbfc395c17 Date 9/30/2015 Company Name Akros Silicon Mailing Address 6399 San Ignacio Avenue San Jose, CA 95119 USA Company Description Akros Silicon is a provider of leading edge power management ICs that offer superior efficiency performance and advanced features to facilitate remote and intelligent network-based energy management. Website http://www.akrossilicon.com Transaction Type M&A … Continue reading “Kinetic Technologies Acquires Akros Silicon for Undisclosed Sum”

Google Acquires Jibe Mobile for Undisclosed Sum

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=284d3b78-ac0b-4a0c-aad3-72e11926cc1f Date 9/30/2015 Company Name Jibe Mobile Mailing Address 990 N Rengstorff Ave. Mountain View, CA 94043 USA Company Description The Jibe Mobile Platform is the first to bring the open, social, peer to peer nature of the web to mobile networks, empowering operators and third party developers to easily and quickly … Continue reading “Google Acquires Jibe Mobile for Undisclosed Sum”

Need Customers? Thumbtack Got $125M to Help Small Business Find Them

Thumbtack, the rapidly growing online San Francisco-based service that lists for-hire professionals from various industries, has received a $125 million round of late-stage funding that it plans to use to improve its algorithm and add to its list of tools on the site, such as payments or scheduling. The round was led by Baillie Gifford, … Continue reading “Need Customers? Thumbtack Got $125M to Help Small Business Find Them”

Marissa Mayer Puts on Game Face, Talks Up Yahoo’s Next Plays

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer took part in a fireside chat on Monday in New York with Slate Group Chairman and Editor-in-chief Jacob Weisberg, laying out a bit of her strategy to make her company more competitive. The two sat down at the IAB MIXX conference, hosted by the Interactive Advertising Bureau and one of many … Continue reading “Marissa Mayer Puts on Game Face, Talks Up Yahoo’s Next Plays”

My Déjà Vu Moment in Genomics: Why We Need Industry Standards Now

I am a serial entrepreneur who has spent the past couple of decades advancing the front lines of technology in digital healthcare, wireless communications, and semiconductor industries. And I’ve been experiencing a déjà vu moment in genomics. Back in 1994, when I was designing electrical circuits as part of my doctorate program at the University … Continue reading “My Déjà Vu Moment in Genomics: Why We Need Industry Standards Now”

Origami Logic Receives $25,000,000 Series C Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1732be9b-c0e4-4471-a5d2-11a75ae9135f Date 9/29/2015 Company Name Origami Logic Mailing Address 1134 Crane Street Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA Company Description Origami Logic is developing a new, disruptive category of visual analytical products for business users that will forever change how people explore, interact with and glean insights from data. Website http://www.origamilogic.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “Origami Logic Receives $25,000,000 Series C Financing”

Simppler Lands $1,200,000 Seed Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c063aa7e-f63c-4286-9a56-2d2bb36832be Date 9/29/2015 Company Name Simppler Mailing Address 520 S El Camino Real San Mateo, CA 94402 USA Company Description We believe employee referral are the most sought after hires in any company. We also believe in the power of augmented intelligence. Our algorithms provide employees the ground work for intelligent and … Continue reading “Simppler Lands $1,200,000 Seed Financing Round”

Base Receives $30,000,000 Series C Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e29b06cd-0c98-4e7e-8241-6f822721c43c Date 9/29/2015 Company Name Base Mailing Address 850 N Shoreline Blvd. Mountain View, CA 94043 USA Company Description Base is designed to significantly boost your team’s sales productivity and give you the core sales tools you need to grow your business. Website http://www.getbase.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $30,000,000 Transaction … Continue reading “Base Receives $30,000,000 Series C Financing”

PaperG Secures $5,000,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a090af3e-9655-48e5-bf81-a6063347798b Date 9/29/2015 Company Name PaperG Mailing Address 530 Bush Street 9th Floor San Francisco, CA 94108 USA Company Description PaperG is an advertising technology company that automates local ad creation, sales, and management for online publishers, enabling them to produce cost efficiencies and increase revenue. PaperG was founded in 2007 when … Continue reading “PaperG Secures $5,000,000 New Round”

Thumbtack Garners $125,000,000 New Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=78343b2c-fa82-421b-baf7-b867fa555df8 Date 9/29/2015 Company Name Thumbtack Mailing Address 454 Natoma St. San Francisco, CA 94103 USA Company Description Why can you go online right now and buy any product you want but you can’t do the same for tutors, handymen, dog walkers, or other local services? Thumbtack is changing that. Website http://www.thumbtack.com … Continue reading “Thumbtack Garners $125,000,000 New Funding Round”

Triplebyte Secures $3,000,000 New Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=d34de167-90ab-409e-a5dd-d35cf69cddcd Date 9/29/2015 Company Name Triplebyte Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94108 USA Company Description Triplebyte believe the current technical hiring process doesn’t do enough to help engineers show their strengths. Triplebyte dedicated to building a better process. Website http://www.triplebyte.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $3,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds … Continue reading “Triplebyte Secures $3,000,000 New Financing”

Exabeam Secures $25,000,000 Series B Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2827b484-cdf7-4298-954b-f40322cd28cb Date 9/29/2015 Company Name Exabeam Mailing Address One Waters Park Drive San Mateo, CA 94403 USA Company Description A Big Data Security Analytics company that leverages existing SIEM and log management repositories to detect modern cyber attacks and simplify security operations. Website http://www.exabeam.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $25,000,000 Transaction … Continue reading “Exabeam Secures $25,000,000 Series B Funding”

Amid Biotech Swoon, Third Rock’s MyoKardia Tees up IPO

Does the biotech bull market still have a pulse? MyoKardia, a three-year-old startup developing heart drugs, will soon try to find out. The San Francisco-based company filed papers with the SEC on Monday to go public and trade on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “MYOK.” MyoKardia would use the cash to advance its work … Continue reading “Amid Biotech Swoon, Third Rock’s MyoKardia Tees up IPO”

Trinity’s Fred Wang on Thinking Outside the Silicon Valley Box

When it comes to investing in technology startups, anywhere beyond Silicon Valley is considered a “secondary market.” It’s just not possible to find a comparable density of super angel investors, venture capital firms, and tech startups anywhere else. Of the nearly $31 billion that venture firms have invested nationwide through the first half of 2015, … Continue reading “Trinity’s Fred Wang on Thinking Outside the Silicon Valley Box”

Phantom Cyber Secures $6,500,000 Series A Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e42b5f2f-0298-40c6-a5a2-d34a4f26aa41 Date 9/28/2015 Company Name Phantom Cyber Mailing Address 2995 Woodside Road Woodside, CA 94062 USA Company Description Security threats arrive with unprecedented diversity, volume and velocity. Ever-increasing complexity due to products and platforms to manage. A crippling drought of expert personnel. Website http://www.phantom.us Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $6,500,000 Transaction … Continue reading “Phantom Cyber Secures $6,500,000 Series A Funding”

Madison Reed Obtains $16,100,000 Series C Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=532b254a-fe0b-4d6f-a4b7-942fbebaf6a2 Date 9/28/2015 Company Name Madison Reed Mailing Address 500 2nd Street First Floor San Francisco, CA 94107 USA Company Description Madison Reed is revolutionizing every aspect of the home hair care market through superior formulation of professional grade products that are healthier for you and your hair, reinventing the discovery and … Continue reading “Madison Reed Obtains $16,100,000 Series C Financing”

Medium Garners $57,000,000 Series B Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=a7e53789-b69d-404b-84d4-eee21d05c4ee Date 9/28/2015 Company Name Medium Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Company Description Medium is based on the belief that the sharing of ideas and experiences is what moves humanity forward. The Internet is the greatest idea-sharing tool ever imagined, but they’ve only scratched the surface of its capabilities. … Continue reading “Medium Garners $57,000,000 Series B Funding Round”

Randstad Acquires RiseSmart for $100,000,000

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3dc37a60-c40a-4e5f-9014-6749a4ae2f25 Date 9/28/2015 Company Name RiseSmart Mailing Address 2055 Gateway Place San Jose, CA 95110 USA Company Description RiseSmart is a human-powered job search service that prescreens online search results for time-starved managers and executives. The RiseSmart team matches opportunities with jobseekers based on each member’s unique profile, freeing senior-level professionals to … Continue reading “Randstad Acquires RiseSmart for $100,000,000”