Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6732a87a-e5a2-4e02-817a-3e05e9d3b749&Preview=1 Date 3/7/2012 Company Name The Dollar Shave Club Mailing Address Undisclosed Los Angeles, CA 90049 Company Description The company offers a monthly subscription service for grooming supplies. Website http://www.dollarshaveclub.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,000,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms Venture Investor … Continue reading “The Dollar Shave Club Obtains $1,000,000 Series A Financing Round”
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Jumio Obtains $25,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b48c3e97-2600-4dba-87f3-aa2ade00f992&Preview=1 Date 3/6/2012 Company Name Jumio Mailing Address 1971 Landings Dr. Mountain View, CA 94043 Company Description The company provides an online and mobile payment system. Website http://www.jumio.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $25,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms Venture Investor Andreessen Horowitz Venture … Continue reading “Jumio Obtains $25,000,000 New Funding”
Continuuity Obtains $2,500,000 Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bd1a5489-0bed-4002-9ac2-c729a4b25856&Preview=1 Date 1/26/2012 Company Name Continuuity Mailing Address Undisclosed Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description Continuuity wants to help new developers build apps that can leverage those trends, but with less difficultly than Yahoo, Facebook and other fast followers experienced in building out their massive applications. Website http://www.continuuity.com Transaction Type Venture Equity … Continue reading “Continuuity Obtains $2,500,000 Seed Funding Round”
Georgia Startups Have New York on Their Minds at Flashpoint Demo Day
A flotilla of fifteen startups from Atlanta presented their ideas in New York on Wednesday for a demo day at the offices of Union Square Ventures. Merrick Furst, director of the Flashpoint accelerator at the Georgia Institute of Technology, said the program helps entrepreneurs develop their concepts beyond their startup phase. “They are trying to … Continue reading “Georgia Startups Have New York on Their Minds at Flashpoint Demo Day”
Tidemark Lands $24,000,000 Series C Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e947d13d-6c61-4fa1-b9fe-b09c55c9bded&Preview=1 Date 1/18/2012 Company Name Tidemark Mailing Address 2200 Bridge Parkway Redwood City, CA 94065 Company Description Tidemark went back to the analytics drawing board to deliver unified performance management apps that exceed organizations’ wildest dreams for power, usability, mobility, and cost savings. Using 21st-century technology, Tidemark apps offer on-demand performance management … Continue reading “Tidemark Lands $24,000,000 Series C Financing Round”
Flotype Lands $1,400,000 Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c60652cf-5285-47b2-9020-7ab38ceae362&Preview=1 Date 1/7/2012 Company Name Flotype Mailing Address 2020 Milvia St Berkeley, CA 94709 Company Description Flotype Inc. is a venture-backed company building a suite of enterprise technology for real-time messaging. Flotype takes a unique approach by building developer-friendly technologies focused on ease-of-use and simplicity, while still exceeding enterprise-grade performance expectations. Website … Continue reading “Flotype Lands $1,400,000 Seed Funding Round”
Could RockMelt Become the New Third Party in the Browser Campaigns?
The United States seems stuck with a two-party political system. We don’t always have the same two parties—the Whigs were replaced by the Republicans in the 1850s, for example—but there doesn’t seem to be space in the American psyche for a third major player to take root. Could something similar be true of the Web … Continue reading “Could RockMelt Become the New Third Party in the Browser Campaigns?”
Qualcomm, uTest, Progress, & Others Inking Boston Deals This Week
Acquisitions and big venture financings made up the deals news for New England-area software and IT companies in the past week. —Retroficiency, a Boston-based maker of energy efficiency software, raised $3.3 million in a funding round from Point Judith Capital and acquired the energy efficiency division of one of the venture firm’s other portfolio companies, … Continue reading “Qualcomm, uTest, Progress, & Others Inking Boston Deals This Week”
Fab.com Secures $40,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=032188b2-7489-42cd-9a3a-cde7be3de083&Preview=1 Date 12/7/2011 Company Name Fab.com Mailing Address Undisclosed New York, NY 10000 Company Description Fab.com is a social net and lifestyle site aimed at gay men. Website http://www.fab.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $40,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes The company plans to use the funds to invest its distribution … Continue reading “Fab.com Secures $40,000,000 New Financing Round”
Actifio Gets Active With $33.5M Led by Andreessen Horowitz
Actifio is growing like a weed—just like the data it tries to help companies tame—and it has just raised one of the bigger Boston-area tech financing rounds of the year. The Waltham, MA-based data management startup said today it has closed $33.5 million in Series C funding led by new investor Andreessen Horowitz. Previous investors … Continue reading “Actifio Gets Active With $33.5M Led by Andreessen Horowitz”
ActiFio Garners $33,500,000 Series C Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=158a9632-77e7-461c-9bec-fe7ad6ce81bb&Preview=1 Date 12/5/2011 Company Name ActiFio Mailing Address 19 Lanes End Weston, MA 02493 Company Description ActiFio is delivering a paradigm shift in the complexity and cost of IT storage ecosystem. Website http://actifio.appspot.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $33,500,000 Transaction Round Series C Proceeds Purposes Actifio plans to use the funds … Continue reading “ActiFio Garners $33,500,000 Series C Financing”
Science Exchange Receives $1,500,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=88b26eda-840a-40cc-9e50-7111499f01b5&Preview=1 Date 12/5/2011 Company Name Science Exchange Mailing Address 236 Middlefield Rd Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description Science Exchange is an online marketplace for science experiments. Our goal is to make it easier for researchers to access core resources across institutions. Website http://www.scienceexchange.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,500,000 Transaction … Continue reading “Science Exchange Receives $1,500,000 New Financing”
Vidyard Receives $1,650,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5e924e42-a6ec-42e7-9510-fd2795a4310e&Preview=1 Date 11/18/2011 Company Name Vidyard Mailing Address 130 Descanso Dr San Jose, CA 95134 Company Description Video has come a very long way in a few short years. Print, Television and Radio Media have been converging on the web since it’s very inception. Web-video has become a piece of everyone’s life, … Continue reading “Vidyard Receives $1,650,000 New Funding”
MinoMonsters Secures $1,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c9d4c98d-9bf0-452d-9cd7-ce6caba11996&Preview=1 Date 11/10/2011 Company Name MinoMonsters Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description The company, which recently opened offices in San Francisco, is the maker of MinoMonsters, a monster battle and trading game for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Website http://www.minomonsters.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,000,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “MinoMonsters Secures $1,000,000 New Funding”
Massive Health Builds an App for Healthy Eating; Think Foodspotting Meets FitnessKeeper
Do phones, food, photos, and fitness mix? Massive Health is hoping they do. The San Francisco mobile health startup, which debuted last spring with $2.25 million in seed funding from Felicis Ventures, Greylock, Andreessen Horowitz, Charles River Ventures, and Mohr Davidow Ventures, has come out with its first consumer app. It’s called The Eatery, and … Continue reading “Massive Health Builds an App for Healthy Eating; Think Foodspotting Meets FitnessKeeper”
Hyperink Obtains $1,200,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=49897040-ace3-4b0f-b652-059c866d3dd7&Preview=1 Date 10/27/2011 Company Name Hyperink Mailing Address 333 Bryant Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Our mission is to unlock and share that knowledge by working directly with domain experts to publish beautiful, high-quality eBooks. Website http://www.hyperink.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,200,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds … Continue reading “Hyperink Obtains $1,200,000 New Funding”
Tidemark Lands $4,700,000 Series B Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=61db780b-3228-4666-87b8-ccbcc6335544&Preview=1 Date 10/18/2011 Company Name Tidemark Mailing Address 2200 Bridge Parkway Redwood City, CA 94065 Company Description Tidemark went back to the analytics drawing board to deliver unified performance management apps that exceed organizations’ wildest dreams for power, usability, mobility, and cost savings. Using 21st-century technology, Tidemark apps offer on-demand performance management … Continue reading “Tidemark Lands $4,700,000 Series B Financing Round”
Everyme Obtains $1,500,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bff1cdd7-7a11-48e1-a4a6-94da645aa57c&Preview=1 Date 10/18/2011 Company Name Everyme Mailing Address Undisclosed Palo Alto, CA 94304 Company Description Everyme is reinventing how you experience your address book, and even what an address book is. We’re launching soon, but you can reserve you favorite username right now. Website http://www.everyme.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,500,000 … Continue reading “Everyme Obtains $1,500,000 New Funding Round”
Airtime Lands $8,300,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b3088ee5-2c24-4971-b0f3-aa687b9a0505&Preview=1 Date 10/7/2011 Company Name Airtime Mailing Address 338 Spear Street San Francisco, CA 94105 Company Description Airtime aims to help users expand their social network and will be random, realtime and include a live video chat component. Website http://www.airtime.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $8,300,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds … Continue reading “Airtime Lands $8,300,000 Series A Financing”
Pinterest Obtains $27,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=100fd10e-b22a-4d87-96f9-031cad240725&Preview=1 Date 10/7/2011 Company Name Pinterest Mailing Address 635 High St. Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description Pinterest lets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web. People use pinboards to plan their weddings, decorate their homes, and organize their favorite recipes. Website http://www.pinterest.com Transaction Type Venture … Continue reading “Pinterest Obtains $27,000,000 New Funding Round”
EMC Picks Up Zettapoint, IBM Scoops Up Q1, Intel’s McAfee Acquires NitroSecurity, & More Boston-Area Deals NEws
New England area security, consumer Web, database, and medical device tech startups have been acquired by firms near and far at a feverish pace in the last week. —CustomMade, a Cambridge, MA-based provider of an online marketplace for connecting consumers with artisans, raised $2 million in funding from an unnamed group of investors. —A trio … Continue reading “EMC Picks Up Zettapoint, IBM Scoops Up Q1, Intel’s McAfee Acquires NitroSecurity, & More Boston-Area Deals NEws”
Three Companies to Watch: BetterLesson, Wikets, and PeerApp Raise Funds
On a dismal day in Boston, here are a few tech-related company financings worth mentioning (one in mobile/social, one in video, and one in education): —BetterLesson, a Cambridge, MA-based startup that helps teachers organize and share lesson plans and curricula online, has closed a new $1.6 million financing round from Highland Capital Partners, General Catalyst … Continue reading “Three Companies to Watch: BetterLesson, Wikets, and PeerApp Raise Funds”
Box Lands $62,400,000 Series D Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=019c07c8-e930-4f8b-9f40-34e48ecb4ff2&Preview=1 Date 9/28/2011 Company Name Box Mailing Address 220 Portage Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94306 Company Description Launched officially in March of 2006, Box currently provides secure online file storage and sharing functionality to over 500,000 registered users, serving files to millions of people across the world. Box.net’s unique platform allows personal … Continue reading “Box Lands $62,400,000 Series D Financing”
Lookout Mobile Security Receives $40,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2723cef0-0106-4498-a83f-09a637368a1d&Preview=1 Date 9/21/2011 Company Name Lookout Mobile Security Mailing Address 500 Third Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Lookout is a mobile security company dedicated to making the mobile experience safe for everyone. Website http://www.mylookout.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $40,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes The new investment will … Continue reading “Lookout Mobile Security Receives $40,000,000 New Round”
Thursday Deals Roundup: Zagat, Platfora, Lending Club & More
Time for our more-or-less daily summary of key deals news in the Bay Area biztech world. —Google announced that it has acquired Zagat, the venerable and popular crowdsourced restaurant guide. Marissa Mayer, Google’s vice president for local, maps, and location services, said the Zagat operation “will be a cornerstone of our local offering—delighting people with … Continue reading “Thursday Deals Roundup: Zagat, Platfora, Lending Club & More”
Platfora Secures $5,700,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=56dd805b-487e-4918-aa61-be757988665a&Preview=1 Date 9/8/2011 Company Name Platfora Mailing Address 540 University Ave Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description Platfora is the first company to harness the potential of Hadoop so that any business user can explore, interact with, and derive insight from massive data sets, and all via an intuitive and dynamic interface. … Continue reading “Platfora Secures $5,700,000 New Financing Round”
Box.net Collects $19M in Fourth Round
Palo Alto, CA-based cloud document sharing company Box.net has upped the size of its ongoing Series D funding round to $35 million and has collected $19 million of that amount so far, according to a regulatory filing disclosed this week. Existing investors Andreessen Horowitz and Draper Fisher Jurvetson are participating in the D round, along … Continue reading “Box.net Collects $19M in Fourth Round”
$15M for GoodData
San Francisco-based GoodData, which offers a cloud-based business intelligence software platform, said yesterday that it has collected $15 million in new venture funding. New investor Andreessen Horowitz led the Series B round, which was joined by existing investors General Catalyst Partners, Fidelity Growth Partners, and Windcrest Partners. The firm, which was founded by Czech-born serial … Continue reading “$15M for GoodData”
GoodData Secures $15,000,000 Series B Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ff5c67de-ddd9-4c5e-8c8d-97958b3a9b9d&Preview=1 Date 8/18/2011 Company Name GoodData Mailing Address 989 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description GoodData was founded with the mission to provide a platform for collaborative analytics. We believe that sharing and teamwork allows our users to move past isolated reports and arrive at the true meaning of business … Continue reading “GoodData Secures $15,000,000 Series B Funding Round”
Okta Brings in $16.5M
San Francisco cloud services management startup Okta has collected $16.5 million in a Series B financing, according to an announcement today. New investors Greylock Partners and Khosla Ventures led the round, with existing investors Andreessen Horowitz and Floodgate Fund participating. Khosla Ventures’ David Weiden has become a board advisor. The funds, which come on top … Continue reading “Okta Brings in $16.5M”
Okta Obtains $16,500,000 Series B Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7c8497dd-33d5-43ee-ba44-d9b37ac52bad&Preview=1 Date 8/8/2011 Company Name Okta Mailing Address 400 2nd St. San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description Your cloud applications are no longer tactical point solutions, they are the backbone of your business. Now there’s a way to quickly and easily transform these applications from independent silos into a secure, flexible and … Continue reading “Okta Obtains $16,500,000 Series B Round”
Rentcycle Garners $1,400,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=12484bb8-6c7e-4918-aeaa-c692f963aa2f&Preview=1 Date 8/4/2011 Company Name Rentcycle Mailing Address 1635 California Street San Francisco, CA 94109 Company Description There’s a movement underway. A movement where access trumps possession. Where experiences are preferred to objects. This movement is built upon sharing and reuse. And it’s changing the way we consume. Website http://www.rentcycle.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “Rentcycle Garners $1,400,000 New Funding”
Ksplice Bought By Oracle, Q2 Boston Deals Break $1B, General Catalyst Funds Airbnb, & More Boston-Area Deals News
[Corrected 7/27/11, 10:20 am. See below.]Deals news was red-hot in the last week, with reports of $1B+ investment totals from the year’s second quarter and a massive June Massachusetts funding pot. We also caught a fresh stream of headlines on financings and acquisitions. —Lexington, MA-based drug developer Amag Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: [[ticker:AMAG]] said it would merge … Continue reading “Ksplice Bought By Oracle, Q2 Boston Deals Break $1B, General Catalyst Funds Airbnb, & More Boston-Area Deals News”
Massive $112 Million Venture Round Pumps Up Expectations for Airbnb
Apparently, the world is full of people who own homes or condos but would rather rent them out than actually live in them. And it has an equal number of people (perhaps the same ones) who’d rather bunk in someone else’s home when traveling than stay in a hotel. That’s the basis for the burgeoning … Continue reading “Massive $112 Million Venture Round Pumps Up Expectations for Airbnb”
Airbnb Obtains $112,000,000 Series B Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f08b3610-120e-4156-a3e9-4704ae6ee270&Preview=1 Date 7/25/2011 Company Name Airbnb Mailing Address 142 10th St. San Francisco, CA 94103 Company Description The company operates a website where users can purchase rooms to share with each other on trips. Website http://www.airbnb.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $112,000,000 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes The capital will … Continue reading “Airbnb Obtains $112,000,000 Series B Funding”
Q2 Funding in NYC: “Shopping Facilitators” and Foursquare Rule
Foursquare’s recent $50 million funding round may have grabbed headlines nationwide, but a close look at second-quarter venture rounds reveals another trend: Investors can’t get enough of fashion sites. Gilt Groupe, a website that features limited-time “flash” sales of clothing, travel, and other high-end items, pulled in a remarkable $136 million. Ideeli and Rent the … Continue reading “Q2 Funding in NYC: “Shopping Facilitators” and Foursquare Rule”
$30M for RockMelt
RockMelt, the Mountain View, CA-based maker of a “social browser” integrated with Facebook and other social media services, said today that it has collected $30 million in Series B financing. New investors Accel Partners and Khosla Ventures led the round, which was joined by existing investor Andreessen Horowitz. The company said it will use the … Continue reading “$30M for RockMelt”
RockMelt Secures $30,000,000 Series B Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8e81147a-8f73-47f0-a3a9-6abd031c1d12&Preview=1 Date 6/29/2011 Company Name RockMelt Mailing Address Undisclosed Palo Alto, CA 94301 Company Description The company is developing Internet browser software. Website http://www.rockmelt.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $30,000,000 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms Venture Investor Accel Partners Venture Investor Khosla Ventures … Continue reading “RockMelt Secures $30,000,000 Series B Funding”
Doximity, Chirply, IPO Anxiety: The 1-Minute Version of Last Week’s Bay Area BizTech News
I’m in re-entry mode after a week’s vacation in northern Michigan, which means I’m catching up on everything my colleagues published while I was away. Here’s a quick rundown of last week’s business and technology news from Xconomy San Francisco (including a couple of pieces I wrote before my trip): —The IPO market may be … Continue reading “Doximity, Chirply, IPO Anxiety: The 1-Minute Version of Last Week’s Bay Area BizTech News”
Foursquare Receives $50,000,000 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0913c2d3-3cdd-4942-bda3-5585838395d1&Preview=1 Date 6/25/2011 Company Name Foursquare Mailing Address 1345 Avenue Of The Americas New York, NY 10000 Company Description We’re all about helping you find new ways to explore the city. We’ll help you meet up with your friends and let you earn points and unlock badges for discovering new places, doing … Continue reading “Foursquare Receives $50,000,000 New Funding Round”
Foursquare Bags $50 Million
Location-based mobile giant Foursquare has raised a $50 million funding round, according to the company’s blog. Investors included Andreessen-Horowitz, Spark Capital, and previous investors O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, and Union Square Ventures. The company plans to add engineers to its current staff of 70, boost its merchant offerings, and expand internationally. Although buzz put the valuation … Continue reading “Foursquare Bags $50 Million”
Bromium Lands $9,200,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=27b3632c-c132-4dfa-aacb-6a882450d9cc&Preview=1 Date 6/22/2011 Company Name Bromium Mailing Address Undisclosed San Francisco, CA 94101 Company Description The company is developing mobile virtualization and security solutions. Website http://www.bromium.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $9,200,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes from the financing were not disclosed. The company said it will … Continue reading “Bromium Lands $9,200,000 Series A Funding Round”
OcuSpec Garners $1,300,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0b518c76-20a3-4e0d-aea2-7aae7e96e1f7&Preview=1 Date 6/10/2011 Company Name OcuSpec Mailing Address 333 Bryant St San Francisco, CA 94107 Company Description OcuSpec is a stealth company currently developing motion control technology that is radically more powerful and also significantly less costly than anything currently available. Website http://www.ocuspec.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,300,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “OcuSpec Garners $1,300,000 New Financing Round”
Silver Tail Systems Obtains $20,000,000 Series B Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8186e07a-1edd-495a-846b-e946d98073c3&Preview=1 Date 6/7/2011 Company Name Silver Tail Systems Mailing Address 230 S. California Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94306 Company Description Silver Tail was founded by a team of fraud prevention experts who built anti-fraud and anti-phishing tools at eBay and PayPal. Through their experience and proprietary algorithms, they have built a system … Continue reading “Silver Tail Systems Obtains $20,000,000 Series B Funding Round”
Kno Launches iPad Textbook App
Kno, the Santa Clara, CA-based e-textbook startup founded by Chegg co-founder Osman Rashid, today announced the release of a beta version of Textbooks, an Apple iPad app that will serve as one platform for Kno’s library of digital textbooks. The app includes social commenting features, higlighting and sticky notes, and other study aids, and Kno … Continue reading “Kno Launches iPad Textbook App”
Grubwithus Hits Boston On Its Quest To Bring Group Meals for Strangers to 30 Cities This Year
Seventh in a series of profiles of Y Combinator Winter 2011 startups. Grubwithus, a group-buying-meets-online-dating startup out of Y Combinator, is hitting Boston this week. The startup is introducing its group meals for strangers service in the city on June 1st. Similar to Groupon, Chicago-based Grubwithus works with restaurants to offer its users discounted meals. Unlike … Continue reading “Grubwithus Hits Boston On Its Quest To Bring Group Meals for Strangers to 30 Cities This Year”
A Roundup of Summer Startup Competitions, from Healthcare IT to Dark Matter
You weren’t actually thinking about taking Memorial Day Weekend off, were you? If you’re an entrepreneur and you want some (relatively) easy money or fame, it’s time to get moving on your entry for one of the many startup-oriented competitions underway this summer. Here are just four that have hit my inbox this week. —Morgenthaler … Continue reading “A Roundup of Summer Startup Competitions, from Healthcare IT to Dark Matter”
BlueStacks Exits Stealth, Collects $7.6M
After three years in stealth mode, San Francisco-based BlueStacks debuted today with an announcement that it has collected $7.6 million in Series A funding from Andreessen Horowitz, Ignition Ventures, Helion Ventures, Radar Partners, and Redpoint Ventures. The startup, founded by former McAfee chief technology officer Rosen Sharma, is developing software that promises to allow owners … Continue reading “BlueStacks Exits Stealth, Collects $7.6M”
BlueStacks Secures $7,600,000 Series A Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1f5bc836-cb24-4919-ac5a-65e057976c82&Preview=1 Date 5/25/2011 Company Name BlueStacks Mailing Address 2105 S. Bascom Ave. Campbell, CA 95008 Company Description BlueStacks enables Android applications to run on Windows machines. The application can appear either as an icon on the Windows desktop, or within a full Android environment. Website http://www.BlueStacks.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount … Continue reading “BlueStacks Secures $7,600,000 Series A Financing”
ShoeDazzle.com Receives $40,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=be0dc282-1007-4007-9c90-2d46ce2ac9e7&Preview=1 Date 5/13/2011 Company Name ShoeDazzle.com Mailing Address 3530 Wilshire Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90010 Company Description ShoeDazzle’s fashion experts choose the hottest shoes for you every month based on YOUR individual personality and tastes. The shoes we pick for you will express your individuality and sense of style. Distinctive, yet trend-right. … Continue reading “ShoeDazzle.com Receives $40,000,000 New Funding”