Series A In the modern digital age, increasing numbers of people are concerned about their web persona. Savvy internet users are wary of the long-term effects of their web activity, and worry…
IPO Watch: GoPro, Box, Alibaba
Keep an Eye On After delaying its IPO, Box Inc. might be looking elsewhere for a cash infusion. The Wall Street Journal reported earlier in the week that the Los Altos, CA-based…
5 Takeaways from the Google I/O Developer Conference
Google’s I/O Developer Conference, held this week in San Francisco, featured a number of new product launches, including Android TV, Android Wear, Android Auto and a new smartphone and tablet operating system.…
Kreditech secures $40m – Investment Round Up
Series A Crowdfunding platform Patreon has raised $15 million in Series A funding. Backers included Index Ventures, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian and David Marcus, former president of PayPal. Patreon was founded in…
Wi-Fi-connected LED lightbulb maker LIFX raises $12 Million from Sequoia -Investment Round-Up
Seed Funding Y-Combinator alumnus AnyPerkhas secured an additional $3 million in seed funding to help companies manage and distribute the perks they provide to employees. The Vegas Tech Fund, FundersClub, and Vayner/RSE…
HelloFresh Raises $50 Million – Investment Round-Up
Series B San Francisco-based ClearCare has secured $11 million to build out its software platform for home care agencies. The Series B round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, but also included…
Kony raises $50m – Investment Round Up
Series A BitGo, a bitcoin security platform, has raised a $12 million Series A funding round led by Redpoint Ventures. Ashton Kutcher’s A-Grade Investments, Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, Radar Partners, Bitcoin Opportunity…
Handybook secures $30m – Investment Round Up
Series A Light has raised $9.7 million in Series A to help it realize a “mission to reimagine the art and science of photography.” The Palo Alto-based startup was co-founded by Dave…
Facebook’s messaging mission leads to Snapchat competitor Slingshot
Facebook’s pursuit, rejection, and subsequent mission to bury Snapchat is starting to resemble a teenage courtship gone bad. After Snapchat declined Facebook’s offer to buy the company last year for $3 billion,…
Okta raises $75m – Investment Round Up
Series B Transferwise, which facilitates low cost international money transfers, has raised a $25 million Series B round, with renowned investor Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures and entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson among the…