Confirmed: Chris Dixon Becomes Seventh Investing GP at Andreessen Horowitz
Chris Dixon will indeed be the latest VC to join Andreessen Horowitz, as I had reported earlier was likely, starting in January. Dixon is a lively and interesting choice for the high-profile Silicon...
View ArticleAssociated Content Founder Beatty to Helm TechStars Boulder Program
Luke Beatty, the founder of Associated Content, has been named managing director of TechStars’ Boulder, Colo., program. Beatty, who had been an entrepreneur in residence at the start-up accelerator,...
View ArticleVCs Still Chasing Web Companies, but With Less Cash
Venture investors still have a healthy appetite for early-stage consumer Internet companies, but those startups are having a harder time raising follow-on financing. Overall the amount invested in...
View ArticleSmall Is Beautiful: Greycroft Partners Raises $175 Million in Third Fund
Greycroft Partners has closed a $175 million fund, its third since it began investing in consumer Internet and media companies in mid-2000. In a press release, the New York- and Los Angeles-based...
View ArticlePoshmark Stitches Up $12 Million in Funding for Its iPhone Thrift Store
Poshmark has raised $12 million in a second round of funding, making it one of the latest used-clothing marketplaces launched over the past couple of years to raise significant funding. The company’s...
View ArticleGreen Throttle Games Raises $6 Million to Turn Phones Into Game Consoles
Green Throttle Games, which is attempting to turn Android phones into videogame consoles that connect to the TV, has raised $6 million in a first round of funding. Trinity Ventures led the round with...
View ArticlePrioritizing Growth Over Profits, One Kings Lane Raises $50 Million in Capital
One Kings Lane, which sells home decor at a steep discount online, just raised its most significant round of capital yet. The $50 million round brings the company’s total raised to date to $117...
View ArticleKhosla Ventures Brings In Condoleezza Rice's Firm for Strategic Role
In yet another instance of a Silicon Valley venture firm bringing in big government guns to class up the place, Khosla Ventures said that it had signed the international consulting firm run by former...
View ArticleKamcord Gets Backing From Top Investors to Record Mobile Game Play
Andreessen Horowitz, Google Ventures and Tencent are just three of the investors backing a small San Francisco start-up called Kamcord, which is enabling gamers to record their play on mobile and share...
View ArticleExpedia Invests in Room 77's Big $30 Million Round
A number of high-profile names in the travel industry are betting on Room 77, a three-year-old start-up in the hotel-booking business. Today, the company is announcing its third funding round, totaling...
View ArticleEducation Start-Up Focused on Making Flashcards Mobile Raises $9 Million
StudyBlue, which has more than 2.5 million students using its free apps to create flashcards and quizzes, has raised $9 million in a first round. Great Oaks Venture Capital led the round, with...
View ArticleChartboost Secures $19M From Sequoia to Help Mobile Games Attract More Players
Chartboost, which has developed technology that enables developers to promote each other’s games inside of their apps, has raised $19 million in capital. Sequoia Capital led the round, and existing...
View ArticleRibbit Capital Raises $100 Million With the Goal of Modernizing Money
Ribbit Capital is a new Silicon Valley fund focused on making investments in anything to do with money — from lending to tax preparation to mobile payments. The Palo Alto, Calif., company is officially...
View ArticleGreg McAdoo Exits Sequoia Capital
Longtime Sequoia Capital venture capitalist Greg McAdoo will be leaving the Silicon Valley firm. McAdoo, who will stay aboard for a few more months to smooth the transition, has made a number of...
View ArticleGo West, Young Geek: Chris Dixon on Why He Became a Silicon Valley VC at...
In mid-November, longtime entrepreneur, active angel investor, iconoclastic blogger and hardcore New Yorker Chris Dixon told the tech world something it least expected — that he had taken a job as a...
View ArticlePayvment Pulls the Plug on Facebook Commerce
Payvment announced today that is shutting down its Facebook commerce platform and handing over its customers to a competitor. In a letter on its website, Payvment said that it and its companion site,...
View ArticlePluto Media Raises $500K to Build Apps That Make Learning Fun
Pluto Media, an education company focused on building apps for tablets, has raised $500,000 in seed funding from Rob Hutter of Learn Capital, Jennifer Carolan of NewSchools Venture Fund and angel...
View ArticleSift Raises More Funding to Help Turn Your Inbox Into a Personalized Shopping...
Sift has raised $540,000 in funding to turn the deluge of offers sent to consumers via email into a shopping app for the iPad. The Burlingame, Calif.-based company, which was incubated by the Tandem...
View ArticleWarby Parker Competitor Rivet & Sway Raises $2 Million More
Rivet & Sway, which sells prescription glasses online to women at $199 a pair, has raised $2 million in capital. The lead investor was Mousse Partners, with its existing investors Baseline Ventures...
View ArticleRover.com Fetches $7 Million for Its Dog-Sitting Service
Rover.com, the dog-kenneling alternative, has raised $7 million in a second-round funding. The Seattle-based company said the Foundry Group led the round, with existing investor Madrona Venture Group...
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