Alastair Goldfisher

Help desk SaaS provider Freshdesk has raised a $5 million Series B round of funding from Accel Partners and Tiger Global Management. The company raised a $1 million round from Accel late last year. PRESS RELEASE Freshdesk Raises $5M in Series B Funding from Tiger Global Management and Accel Partners to Reinvent Customer Support Company […]

Venrock Partner Ray Rothrock assumes the chairman role of the NVCA, as the organization basks in the glow of the JOBS Act.

Arthur Rock, an early investor in Apple, Intel and Scientific Data Corp., received the LIfetime Achievement in Venture Capital award from the National Venture Capital Association today for his five decades of work in the industry. At the second day of its annual conference in Santa Clara, Calif., the NVCA also honored Steve Fredrick, a […]

The National Venture Capital Association ushered in a new era at its annual meeting in Santa Clara, Calif. Ray Rothrock, a partner at Venrock, was named chairman, as he takes the reins from Paul Maeder, co-founder and general partner of Highland Capital Partners, who finished his one-year term as chair after serving on the NVCA […]

Europe’s professional networking site Viadeo announced it has raised $32 million in a Series D round from the French Sovereign Fund and the Fonds Stratégique d’Investissement, among other investors. The Paris-based company, which focuses on the European and Chinese markets, previously raised about $18 million in funding from IDinvest Partners and Ventech. PRESS RELEASE VIADEO […]

A new report published by OpenView Venture Partners examines the tools and techniques that VCs are using to build their brands via social media.

A panel of investors at Partner Connect 2012 describe what they look for in entrepreneurs

Earlybird Venture Capital holds an initial close on its fourth fund and says the German market is poised to grow

Earlybird Venture Capital, which relocated from Hamburg to Berlin in December, announced today it has held an initial close of $100 million on its fourth fund. The firm’s LPs are located in Japan, the Middle East and Russia, as well as in the United States and other parts of Europe. The fund is targeted at […]

We all knew eventually the company would get around to it. And, sure enough, sometime soon this spring, Facebook will launch the most anticipated VC-backed tech IPO in recent memory. Don’t forget to note the details of where you were, who was with you, or what you were doing on your iPad at the time […]