Alastair Goldfisher
Normally, when we take a peek into our database to see which VC firm has been the most active investor, the usual suspects show up high in the rankings: Accel Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Intel Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, New Enterprise Associates and Sequoia Capital. We typically expect one of them to be […]
In an effort to boost its developer community, cloud storage provider Box.net has set up a $2 million fund to back future enterprise applications built on the Box platform. As part of the development fund, Box has also announced a new developer’s program called Box Innovation Network (also called /bin, which was named in a […]
With more and more VC-backed personal health and fitness companies targeting the hardcore exercise fanatic, it was only a matter of time before a startup emerged to go after the less enthusiastic cardio burner.
Witness BitGym, a startup being launched out of the Rock Health accelerator in San Francisco that says it has raised "some" seed funding.
The aim of the company’s technology is to make exercise seem more like a video game rather than a workout. “Running sucks now. That's where we ...
Cloudera Inc., a Palo Alto, Calif.-based company that provides Apache Hadoop-based data management software and services, has raised a $40 million Series D round of funding. Ignition Partners led the round, which also included Accel Partners, Greylock Partners, Meritech Capital Partners and In-Q-Tel. Cloudera has now raised $76 million in total funding, having most recently […]
I read a research report once that said the secret to happiness is keeping busy. Yes. Scientists will research anything. A behavioral scientist at Chicago University found last year that those who kept busy were happier. The thrust of the study was to be engaged, either physically or mentally, even if there was no point […]
ABS Capital announced today that it has raised $500 million for its latest growth equity fund, ABS Capital Partners VII, which closed $100 million above target. The 21-year-old firm, which has offices in Baltimore and San Francisco, raised $420 million for its previous fund, which closed in 2009. Managing General Partner Phil Clough told me last […]
They say that everything is big in Texas. And that must include late-stage venture deals, too. Two companies based in the Lone Star State ranked in the Top 10 of largest “venture” deals done in the third quarter, according to a MoneyTree Report. As my colleague Mark Boslet already reported today, venture deal activity took […]
Content-sharing site Box.net has wrapped up its Series D expansion round, having raised $81 million. As peHUB.com previously reported, Salesforce.com and New Enterprise Associates have joined the round, along with Bessemer Venture Partners and previous investors Andreessen Horowitz and Draper Fisher Jurvetson Growth. Box has now raised more $162 million in total capital. CEO and […]
If you want to launch a startup, do so for the camaraderie, not to strike it rich, says Russ Fradin. Fradin, a repeat investor and entrepreneur, is probably most famous for co-founding and serving as CEO of Adify, which Cox Enterprises bought about three years ago for $300 million. By his own count, Fradin is […]
Pitch contests and the PowerPoint displays that come with them are nothing new. But they have become harder to avoid in recent years, and I don’t see any end in sight. The popularity of these “pitch-a-thons,” as I call them, are for a number of reasons. The availability of cloud services makes it cheaper and […]