Alastair Goldfisher
Early-stage investor Defy Partners, which recently raised $262 million for its second fund, has tapped former Eventbrite exec Brian Rothenberg as a partner. He joins Co-Founders and Managing Directors Neil Sequeira and Trae Vassallo, who launched the firm in late 2017.
In advance of its IPO, Uber Technologies said in late April that PayPal Holdings had agreed to invest $500 million in the ride-hailing company. PayPal invested in Uber through a private placement at the price at which the IPO would eventually settle. Uber on May 9 priced its IPO at $45 a share. It was the […]
San Francisco-based Yes VC has raised $10.755 million toward a $50 million target for its inaugural fund, according to a regulatory filing. The filing reports 44 investors have so far backed the firm, which makes pre-seed and seed-stage investments. The firm was launched last year by Caterina Fake and Jyri Engeström and this year added David Pickerell as an associate.
Mallun Yen, co-founder of the blogging platform SaaStr, is seeking to raise $30 million for a venture fund called Operator Collective, according to a regulatory filing. The fund has not yet raised any commitments.
Venice, California-based Nutrition Innovation, a food and technology company focused on innovating sugar in the North American market, announced it has raised $5 million in Series A funding at a valuation of $40 million. The Series A funding was led by VisVires New Protein, as Asian foodtech fund, and includes Enerfo Group, a Singapore agtech firm.
Priya Saiprasad, a veteran venture investor, joined Mayfield as a partner to focus on the enterprise sector, specifically on AI and analytics-driven businesses. She will also lead the firm in guiding initiatives for women founders, akin to her effort at her previous firm, M12 Ventures. As a founding member and principal at M12, Saiprasad launched that […]
Culver City, California-based Embrace, provider of performance management technology for mobile, announced it has raised $4.5 million in additional capital led by Pritzker Group Venture Capital. Joining the round was Greycroft Partnersand Vy Capital with follow-on from the founders of Parse and MoPub, Eniac Ventures and the Chernin Group.
Mountain View, California-based Eightfold.ai, creator of a talent intelligence platform that uses AI tech to identify talent, announced IVP has joined its list of investors as it's raised $28 million in a Series C round of funding. Foundation Capital and Lightspeed Ventures joined the round. The company, founded in 2016, has now raised $55 million in total funding.
Talk about growth equity: 137 Ventures in 2014 hired Nick Procaccini as a summer intern and just five years later named him an investment partner. “From associate to principal to partner, exactly as I drew it up.” Procaccini jokes. But no joke here: The firm, which itself is just eight years old, tapped the Delaware-born […]
New York-based Kangaroo, which provides smarthome security, announced it has raised $10.26 million a Series A round led by Greycroft. Lerer Hippeau and angel investors also participated. As part of the funding, Ian Sigalow, a partner and co-founder of Greycroft, has joined the board.