Dan Primack
What follows is a set of VC funding items culled from recent Regulation D filings with the SEC. I’ve actually got a bunch more to write up, but need to meet someone for lunch. Check back later today for the rest. None of these deals has been otherwise announced: Big Tent Design Inc., a San […]
What follows is a set of VC funding items culled from recent Regulation D filings with the SEC. None of these deals has been otherwise announced: Jingle Networks Inc., a Menlo Park, Calif.–based operator of a national consumer telephone directory assistance service, has raised nearly $13 million in Series C-1 funding. The company had closed […]
Employment figures may be down, but VCs are still pumping money into online job sites. The latest is JobFox, which peHUB learned has raised $20 million in Series C funding. DFJ Growth Fund led the round, with partner Mark Bailey taking a board seat. Return backers Menlo Ventures and New Enterprise Associates also participated. I […]
Final numbers for 2007 venture capital investing won’t be released until later this month, but we can safely say that investing hit a six-year high, based on preliminary figures from Daddy Thomson. We should also point out that investment tallies don’t always correlate positively to company quality or eventual performance. After all, that last high […]
What follows is a set of VC funding items culled from recent Regulation D filings with the SEC (plus a bit of extra research, in some cases). None of these deals have been otherwise announced: Apptrigger Inc., a Richardson, Texas-based maker of an application session controller, has raised around $21.5 million in Series C funding. […]
Oncomed Pharmaceuticals signed a strategic partnership earlier this week with GlaxoSmithKline, which could be worth up to $1.4 billion. Longtime readers might remember Oncomed as the cancer “stem cell” company I profiled back when it raised its first round of VC funding (it’s now got more than $60m in the bank). Still perhaps the most […]
Time to add another couple of VC-backed busts to the list we first compiled last month (download original). First up is Edgeio, which provides provided technology for online classifieds listings (jobs, cars, etc.). Company co-founder Mike Arrington writes that the company’s original business plan had it running out of money this month, and that new […]
In the past ten minutes, I’ve learned about two separate financings having to do with diapers. Really, what are the chances? First up is 1-800-Diapers, or www.diapers.com, a baby products ecommerce company that has raised $7 million in Series B funding, according to a regulatory filing. Bessemer Venture Partners led the round, while return backer Brand […]
Last night I addressed a group of venture capitalists and entrepreneurs, as part of a “VIP” kick-off dinner for today’s MIT Venture Capital Conference. Speaking in such settings is always preferable to speaking at the actual conference, since everyone laughs at jokes that aren’t terribly funny when heard completely sober. The crowd wasn’t right for […]
Updated after jump Online advertising company AdBrite has raised $23 million in third-round funding, according to a regulatory filing discovered by peHUB. Return backers include Sequoia Capital and hedge fund Artis Management (which often gloms onto Sequoia for hot VC deals). Unclear if any newbies also signed on. The San Francisco-based company was founded in […]