Articles about Venture capital – Page 54 of 67

Startup orphans: More than 1,000 seed-stage companies to be abandoned

It is typical for seed-stage startups to fizzle out before they really get going, oftentimes unable to raise the next… Read More

Startup CEOs predict a funding level bump in 2013, but VCs aren’t so sure

It’s never easy trying to figure out what will happen in the venture capital business. But, nonetheless, it is predictions… Read More

Geek Humor: Gangnam Style meets Call Me Maybe in this ambitious VC holiday greeting

All, I can say is wow! First Round Capital, the New York and Philadelphia-based venture capital firm, certainly set the… Read More

Blue Box raises more cash, this time from David Frankel’s Founder Collective

Jesse Proudman’s Blue Box has reeled in $800,000 in fresh capital, part of an oversubscribed venture capital round that the… Read More

Marc Andreessen says Wall Street really hates tech stocks: What do you think?

Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen is making headlines today for comments he made at a tech conference hosted by The New… Read More

Seattle VCs honor one of the region’s ‘founding fathers’

Chad Waite has been an important fixture in the Seattle venture capital community for 25 years, joining OVP Venture Partners… Read More

Seattle online collaboration startup Sandglaz raises cash

There’s no shortage of competition in the online collaboration space, creating tools to make teams work together more efficiently. The… Read More

Jeremy Jaech’s new home sensor startup SNUPI lands $1.5M from Madrona, others

It may be several months before we get to see the new home sensor technology that Jeremy Jaech and his… Read More

T-Mobile tech vet raises cash for new marketing analytics startup IDInteract

Former T-Mobile USA Chief Information Architect Matthew Standish has raised $700,000 for a new analytics startup by the name of IDInteract. The… Read More

Google Ventures and others invest in Apptentive, a maker of in-app feedback tools

Google Ventures has joined with a number of angel investors to bankroll Apptentive, a TechStars Seattle grad that’s developing new… Read More

DataCastle charges ahead with $3M, offers data backup when devices go missing

Employees are increasingly bringing their own mobile devices into the workplace, creating headaches for corporate IT managers who have to… Read More

Naya Ventures raises $50 million fund to bankroll cloud and mobile startups

There’s been a healthy flow of cash into Seattle tech startups this quarter, with more than $200 million already invested… Read More

Inside the IPO pipeline: It’s all B2B, all of the time

It’s shaping up to be an average year for initial public offerings, with about 125 companies listing shares to date.… Read More

Powerit fuels up with new cash infusion, looks to cut energy bills for big industrial clients

Powerit Solutions, a 10-year-old Seattle company that helps large industrial customers reduce energy costs, has raised $2.5 million in fresh… Read More

Kona Medical lands $10M to reduce high blood pressure with ‘Surround Sound’ system

Kona Medical has reeled in another $10 million in equity and debt financing to continue working on a novel method… Read More

Tech Moves: aQuantive co-founder Galgon joins Real’s board; Madrona hires PR vet; Expedia changes; etc.

Rob Glaser continues to overhaul the board of directors at RealNetworks, today announcing that aQuantive co-founder Mike Galgon has joined… Read More

Ray Ozzie’s stealthy startup Talko raises $4 million

The last time we caught up with software pioneer Ray Ozzie, he was talking about the power of one’s connections… Read More

NanoString lands $15.3M for genetic analysis system

NanoString Technologies continues to rake in new capital, announcing today that it has raised $15.3 million from Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital… Read More

Smartsheet raises $26 million, looks to help teams collaborate more effectively

Everyone, it seems, is trying to create new ways for groups of people to work together, from tech titans like… Read More

Touting a ‘post-editorial world,’ Wikia raises cash from Amazon and others

Wikia, which operates a platform that powers more than 200,000 community-powered Web sites, has raised more than $10 million from… Read More

Red Tricycle pedals ahead with $1.5M from Maveron and Zulily to help parents discover more family fun

Jacqui Boland started Red Tricycle in Seattle six years ago when she was pregnant with her son, creating an online… Read More

Centri lands $4.5 million to boost mobile data delivery, add security layers

Centri Technology has raised $4.5 million in fresh funding in a deal led by Matthew Pritzker Company. The funds will be… Read More

TechStars grad Bizible lands $1.7M to help businesses measure whether ads work

The rub on the advertising has long been that companies couldn’t really tell what was working and what wasn’t, best symbolized… Read More

It’s raining cash in Rain City: More than $140M invested in Seattle startups in 30 days

It’s shaping up to be a very good holiday season for Seattle area startups. At a time when many are… Read More

Seattle ranks 4th as global startup hub, edges out NYC

Silicon Valley remains the king of the hill when it comes to startup hubs. But there are a number of… Read More

Isilon vets land $24.5M series A for stealthy data storage startup Qumulo

When we first stumbled on stealthy Qumulo a few months ago, the former Isilon engineers leading the charge at the… Read More

Meet the man behind Seattle’s newest $1B startup: ‘We are still in the early days’

Not many startup companies boast a $1 billion valuation — especially after just three short years in business. But that’s… Read More

Daily deal site Zulily raises $85 million from Andreessen Horowitz, tops 10M members

Fast-growing daily deal site Zulily has pulled in an additional $85 million in venture capital financing, cash that the Seattle… Read More

Rover.com rival DogVacay gobbles up $6M from Benchmark, others

Who is going to be the alpha dog in this rivalry? Rover.com or DogVacay? Well, both startup companies, which earlier… Read More

Concur forms $150 million fund to bankroll travel-oriented startups

Redmond-based Concur has become more active with its investments in startup companies in recent months, taking stakes in travel-oriented Seattle… Read More