Articles about Venture capital – Page 57 of 67

VCs come knocking as Nextdoor lands $18.6 million

Nextdoor, a San Francisco startup that operates social networks for more than 3,500 neighborhoods across the country, has raised $18.6… Read More

SAP arrives in Seattle, looking for hot analytics startups

SAP, the 40-year-old German enterprise software company, is making a big push right now to engage with startup companies with… Read More

Jawfish Games snags cash from Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, opens new Seattle HQ

Jawfish Games has snapped up $2.6 million, money that the fast-growing 7-month-old company will use to continue developing its online gaming… Read More

Tech Moves: Maveron adds venture partner; Doug Aley joins Zulily; etc.

Maveron, the Seattle venture capital firm led by former investment banker Dan Levitan and Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, has named… Read More

VCs pump $2.1 billion into early-stage startups, biggest haul in more than a decade

Venture capitalists are pumping more money into early-stage companies. And that, say some industry watchers, is very much a good… Read More

Tech Moves: Andy Sack passes torch at Lighter Capital; OUYA’s new hire

Andy Sack is stepping aside as CEO of Lighter Capital, the Seattle investment firm that provides revenue-based loans to companies… Read More

Daily deal site Totsy reels in $18.5M as rivalry with Zulily heats up

Call it the battle over the baby brands. New York’s Totsy is turning up the heat on its Seattle rival… Read More

Optify lands more cash to boost marketing software tools

Optify has raised $2 million in additional financing from existing investors, money that comes in just a few weeks after… Read More

Venture capital more than doubles in Washington state

We had a feeling that it was going to be a blockbuster quarter on the venture capital front in Washington… Read More

Beyond online advertising into knowledge monetization

Each year, investors sink $2 million in U.S. Internet companies per every million dollars of total online advertising addressable opportunity:… Read More

Northwest Energy Angels funding of cleantech clears $1M for 2012

Cleantech funding appears to be alive and well in the earth-friendly Pacific Northwest. The cleantech investment organization Northwest Energy Angels,… Read More

E-signature company DocuSign raises $47.5 million, names Mary Meeker to board

DocuSign, the maker of electronic signature technology, has raised $47.5 million in equity financing, according to a SEC filing released… Read More

Cloudability raises $8.7M to ID spikes in cloud spending

The Foundry Group has led an $8.7 million series A financing round in Cloudability, a Portland upstart that helps companies… Read More

Healthcare marketing upstart Appature lands $6.1 million from Madrona and Ignition

Appature has been undergoing what CEO Kabir Shahani describes as a “pretty dramatic growth curve” in the past year, growing… Read More

Chinese game publisher Forgame raises cash from Ignition, TA and others

Forgame Tech, a Chinese developer of more than two dozen online games, including Ming Dynasty, Soul Guardians and Legend of… Read More

Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S.

We’ve seen a flurry of activity in recent weeks among Seattle area venture capital firms, led by Madrona Venture Group… Read More

Microsoft starts the Bing Fund, a mysterious new ‘angel incubator’

Over the years, Microsoft has steered clear of the corporate venture capital arms found at companies such as Intel and… Read More

CoCo Communications scores $9 million, looks to build secure mobile networks for the military

CoCo Communications has nailed down $9 million in fresh financing, money that the 10-year-old Seattle company will use to enhance… Read More

Frazier Healthcare files to raise a $400 million venture fund

Frazier Healthcare, a 21-year-old venture capital firm with offices in Seattle and Silicon Valley, has filed documents with the Securities… Read More

Targeted Growth lands $5M to boost crop yields, names new CEO

Targeted Growth has raised $5 million in fresh capital, money that the 13-year-old company will use to continue developing technologies… Read More

Facebook offering chills IPO market as drought hits venture-backed companies

It has been nearly a year since the last tech company in Washington state completed an initial public offering. Zillow… Read More

Corporate VC totals slump

Big tech companies continue to spend money on acquisitions as evidenced by Microsoft’s $1.2 billion purchase of Yammer and Facebook’s… Read More

Internet companies and the billion dollar money drain

Over the last ten years, more than $43 billion was invested in 7,200+ Internet-related companies, according to the PWC MoneyTree… Read More

Health care via house calls and Webcams: Carena lands $14 million to make it a reality

The next time your ear aches or stomach hurts, you might not drive to the doctor’s office or head to… Read More

Sales tax automation ace Avalara recharges with $20 million round led by Battery Ventures

Operating from a home base on Bainbridge Island, Avalara has quietly grown into a powerhouse in the arena of sales… Read More

Startup Spotlight: FUNnerator helps parents find the best summer camps for their kids

As a former venture capitalist with Trilogy Partners, Katie Thompson has seen her fair share of business plans over the years.… Read More

After executive overhaul, AdReady lands new cash

AdReady is a company in transition, but one of the firm’s earliest venture backers still believes in the core mission… Read More

Newly-formed W Fund to pump $20M into university spinouts

Washington’s startup community is getting yet another shot in the arm, thanks to the efforts of a newly-formed venture capital… Read More

With big successes under its belt, tiny Divergent Ventures hits the fundraising path

Seattle venture capital firm Divergent Ventures might not be as well known as some of its counterparts. But the firm… Read More

Paul Allen and Intel Capital bankroll Sand 9 to reduce dropped calls on cell phones

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s Vulcan Capital has joined with Intel Capital and other investors to bankroll Sand 9, a Cambridge,… Read More