Articles about Venture capital – Page 64 of 67

Portland’s Cedexis scores cash from Madrona and ATV, looks to help Web sites boost performance

In the late 1990s, Len Jordan was working on content distribution networking technologies at RealNetworks when some of the folks… Read More

Ignition continues blistering pace, leads $14 million round for Couchbase

Another day, another investment by Ignition Partners. The Bellevue venture capital firm today announced that it has led a $14… Read More

Lighter Capital’s Andy Sack has $500,000 burning a hole in his pocket

Ready, set, invest. By August 31, Lighter Capital will pump $500,000 into a new business no matter how awful the… Read More

Why startups fail: Lack of focus

At the Lean Startup Seattle meetup last week, Madrona Venture Group’s Greg Gottesman explained the importance of entrepreneurial focus. After… Read More

Looking to remove the pain of venture investing, Microsoft BizSpark allies with CapLinked

Raising venture capital has pretty much worked the same way for years. Entrepreneurs hop on a plane or in a… Read More

Ignition leads $10 million round in New York’s Apprenda

We’ve been writing a lot lately about how Ignition Partners is transforming itself into a national firm, doing deals wherever… Read More

Ex-Avanade boss Mitch Hill jumps back into the startup world, joins Opscode as CEO

As the founding CEO of Avanade, Mitch Hill once oversaw close to 9,000 employees. In his latest gig, there won’t… Read More

Zipline names ex-Microsoft gaming vet Shane Kim to board, raises $400,000

Shane Kim has helped put some of the most recognizable gaming titles on the map, including Halo and Gears of… Read More

Why Zillow insiders want to keep the stock above $25 per share

Shares of Zillow tumbled a bit this week — falling below $30 for the first time since its red-hot initial… Read More

Lockerz taps DAG Ventures, Live Nation as backers, targets $45M

Lockerz intense hunger for fresh capital continues. The fast-growing social networking company today announced that it has raised $36 million… Read More

Airbiquity lands $4M as company sees growth in ‘connected car’ services

Another Seattle area company that’s building some of the underlying technologies for the “connected car” has scored a new round… Read More

Liberty Dialysis to sell for $1.7B

Liberty Dialysis Holdings, a Mercer Island company that operates 260 dialysis clinics across the country, has entered into an agreement… Read More

With ex-Yahoo execs at the helm, ChoozOn raises $3.2 million to help sort through daily deal clutter

ChoozOn, the Bellevue company that helps consumers sort through the clutter of daily deals, has raised a $3.2 million first… Read More

Twitter confirms ‘significant’ funding round, now claims more than 200 million Tweets per day

After weeks of speculation, Twitter confirmed today in a blog post that it has closed a “significant round of funding”… Read More

Simply Measured rings up $750,000 to help brands monitor social media chatter

When Damon Cortesi and Aviel Ginzburg started their company in early 2010, they weren’t sure what direction it would take.… Read More

Super angel Ron Conway’s advice to entrepreneurs and why this isn’t a bubble

Ron Conway is one of the best known angel investors on the planet. So, when the early backer of Facebook,… Read More

Lucid Commerce scores $8M to tell TV advertisers if campaigns are working

There’s no shortage of companies that help advertisers make better sense of how ad campaigns perform online. But what about… Read More

Venture capital industry sees ‘slow and steady’ improvement

Venture capitalists took it on the chin for a few years as the initial public offering and M&A markets simply… Read More

What a long strange trip it has been: Highway 12 Ventures to wind down new investing

Venture capital firms are bit like old soldiers. They never really die, they just sort of fade away. And that… Read More

Ex-Googlers attract more capital than ex-Microsofties (but report misses a few too)

I’ve often wondered which of the tech giants breed the most entrepreneurs. Now, the social recruiting company TopProspect takes a closer… Read More

Varolii lands $8 million, names Bill Bryant, Lee Roberts to the board

Varolii, which helps airlines, utilities, banks and other companies send automated alerts to customers, has raised $8 million and named… Read More

SeniorHomes.com raises $3 million, plans national expansion

SeniorHomes.com, an online directory designed to help families find nursing homes, retirement centers and other elder care facilities, has raised… Read More

Ignition backs Motif, ex-Microsoftie’s startup for ‘investing in ideas’

Bellevue-based Ignition Partners led a $20 million financing round in Motif Investing, a San Mateo, Calif.- based company founded by former… Read More

Portland Seed Fund tests public-private VC model: Could a similar idea take root in Seattle?

On the GeekWire podcast last week, we chatted with Rick Turoczy of Portland’s Silicon Florist blog about the differences between… Read More

Manufacturing startup FluxDrive raises $1.5M in region known for IT investors

The Pacific Northwest may be best known for its software and Internet industry. But Philip “Chip” Corbin, the founder and… Read More

Avelle reverts to Bag Borrow or Steal name, raises $4M

Avelle, the luxury handbag rental service, said today that it plans to reinstitute the name Bag Borrow or Steal. The… Read More

From bad to worse: State slips to 10th in venture capital investment

GeekWire readers have been engaged in an active debate over the past few days on the ailments facing the Seattle… Read More

A challenge to Seattle entrepreneurs: Generate 100 investment-worthy startups in 24 months

Guest commentary: Yesterday, Marcelo Calbucci published a challenge to Seattle VCs here on GeekWire. Marcelo argues that seed-stage funding in… Read More

Commerce Bridge raises $8M to fill lending gap for growth companies

It’s always been exceptionally tough for high-growth companies to attract traditional bank financing. But it became next to impossible after… Read More

MOD Systems shuts down as prosecutors suggest 97 month jail term for founder Mark Phillips

Federal prosecutors want to lock up MOD Systems founder Mark Phillips for more than eight years after the high-tech executive… Read More