3 min read · 24 October 2016
3 min read · 24 October 2016
2 min read · 21 October 2016
Sequoia Capital named Jess Lee a U.S. investing partner, the first female VC in the firm's 44-year history. Lee, who was co-founder and chief executive of fashion ecommerce site Polyvore, which Yahoo bought last year for about $200 million. Sequoia had been trying to recruit Lee to its roster since 2012, and she will start work on Nov. 7, according to Bloomberg. Lee, 33, will also be one of Sequoia's youngest partners at the firm.
1 min read · 20 October 2016
San Francisco-based TravelBank, which provides an app to help manage expense reporting and budgeting, launched today. The company also disclosed it had raised $10 million in Series A funding from New Enterprise Associates, Accel Partners and angel investors. TravelBank co-founder Duke Chung was previously founder of customer service software developer Parature, which Microsoft bought in 2014 or $100 million.
1 min read · 20 October 2016
2 min read · 20 October 2016
1 min read · 18 October 2016
Omaha, Nebraska seed-stage investor Dundee Venture Capital, which recently held an initial close of $20 million for its third fund, announced the opening of a new office in the Minneapolis area. The location is part of its ongoing regional growth plan as it expands in the Midwest and raises Fund III targeted at $30 million.
1 min read · 18 October 2016
1 min read · 13 October 2016
1 min read · 13 October 2016
