Oakland-based Kapor Capital, which invests in seed-stage tech startups focused on positive social impact, announced that entrepreneur Mandela Schumacher-Hodge has joined the firm as its portfolio services director. The firm said Schumacher-Hodge will support the development of its portfolio companies as it relates to business, social impact and diversity and inclusion. Schumacher-Hodge, a former public school teacher and education policy researcher, co-founded San Francisco-based Tioki, a professional social network for educators.
1 min read · 22 October 2015
San Francisco-based DocuSign Inc, which earlier this month announced Deutsche Telekom has joined the company’s Series F round as a strategic investor, disclosed a list of its individual investors. They include Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang; former Adobe CEO Bruce Chizen; actor/musician Jared Leto; and skateboarding celebrity Tony Hawk, among others. DocuSign, which provides legally compliant electronic signature technology, did not raise any new funding, but it said collectively the individuals have invested more than $30 million in the company. Terms of each individual investor were not disclosed. DocuSign was founded in 2003 and has now raised $525 million from individuals, financial institutions and strategic investors.
2 min read · 21 October 2015
San Francisco-based Citus Data, a provider of data analytics, announced it has raised $9.5 million in Series A funding. Khosla Ventures led the round, which included previous investors Data Collective and Vaizra Investments. Ari Zilka, a partner at Khosla Ventures and previously CTO of Hortonworks, has joined the board. Citus Data, an alum of Y Combinator, previously raised $4.9 million in seed-stage funding.
1 min read · 20 October 2015
Tel Aviv-based illusive networks, a cyber security company focused on targeted attacks, announced it has raised a $22 million Series B round of funding led by new investor New Enterprise Associates. Also participating in the round are new and existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners, Marker LLC, Citi Ventures and Eric Schmidt’s Innovation Endeavors. The company earlier this year raised $5 million in a Series A round. Kittu Kolluri, general partner at NEA, has joined the board as part of the latest funding.
4 min read · 20 October 2015
San Francisco-based Zignal Labs, a provider of data analytics for real time media monitoring, has announced a $15 million round of funding. The funding came from previous backers Andy Ballard of Figtree Partners; Mitch Cohen of Ross Investment Associates; and Jim Hornthal, co-founder and chairman of Zignal Labs. The company previously raised about $15 million. including a $10.7 million Series B round in October 2014.
2 min read · 20 October 2015
5 min read · 19 October 2015
San Francisco-based firm aims to help ease the pain point for VC-backed companies to hire talent.
2 min read · 17 October 2015
San Francisco-based venture firm SignalFire announced its launch this week and disclosed it has already invested in eight companies with its inaugural $53 million seed-focused fund. Regulatory filings for the fund indicate SignalFire raised $49.5 million from 27 investors and an additional $3.105 million from 23 investors. The Wall Street Journal reported that LPs included fund-of-funds Horsley Bridge Partners and individual investors, such as Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang and Slack Technologies founder Stewart Butterfield.
1 min read · 15 October 2015
San Francisco-based DocuSign Inc, a provider of digital signature technology, announced that the German telecom company Deutsche Telekom has joined the company's Series F round as a strategic investor. The round was at $278 million in May. The latest funding brings the total amount raised to $525 million. Prior to the latest funding, DocuSign had a $3 billion valuation, making it one of the so-called unicorns
1 min read · 09 October 2015
San Francisco-based AppDirect, a provide of cloud services to power ecommerce, announced it has raised $140 million in funding led by J.P. Morgan Asset Management. Also participating in the round are Foundry Group, iNovia Capital, Mithril Capital Management, StarVest Partners and Stingray Digital. Since the company was founded in 2009, it has now raised $245 million in total funding, including an $8.5 million Series A round in 2012.
4 min read · 07 October 2015
