Alastair Goldfisher

Instabase raises seed funding from Greylock, NEA

San Francisco-based Instabase, which provides a platform in the cloud for data, applications and interactive computing, announced it has raised $3.75 million in seed funding from Greylock Partners and New Enterprise Associates.

Healthcare, fintech and infrastructure are critical areas for security innovation--VCJ roundtable

Four VCs discuss with VCJ the trends and opportunities they’re seeing in cyber security investing.

Vertex Ventures raises more than $140 mln for debut fund

Vertex Ventures has raised $140.85 million for its inaugural fund, according to a regulatory filing. The firm, which is located above Antonio's Nut House in Palo Alto, Calif., was co-founded by General Partners In Sik Rhee and Jonathan Heiliger to make early-stage investments in enterprise and cloud infrastructure companies.

Cloud company Velostrata scores $14 mln Series A

San Jose, Calif.-based Velostrata, a provider of on-demand hybrid cloud software, has come out of stealth and announced it has raised a Series A round of $14 million from Norwest Venture Partners and 83North (formerly known as Greylock IL). As part of the funding, Dror Nahumi, partner at Norwest, and Yoram Snir, partner at 83North, have joined the board. The company also maintains R&D in Israel.

Data spotlight: Virtustream deal lifts M&A total in July

Sale of enterprise cloud company Virtustream lifted aggregate deal total in the month to nearly $1.5 billion

IPO Aftermarket: Life sciences keep dominating as Pure Storage files its IPO

Through the end of July, VCJ reports that 50 VC-backed companies have gone public on the NYSE or Nasdaq exchanges

Cyber security company AlienVault raises $52 mln in late-stage funding

San Mateo, Calif.-based AlienVault, a provider of threat management and other cyber security services, announced it has raised $52 million in Series E funding led by new investor Institutional Venture Partners. Existing investors Trident Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and GGV Capital also participated in the round. The company, founded in 2007, has now raised $116 million in total funding. As part of the latest round, Steve Harrick, general partner at IVP, has joined the board.

Data analytics company Datameer raises $40 mln

San Francisco-based Datameer, a provider of a big data analytics platform, announced it has raised a $40 million round of financing led by ST Telemedia. Joining the round are Top Tier Capital Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers, Redpoint Ventures, Next World Capital and Software AG. The company has now raised $76 million in total funding. As part of the latest financing, Nikhil Eapen of ST Telemedia has joined the board.

API development startup Apiary raises $6.8 mln

San Francisco-based Apiary, which provides API development tools, announced it has raised a $6.8 million Series A round of funding led by Flybridge Capital Partners. Baseline Ventures and Credo Ventures also participated in the round. As part of the funding, David Aronoff, general partner at Flybridge, has joined the board. The company, founded in Prague, capital of the Czech Republic, in 2011 and maintains its co-headquarters there, has now raised $8.4 million in total funding.

Menlo leads $10 mln funding of cloud company Platform9

Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Platform9, a provider of a SaaS solution to make it possible for companies to turn their existing IT infrastructure into a private cloud, has raised $10 million in Series B funding. Menlo Ventures led the round and previous investor Redpoint Ventures also participated. The company, which was founded by a group of former VMware engineers, has now raised $14.5 million in total funding. As part of the round, Mark Siegel, general partner at Menlo, has joined the board, which also includes Scott Raney.