San Francisco-based telemedicine provider Spruce has raised a $15 million Series A round of funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Google Ventures, Baseline Ventures and Cowboy Ventures. The company previously raised $2 million in seed funding.
3 min read · 31 March 2015
GoFormz has raised $3 million in Series A funding from Cloud Apps Capital Partners and FLOODGATE. As part of the funding, Matt Holleran, general partner of Cloud Apps Capital Partners, has joined the company’s board of directors. The San Diego-based company provides a mobile business productivity platform.
5 min read · 31 March 2015
A summary of the happenings from the Venture Alpha East conference in Boston
4 min read · 31 March 2015
Thousands of suggestions pour in to rename Atlas.
2 min read · 30 March 2015
Ellen Pao case is shining a spotlight about diversity at venture firms, but let’s get the facts straight.
3 min read · 28 March 2015
FinancialForce.com, a provider of enterprise resource planning services, has raised $110 million in new funding. New investors Technology Crossover Ventures led the round, with participation from existing investor Salesforce Ventures. The San Francisco-based company has now raised $220 million in total funding, including a $50 million infusion by Advent International in April 2014. As part of the latest funding, Tim McAdam, general partner at TCV, has joined the board.
4 min read · 26 March 2015
Ellen Pao case is shining a spotlight about diversity at venture firms, but let’s get the facts straight
3 min read · 26 March 2015
Only two M&A transactions took place in February with disclosed values for a combined deal total of $270 million; Lerer Hippeau and SV Angel each exited two companies to big acquirers
2 min read · 23 March 2015
San Francisco-based Quid, an artificial intelligence company which provides information analytics software, has raised a $39 million Series D round of funding. Liberty Interactive Corporation led the funding, with participation from ARTIS Ventures, Buchanan Investments, Subtraction Capital, Tiger Partners, Thomas H. Lee Limited Family Partnership II, as well as Quid board member Michael Patsalos-Fox and Quid Chairman and founding investor Charles Lho. The company previously raised a $10 million Series C round and has altogether raised $60 million in funding.
3 min read · 19 March 2015
SoftTech VC announces on its blog that Huddle co-founder Andy McLoughlin is joining as venture partner, effective April 1, while Partner Charles Hudson is transitioning out to launch his own pre-seed firm.
1 min read · 18 March 2015
