Hayward, Calif.-based RayVio emerged from stealth mode and announced today it has raised $9.3 million in Series B funding. New investors Applied Ventures, Augment Ventures, New Ground Ventures and Tolero Ventures join existing investors DCM Ventures and Capricorn Investment Group in the round. The company provides ultraviolet technology for a variety of applications, including disinfection and water purification.
3 min read · 10 March 2015
There’s no denying that VCs are busy people with hectic schedules, but the calendar app Tempo crunches the data to figure the code on how to best meet them.
3 min read · 05 March 2015
HoneyBook, which provides event planning services for vendors, has raised $22 million in a Series B round of funding led by Norwest Venture Partners. Existing investors Aleph and Hillsven also participated. The San Francisco-based company has now raised $32 million in funding to date.
4 min read · 05 March 2015
First Insight, a provider of a predictive analytics platform, has raised $14 million in a Series B round of financing from Updata Partners. As part of the funding, Updata General Partner James Socas has joined the board of the Pittsburgh-based company.
3 min read · 05 March 2015
There’s no denying that VCs are busy people with hectic schedules, but the calendar app Tempo crunches the data to figure the code on how to best meet them
4 min read · 05 March 2015
Index of venture-backed stocks falls only 22.62 points in first month of the year
1 min read · 01 March 2015
There’s a reason why we write so much about the growth of seed investing
2 min read · 01 March 2015
SKULLY, which makes a motorcycle helmet featuring a heads-up display, rear-facing camera and GPS, announced it has raised an $11 million Series A round. The funding was led by Walden Riverwood Ventures and Intel Capital and also included Formation 8, Techstars, Eastlink Capital and Western Technology Investments. As part of the round, Nicholas Brathwaite, partner of Walden Riverwood Ventures, has joined the board.
4 min read · 27 February 2015
There are 11 “super unicorns," fast-growing tech companies that are growing at a market cap of more than $1 billion per year, and SnapChat is the youngest of the bunch, achieving a $10 billion valuation in 2.7 years. That's one of the takeaways from San Francisco-based Play Bigger Advisors, which unveiled its Time to Market Cap (TTMC), a ranking of the top 100 U.S.-based tech companies that are growing their market caps at the fastest velocities. The list was compiled from data through the end of 2014.
2 min read · 26 February 2015
ChefsFeed, a provider of food-related content and food culture as curated by top chefs, announced it has raised a $4 million Series A round. ARTIS Ventures led the funding, which included Structure Capital, Haas Portman and Subtraction Capital, as well as individual investors. The San Francisco-based company previously raised about $4 million combined in seed rounds.
3 min read · 26 February 2015
