Stealth e-commerce startup Jet announced it has raise $140 million in new funding led by Bain Capital Ventures. Also participating in the round are Accel Partners, Coatue Management, General Catalyst Partners, Goldman Sachs, Google Ventures, MentorTech Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Norwest Venture Partners, Silicon Valley Bank, Temasek, Thrive Capital and others.
1 min read · 12 February 2015
Wandera announced it has raised $15 million in a funding led by 83North. Existing investor Bessemer Venture Partners also joined the round. The company, which has offices in San Francisco and London, has now raised about $23 million in total funding. Wander provides mobile security services.
2 min read · 10 February 2015
A total of eight VC-backed IPOs debuted in January, raising more than $759 million in proceeds during the month, with all but one in life sciences
2 min read · 05 February 2015
San Francisco-based Walden Venture Capital has raised $107 million for its latest early-stage fund. The fund, which was originally targeted at $75 million with a $100 million cap, counts the Small Business Administration, through its Early Stage SBIC program, as its largest LP. The firm says it focuses on digital media and cloud services for the consumer and the enterprise. The fund has already backed such companies as Scientific Revenue, Merchant Atlas and ReadyPulse.
3 min read · 04 February 2015
Signia Venture Partners, an investor in Kurbo Health, Pepperdata and Funzio, has raised $100 million for Signia Venture Partners II, according to a regulatory filing.
1 min read · 04 February 2015
AnyPerk announced it has raised $8.5 million in a Series A round that was led by DCM Ventures. Joining the round are Andreessen Horowitz; SV Angel; Y Combinator; Tony Hsieh and Zach Ware of Vegas Tech Fund; Tien Tzuo, CEO of Zuora; and Vayner RSE. As part of the funding, Osuke Honda, general partner of DCM Ventures, has joined the board. San Francisco-based AnyPerk, which helps companies of any size offer perks to its employees, previously raised $4.5 million in seed funding.
4 min read · 03 February 2015
3 min read · 01 February 2015
The index of VC-backed stocks lose more than 157 points in 2014
1 min read · 01 February 2015
A total of 118 VC-backed IPOs have raised more than $14.2 billion in proceeds in 2014, with life sciences accounting for 70 percent of the new offerings
2 min read · 01 February 2015
IPO activity also jumps, led by LendingClub debut
2 min read · 01 February 2015
