Transatomic Power announced that it has raised $2 million in seed funding from FF Science, an investment vehicle of Founders Fund that was recently formed to back early-stage science investments. Scott Nolan, a partner at Founders Fund, led the deal, and he'll be leading many of the FF Science investments.
3 min read · 05 August 2014
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2 min read · 01 August 2014
RockYou, a San Francisco-based provider of an advertising platform for social games, has raised $10 million in debt financing from FastPay. RockYou said it will use the funding to acquire titles, which is similar to what it did in April when it purchased three Playdom games from Disney, as reported by VentureBeat. RockYou, which recapitalized in 2012, had raised about $130 million in prior venture funding, according to Thomson Reuters (publisher of peHUB).
3 min read · 31 July 2014
Moogsoft, which provides service assurance software to help companies detect anomalies in online traffic, announced it has raised $11.3 million in Series B funding. Wing Venture Capital, a new investor, led the round, which also included returning investor Redpoint Ventures. The San Francisco-based company has now raised about $18 million in total funding. As part of the latest round, Peter Wagner, founding partner of Wing Venture Capital, has joined the board.
4 min read · 31 July 2014
Wavemaker Pacific, an early-stage investor that focuses on Southeast Asia, has joined the DFJ Global Network. Wavemaker Pacific, which becomes the 15th member of the DFJ Network, invests in mobile, Internet and software companies in the region from its Singapore headquarters. The firm invests from a S$20 million ($16 million) early-stage fund. Wavemaker Pacific’s parent fund, Santa Monica, California-based Wavemaker Partners (formerly known as Siemer Ventures), will remain independent and will continue to make early-stage investments in U.S. companies.
3 min read · 16 July 2014
Wavemaker Pacific, an early-stage investor that focuses on Southeast Asia, has joined the DFJ Global Network. Wavemaker Pacific, which becomes the 15th member of the DFJ Network, invests in mobile, Internet and software companies in the region from its Singapore headquarters. The firm invests from a S$20 million ($16 million) early-stage fund. Wavemaker Pacific’s parent fund, Santa Monica, California-based Wavemaker Partners (formerly known as Siemer Ventures), will remain independent and will continue to make early-stage investments in U.S. companies.
3 min read · 16 July 2014
Menlo Ventures announced on its blog this morning that it has hired Jim Dawson, former chief sales officer of Fusion-io, as venture partner. At Menlo, Dawson will look focus on storage and infrastructure. Dawson joined Fusion-io in 2009 and left in late 2013, according to his LinkedIn profile. Before Fusion-io, he was with 3PAR and Scale8 before that.
2 min read · 02 July 2014
Menlo Ventures announced on its blog this morning that it has hired Jim Dawson, former chief sales officer of Fusion-io, as venture partner. At Menlo, Dawson will look focus on storage and infrastructure. Dawson joined Fusion-io in 2009 and left in late 2013, according to his LinkedIn profile. Before Fusion-io, he was with 3PAR and Scale8 before that.
2 min read · 02 July 2014
CTERA Networks, which provides a cloud storage services platform, has raised a $25 million Series C round of funding, led by new investor Bessemer Venture Partners. Also participating was existing investors Benchmark Capital, Cisco and Venrock. The company has now raised $45 million in total funding. As part of the funding, Adam Fisher, a partner at Bessemer, has joined the board.
4 min read · 02 July 2014
CTERA Networks, which provides a cloud storage services platform, has raised a $25 million Series C round of funding, led by new investor Bessemer Venture Partners. Also participating was existing investors Benchmark Capital, Cisco and Venrock. The company has now raised $45 million in total funding. As part of the funding, Adam Fisher, a partner at Bessemer, has joined the board.
4 min read · 02 July 2014
