Alastair Goldfisher

Dashboard: Deals, IPOs, M&A Dip In July, As Fundraising Doubles

A quick look at how the volume of deals, fundraising, IPOs and M&A changed from June to July

peHUB Second Opinion 8.29

The Thursday before a three-day weekend, and I have a hodgepodge of items on Storage IPOs, Skype, Wedding Trends and Bay Area Bike Share.

Pure Storage Goes Large With $150M Pre-IPO Round

The enterprise storage solutions provider Pure Storage announced today that it has raised $150 million in a Series E round that the company expects will carry it through to an IPO. The large funding round was led by T. Rowe Price and Tiger Global Management. The company, founded in 2009, has now raised $245 million in funding with previous investors including Greylock Partners, Index Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Samsung Ventures and Sutter Hill Ventures.

Couchbase Raises $25M in Round Led by Adams Street

Couchbase, a provider of NoSQL database technology, has raised $25 million in Series D funding from Adams Street Partners, which led the round and was joined by existing investors Accel Partners, Mayfield Fund, North Bridge Venture Partners and Ignition Partners. The company has now raised $55 million in funding over four rounds.

peHUB Second Opinion 8.27

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew speaks; bitcoin gets its meeting with the feds; and self-driving cars are a-coming.

peHUB Second Opinion 8.22

Jobs, jobs and more jobs; get ready for a 6-inch Nokia phone and new partner at @a16z.

Goldman Sachs Invests $40M in SugarCRM

SugarCRM, which develops open source customer relationship management software, has raised $40 million in a new equity round from Goldman Sachs & Co. As part of the funding, Antoine Munfa, a vice president at Goldman Sachs, has joined the board of the Cupertino, Calif.-based company.

peHUB Second Opinion 8.20

Breaking up is hard to day, but apparently it's over between investors and social media startups; plus what cleaned up at the U.S. box office and more Jobs-related links.

Trinity Ventures Leads $13M Series B in Jama

Jama Software has raised a $13 million Series B round of funding from Trinity Ventures (led) and Madrona Venture Group. As part of the deal, Karan Mehandru, general partner at Trinity Ventures, has joined the board of Jama.

Sequoia Capital Raises $1.1B Combined for Funds in U.S., China and Israel -- UPDATED

Sequoia Capital has raised more than $1.1 billion combined in new funds focused on U.S., China and Israeli markets, based on several new regulatory filings this morning.