Bloomberg, the provider of financial news and data, has launched a $75 million early-stage fund called Bloomberg Beta. Bloomberg is the sole LP in the fund. In announcing the fund, Bloomberg Beta has disclosed it has already invested in Newsle, Nodejitsu, Codecademy, Errplane and ProsperWorks. Bloomberg Beta will operate in offices on both coasts with Roy Bahat, an entrepreneur and former board member of Flixster, leading the firm from the San Francisco-based locale.
5 min read · 05 June 2013
Berlin-based AppLift, a provier of mobile game marketing services, has raised $13 million in a Series A round from Prime Ventures. The company raised initial funding from the German incubator HitFox Group, where AppLift was launched a year ago.
4 min read · 03 June 2013
2 min read · 01 June 2013
Eventbrite, Auris Medical and NSL Renewable Power were among the top deals in tech, healthcare and cleantech, respectively, in the month of April
1 min read · 01 June 2013
Venture firm ranks as the most active investor in the month, making a reported 10 deals
1 min read · 01 June 2013
Online video marketing company TubeMogul announced it has $10 million in a Series C tranche that was led by SingTel Innov8, the venture arm of SingTel Group. Cross Creek Capital joined the round and existing investors Digital Advertising Consortium, Foundation Capital and Trinity Ventures also participated. The Emeryville, Calif.-based company previously raised about $33 million in total funding, including a $20 million first tranche of the Series C in late 2012.
5 min read · 30 May 2013
True Ventures led a $3 million seed-stage funding for Orchestrate.io, a developer of a API that allows companies to add location, search, activity stream, and recommendation features to their apps. Also participating in the round are Frontline Ventures and Resonant Venture. As part of the deal, Puneet Agrawal, general partner at True Ventures, has joined the board.
3 min read · 21 May 2013
Alteryx, a provider of data analytics, has raised $12 million in funding from Toba Capital and existing investor SAP Ventures. The company has now raised $18 million in total funding.
5 min read · 20 May 2013
A photo collage of what the NVCA billed as the world’s largest collection of meetings with VCs and entrepreneurs
3 min read · 17 May 2013
3 min read · 07 May 2013
