Synacor’s stock jumps 174% over its IPO, while Zynga and Groupon see a poorer performance
3 min read · 09 July 2012
2 min read · 01 July 2012
Beijing-based Yodo1, which helps bring smartphone games and apps from around the world to the China market, has raised $2 million in seed funding from Chang You Fund.
5 min read · 28 June 2012
Practice Fusion, which operates an electronic medical record platform for 150,000 medical providers, has raised a $34 million Series C round of funding led by Artis Ventures. Other investors in the round include Felicis Ventures, Band of Angels, Founders Fund, Morgenthaler Ventures and SV Angel. among other institutional and individual investors. The company says it has now raised $64 million in total funding since it was launched in 2007.
3 min read · 28 June 2012
Late stage investor Institutional Venture Partners, an investor in Twitter and Dropbox, raised $1 billion for IVP XIV, its largest fund to date.
4 min read · 28 June 2012
Although the sock puppet and Pets.com are more than 10 years in the past, many might think investors are barking up the wrong tree, as VCs show a new interest in the online pets sector
3 min read · 26 June 2012
Los Angeles-based FastPay has raised an additional $25 million in funding. The funding is comprised of a senior credit facility from Wells Fargo Capital Finance and a subordinated debt and equity investment from SF Capital Group.
3 min read · 25 June 2012
Palo Alto, Calif.-based Swipp, a new startup that wants to challenge the “social media status quo," has raised $3.5 million in funding from Old Willow Partners in its first round of funding. As part of its launch – to be rolled out in stages over the next several months – Swipp says it will invite users around the world to try its product.
3 min read · 21 June 2012
Bitcasa, a Mountain View, Calif.-based cloud storage company, has raised $7 million in its Series A funding round, bringing its total funding to $9 million. Pelion Venture Partners, an existing investor, and Horizons Ventures, a new investor, co-led the round, with Andreessen Horowitz, First Round Capital, CrunchFund and Samsung Ventures also participating.
3 min read · 20 June 2012
4 min read · 14 June 2012
