Alastair Goldfisher

CRV boosts enterprise team with two hires

CRV announced it has tapped two new additions to its enterprise team. Joining the firm are Anna Khan as general partner and Kristin Baker Spohn as venture partner.

Altitude Networks emerges from stealth with funding round led by Felicis

San Francisco-based Altitude Networks, provider of a cloud collaboration security platform, announced it has raised $9 million in Series A funding led by Felicis Ventures. The Slack Fund is also participating in the round, along with previous investor Accomplice and individual investor Alex Stamos, former CSO at Facebook. As part of the funding, Aydin Senkut, founder and managing director of Felicis, will join the board.

Global venture returns soared in 2018; Western Europe outperformed

MindTickle raises $40 mln, adds Beechuk to board

San Francisco-based MindTickle, which provides a sales readiness platform, announced it has raised $40 million in Series C funding led by new investor Norwest Venture Partners. Also participating in the latest round is NewView Capital and returning investors Accel, Canaan Partners and Qualcomm Ventures. As part of the funding, Scott Beechuk, a partner at Norwest, will join the company's board.

Friday Letter: More research is needed, but not every firm uses data

Transatlantic investor EQT Ventures believes in data

Smart location provider Tile raises $45 mln

San Mateo, California-based Tile, which operates as a smart location company, today announced the close of its $45 million Series C fundraising round, led by Francisco Partners. Existing investors GGV Capital and Bessemer Venture Partners, as well as new investors Bryant Stibel and Silicon Valley Bank participated in the round. Tile said the funding will be used to grow internationally and expand into new products.

Foundry leads $10.7 mln funding of Mixhalo

San Francisco-based Mixhalo, which provides a real-time audio platform for use at live events, has raised $10.7 million in a Series A funding round led by the Foundry Group. Other investors in the round included Sapphire Sport, Founders Fund, Defy Partners and Cowboy Ventures, as well as Red Light Management, Another Planet Entertainment, Rick Farman and Rich Goodstone of Superfly and Charlie Walker of C3.

Longtime entrepreneur and investor Goldstein joins Builders VC

Seed investors top list of most active VCs in Q2