Private Equity
The fabulous life of Instagram's "Mr. Wall Street." Oh, no, another techie reality show on Bravo. And Yahoo makes another bid to buy a property: this time it's Hulu. And so much more!
1 min read · 24 May 2013
Lyft lifts a stunning $60 million from Andreessen Horowitz, Yahoo makes its second acquisition this week, and for young analysts, it's college to investment bank to buyout fund, in just a few months. And so much more!
1 min read · 23 May 2013
It's no surprise to anyone who follows the industry that founders are often elbowed aside. Sometimes, they're ousted because a startup isn't performing. Sometimes, investors think a new CEO could do better. Lesser known is that CEOs are sometimes shown the door because a startup’s senior managers threaten to hightail it otherwise.
4 min read · 23 May 2013
Inside Google's secret lab; Twitter is beefing up security following a spate of attacks on prominent media outlets; and Tesla's newest offering reaps more than $1 billion. And so much more!
1 min read · 22 May 2013
UpOut, a San Francisco-based online guide that provides users with personalized recommendations to places and events, has closed $850,000 in seed funding from Sand Hill Angels and TEEC Angels, among others. Before receiving its new round of financing, UpOut had participated in Tandem Entrepreneurs, a Burlington, Calif.-based accelerator that targets mobile applications, providing the teams that create them with six months of support and guidance, along with an initial investment.
3 min read · 22 May 2013
Compare Metrics, an analytics software startup that helps brands harness disconnected information to drive sales, has raised $4.2 million led by Austin Ventures. The round also included individual investors Mike Maples, Bob Greene, Julie Allegro, and Ralph Mack.
6 min read · 21 May 2013
Lighter Capital, a Seattle-based online lending company, has appointed Jeff Seely to its board of directors. Seely is a trustee on the Washington State Investment Board and a member of the board of directors of Concur, a publicly traded, Redmond, Wash.-based company that's focused on employee spend management software.
2 min read · 21 May 2013
ViewRay Inc., a Cleveland-based medical device company, has raised $15 million in fresh funding, raising the total amount raised by the company to nearly $100 million. The company's machinery, which can produce real-time images of cancerous tumors while the tumors are being treated radiation, raised what has been in its biggest round, a $45 million Series C, last year. ViewRay's investors include Aisling Capital, Fidelity Biosciences, Kearny Venture Partners, OrbiMed Advisors and Siemens Venture Capital.
1 min read · 21 May 2013
Ireland to everyone: Hey, don't blame us for Apple's low tax rate. Vine is the latest social media concern for employers. San Francisco gets the Super Bowl in 2016. And so much more!
1 min read · 21 May 2013
Seattle-based HasOffers, a startup that provides white-labeled software for ad networks and egencies to manage their performance advertising programs, has raised $9.4 million in its first round of funding. The round was led by Accel Partners and included participation by Seattle investors Rob Glaser, founder of RealNetworks, and Chris DeVore of Founder's Co-op.
4 min read · 21 May 2013
