Mark Boslet

Sequoia said to lead $62 mln Yik Yak round

Sequoia Capital has led a $62 million investment in Yik Yak, the Atlanta-based anonymous messaging app, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. The funding round values the company at between $300 million and $400 million, according to the report.

Fund performance: Ohio pension sees gains from Top Tier, Essex

Venture portfolio’s focus on secondaries and funds of funds appears to pay off

Angel investment activity grows in the first half

Angels put $10.1 billion in startups during the first half of the year, a modest increase from 2013, according to the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire.

Angel investment activity grows in the first half

Average deal size slipped slightly, but overall investments rose 4.1 percent in year-over-year periods

CS Disco raises $10 mln from Bessemer, LiveOak, others

CS Disco Inc. said it raised $10 million of Series B financing in a deal led by Bessemer Venture Partners and joined by existing investor LiveOak Venture Partners. CS Disco customers Trevor Jefferies of Arnold & Porter and Stephen Wallace, a former general counsel at Westlake Chemical, also invested. BVP's Bob P. Goodman, founding partner in the New York office, joined the e-discovery company's board.

Making it as a woman in venture

Julie Meyer talks about her place in venture and European investing

Ray Lane, Promus, GrandBanks, Salesforce back $3.1 mln round for Dispatch

Dispatch said it raised a $3.1 million of seed funding in a deal led by Promus Ventures and GrandBanks Capital, and joined by Salesforce Ventures, Ray Lane, Mark Goldstein, Launch Capital and Kima Ventures. It also launched a product aimed at bringing enterprise customers a mobile extension to their legacy systems.

Teespring raises $35 mln from Khosla Ventures, Andreessen

Teespring said it raised $35 million in Series B financing in a deal led by Khosla Ventures and joined by existing investor Andreessen Horowitz. Khosla Ventures partner Keith Rabois will join the Board of Directors, which includes Sam Altman, president of Y Combinator. The company has now raised $55 million.

Blockstream raises $21 mln from Hoffman, Khosla, Real, Innovation, others

Blockstream said it raised a $21 million seed round from nearly 40 investors. The round was led by Reid Hoffman, Khosla Ventures and Real Ventures, and joined by Nicolas Berggruen, Crypto Currency Partners, Future Perfect Ventures, Danny Hillis, Eric Schmidt’s Innovation Endeavors, Max Levchin, Mosaic Ventures, Ray Ozzie, Ribbit Capital, Jerry Yang’s AME Cloud Ventures and others, according to a company blog post.

Fund performance: Industry Ventures, Edison maintain top ranking in New Mexico portfolio