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AdEspresso, which optimizes ads for Facebook, nabs $500K - VentureWireVentureWire http://pevc.dowjones.com/Article?an=DJFVW00020131226e9cqqxlw9&cid=32135029&ctype=ts&ReturnUrl=http%3a%2f%2fpevc.dowjones.com%2fArticle%3fan%3dDJFVW00020131226e9cqqxlw9%26cid%3d32135029%26ctype%3dts reported that AdEspresso has secured $500,000 in funding. The investors were 500 Startups, Atlantic Capital Partners and various unnamed angel investors. Headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., AdEspresso helps small businesses create and analyze advertising on Facebook.
Kleiner Perkins ranks as most active investor in 2013The firm invested nearly $475 million during the year into 103 deals, according to Thomson Reuters data
Kleiner Perkins ranks as most active investor in 2013The firm invested nearly $475 million during the year into 103 deals, according to Thomson Reuters data
- Sierra Maya Ventures taps into Charlotte, N.C. VC community
Sierra Maya Ventures is partnering with Packard Place, Charlotte, North Carolina's entrepreneurial hub and startup incubator, to launch and expand the next class of RevTech Labs, which will start in 2014. RevTech Labs is a 12-week program focused on early-stage mobile, software and web companies.
3D design and rendering platform Lagoa rakes in $5 mln in Series A fundingLagoa Inc,a web-based platform for photoreal 3D visualization and rendering, has raised approximately US$5 million in a Series A financing round, according to a blog post http://freddestin.com/2013/12/series_a_funding_lagoa.html written by Fred Destin, partner at U.S. venture capital firm Atlas Venture. Destin indicated that Canadian venture capital firm Real Ventures and Siemens Venture Capital also participated in the deal. Jean-Sebastian Cournoyer of Real Ventures and Mike Majors of Siemens were noted specifically. The Montréal-based company earlier this year obtained seed-stage funding of US$1.6 million, which suggests that total funding to date is close to US$7 million.
- View the Space raises funds
Commercial real estate software company View The Space has raised $7 million in funding to expand its footprint and software platform. The round was led by Trinity Ventures. Tom Byrne (former President and COO of Loopnet), Ben Ling (former head of eCommerce at Google), Greg Waldorf (founding investor & Board member at Trulia) and Seed Fund, 500 Startups also participated in the funding.
Social scene: Venture Alpha West 2013It was a memorable two-and-a-half days at the Venture Alpha West conference in early October in Half Moon Bay, Calif.
Corporate takeoverBetter-focused, multi-stage strategic investors now outnumber traditional venture firms and the impact could be profound
500 Startups Warm Gun event creates good buzzSponsored event reaches out to entrepreneurial community
- Business deal platform CapLinked scores $1 mln
CapLinked said Wednesday that it has raised $1 million in funding. The investors included Subtraction Capital, FF Angel and 500 Startups. Based in Manhattan Beach, Calif., CapLinked is a cloud-based platform for business transactions.