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CapLinked Nabs Series ACapLinked, maker of a cloud-based platform for business transactions such as asset sales, financings, and mergers & acquisitions, has raised $1.6 million in Series A financing. Investors include FF Angel, Siemer Ventures, 500 Startups, Peter Thiel, Andrej Henkler, and Alexsis de Raadt-St. James. The company has raised $2.5 million to date.
Tony Hsieh’s Las Vegas GambleThe soft-spoken CEO of Zappos, has been extraordinarily successful throughout his career, and is now trying to transform 1.5 miles of arid, dust-caked downtown Las Vegas into a bustling entrepreneurial center, using up to $350 million of his own money
- 500 Startups Wants To Raise $5M For Indian Fund
500 Startups wants to raise $5 million for an Indian fund it is calling 500 StartupWallah, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund has not yet had a first close, the filing says. The fund lists David McClure, 500 Startups founding partner, as its lone managing partner.
- Moveline Raises Seed Funding Led by ffVC
Following completion of the TechStars NYC program in June, Moveline has raised a seed round led by ffVC. Investing alongside ffVC are: Chris Sacca’s Lowercase Capital, Quotidian Ventures, David Tisch’s Box Group, 500 Startups, David Cohen, Josh Guttman, Bill Boebel, Rony Kahan, Jason Seats, David Calone, Thomas Wisniewski, and Paul Sethi.
VCs on the Move, November 2012Personnel moves at Mayfield, Andreessen Horowitz and other VC firms
- peHUB First Read
This morning peHUB brings you the latest on US venture financings, a link to Europe's top tech hubs and reveals just how much the new Yahoo COO has been enticed away from Google for.
Viva La Mexico!VCs warm to idea of startup activity south of the U.S. border as startup and accelerator activity surge in Mexico
Kleiner Perkins Tops Most Active List of VCs in SeptemberThe firm invests $74M in 11 startups during the month; 500 Startups backs 10 companies, while NEA puts money into nine
- 500 Startups Adds Partners In New York And India
500 Startups said it has added two venture partners. Pankaj Jain will be stationed in India and Shai Goldman, in New York City, according to the firm's Web site. Goldman was most recently with Silicon Valley Bank and will invest in Boston as well as New York. Jain was previously consulting for the TLabs accelerator in New Delhi.
- Accel Tops Most Active List in August
The firm backs 11 companies in the month, ahead of 9 by NEA and 7 from 500 Startups