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CircleUp adds Lending Club COO/CMO to board of directorsPrivate equity crowdfunding platform CircleUp has appointed Scott Sanborn to its board of directors. Sanborn is the chief operating officer and chief marketing officer at Lending Club.
- CMEA Capital expands team with two new additions
San Francisco-based venture firm CMEA Capital has added Uday Sandhu and Drew Wilson to its investment and finance teams, respectively. Previously, Sandhu worked at TriplePoint Capital where he was an associate while Wilson worked at GSV Asset Management.
AngelList, CircleUp and others on the future of online investingNaval Ravikant says more Series A syndicate rounds will start being done entirely online soon
- Canaan Partners leads Series B round for crowdfunding platform CircleUp
Equity-based crowdfunding platform CircleUp said Wednesday that it has raised $14 million in Series B funding. Canaan Partners led the round with participation from Google Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Maveron and Rose Park Advisors. According to the firm, the capital infusion will be used for product and data analytics. In addition to the funding, Dan Ciporin of Canaan will join CircleUp’s board.
- Canaan Partners leads Series B round for crowdfunding platform CircleUp
Equity-based crowdfunding platform CircleUp said Wednesday that it has raised $14 million in Series B funding. Canaan Partners led the round with participation from Google Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Maveron and Rose Park Advisors. According to the firm, the capital infusion will be used for product and data analytics. In addition to the funding, Dan Ciporin of Canaan will join CircleUp’s board.
- Crowdfunder snags $1 mln in seed funds
Crowdfunder has closed $1 million in seed funding. Investors included 500 Startups / 500 Mexico and K5 Ventures. Based in Los Angeles, Crowdfunder is a business crowdfunding platform.
Top venture capital trends in 2013IPOs and bitcoin made headlines in the year, as newsmakers Draper and Heesen stepped aside
- The story of the year: Crowdfunding
The new class of hardware devices and digital tech are well suited for launching on crowdfunding platforms
VCs eye crowdfunding sites as opportunity to find investmentsSites allow VCs to find companies that have already had success with raising an early round