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Insightly raises $25 mln from Scott Bommer, Emergence, Cloud Apps, SozoInsightly said it raised $25 million of Series C financing in a deal led by SAB Capital founder Scott Bommer and joined by existing investors Emergence Capital Partners, Cloud Apps Capital Partners and Sozo Ventures. Insightly previously raised $16 million, bringing its total capital raised to more than $40 million. This funding will be used to accelerate growth and build out a direct sales team.
Fund performance: Third Rock, Emergence, OrbiMed lead Calpers portfolioThe pension manager's early-stage portfolio from 2007 to 2011 includes three funds that boast IRRs above 45 percent
- Emergence Capital promotes Subotovsky to GP
Emergence Capital has promoted Santi Subotovsky to general partner. Prior to joining Emergence, Subotovsky was the founder of AXG Tecnonexo, an e-learning vendor in Latin America.
Best and worst venture funds of the past decade--VCJ fund performance reportTop 10 funds include Union Square, Spark, Emergence, Foundry, ARCH & OrbiMed, based on VCJ research.
- CrunchBase spins out from AOL
Emergence Capital Partners said Tuesday that it has funded the spin-out of CrunchBase from AOL. Financial terms weren’t announced. AOL will continue to hold a significant stake. Jager McConnell, former VP of sales cloud products at Salesforce.com, was named CEO of CrunchBase.
Finding the opportunity in mobile enterpriseEmergence Capital’s Kevin Spain chats about promising mobile enterprise app investments and global deal sourcing
University of Michigan backs Athyrium, Emergence CapitalThe University of Michigan Board of Regents disclosed $55 million of new commitments to private equity funds in its April meeting materials.
Fund briefs recapEmergence, which scored big with the Veeva IPO in October 2013, raises $335 million for its fourth fund; plus other venture-related news from the United States, Asia and Europe
peHUB First ReadFirst Read closes out the week with arctic chill and news Lyft seeks another $250 mln, Costco plans on ditching AmEx cards in U.S. stores next year and how to get Silicon Valley anti-vaxxers to change their minds (with science, stupid).
peHUB First ReadFirst Read kicks off your morning with news of United Airlines accidentally selling first class tickets for as low as $44 and then refuses to honor them, Microsoft reportedly buys digital pen maker N-Trig and veteran CBS correspondent Bob Simon dies in a car crash in New York City.