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- Entrepreneur Spotlight: BranchOut Founder Leverages His Connections
Rick Marini, who sold Tickle for $100M after the company was near death, is at it again with BranchOut
- Shasta Puts $5M in TaskRabbit
Shasta Ventures led a $5 million Series A financing in TaskRabbit, the California-based service networking company. Other investors in the round included. Baseline Ventures, First Round Capital, FLOODGATE, Collaborative Fund, and 500 Startups.
The Man Known as PudPhilip Kaplan, Blippy co-founder, is a serial entrepreneur who is attracted to the next shiny new thing, which has led him to start dozens of companies in his lifetime
- Rivet Closes Series B, Brings Total Funding to $15M
Rivet Games, a developer of web, social and mobile games, has closed an undisclosed amount of Series B financing, bringing the total raised to $15 million. Existing investors Softbank Capital, Baseline Ventures, and Floodgate all contributed to the round, and were joined by new investor Outpoint Capital. Rivet Games is headquartered in San Francisco, Calif.
- Kno Seals $30M From Intel, Advance Publications, VCs
Santa Clara, Calif.-based education tablet startup Kno Inc. has inked a $30 million Series C round from Intel Capital, Conde Nast owner Advance Publications and existing investors Andreessen Horowitz, First Round Capital, FLOODGATE and SV Angels. Intel poured a whopping $20 million into the round, which will help Kno continue development of its educational software for multiple platforms and devices, including Intel Architecture. As part of the round, Intel and Kno have agreed to join forces to push the use of tablet computers for educational purposes, the company said in a statement.