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San Francisco start-up Helium bags about $16 mln Series ASan Francisco-based Helium, an internet of things platform for smart machines, has raised about $16 million in Series A funding, the company announced in a blog post on its site. Khosla Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included FirstMark Capital, Digital Garage, Marc Benioff and SV Angel. Also, Helium has hired Rob Chandhok as president and chief operating officer. Previously, Chandhok worked at Qualcomm. To read the post, visit here https://www.helium.co/blog/series-a-new-hires-and-the-future/
Early hit puts Formation 8 in spotlightLast week, Formation 8 announced it raised $500 million for its second fund. This profile of the San Francisco-based venture, which already has a monster exit with Oculus VR, previously ran in the July 2014 issue of VCJ.
- Samsung Ventures and Khosla fund Seeo
Seeo, a Hayward, Calif.-based producer of advanced lithium polymer batteries, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding. The investors included Samsung Ventures, Khosla Ventures and GSR Ventures.
- DB Networks rings up $17 mln
DB Networks, a San Diego-based cyber security provider, has raised $17 million in financing. Grotech Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Khosla Ventures and Citi Ventures. Concurrent with the funding, Joe Zell, general partner at Grotech Ventures, has been added to DB Networks' board of directors.
High-tech 'house calls' becoming the normAs consumers take more control of their own healthcare spending, broad user adoption of virtual medicine will take place
- LanzaTech pulls in $60 mln from NZ Super Fund
LanzaTech has received $60 million in funding from the New Zealand Superannuation Fund. Headquartered in Chicago, LanzaTech is a gas fermentation firm.
- Khosla Ventures leads $36 mln in Series B funding in Mesosphere
Khosla Ventures has led a $36 million Series B funding round in Mesosphere, which created a datacenter operating system. Other investors in the funding round include Andreessen Horowitz, Fuel Capital, SV Angel and others. Mesosphere has raised a total of $50 million, including $10.5 million in Series A funding in June led by Andreessen Horowitz.
Early hit puts Formation 8 in spotlightEditor’s note: Last week Formation 8 announced https://pehub.lndo.site/2014/12/formation-8-raises-500-mln-for-second-fund/ it raised $500 million for its second fund. This profile of the San Francisco-based venture, which already has a monster exit with Oculus VR, previously ran in the July 2014 issue of VCJ
- Khosla Ventures and Salesforce.com CEO Benioff back MetaMind
MetaMind, a machine learning company in Palo Alto, Calif., has secured $8 million in funding. The investors were Khosla Ventures and Marc Benioff, CEO and chairman of Salesforce.com.
- General Atlantic to buy minority stake in Vox Media
General Atlantic has agreed to acquire a minority stake in digital media firm Vox Media. No financial terms were disclosed although various news outlets peg the amount at $46.5 million.