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Khosla mad as hell at '60 Minutes'Vinod Khosla strikes back at the news program, while Lisa Suennen steps away from Psilos and Maha Ibrahim
Milner exits automatic Y Combinator investmentsThe noted Facebook investor and Russian billionaire Yuri Milner has been spending less time on seed-stage deals
Yahoo acquires VC-backed Incredible Labs - VentureBeatYahoo has acquired Incredible Labs, developer of the personal assistant app Donna, VentureBeat http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/30/yahoo-acquires-and-shutting-down-personal-assistant-app-donna-in-its-hunger-for-mobile-talent/ reported. No financial terms were disclosed. Donna will shut down after the deal closes. Incredible Lab's backers include Khosla Ventures, Betaworks, Maynard Webb, CrunchFund and actor Ashton Kutcher.
- VC-backed HowAboutWe.com buys Nerve.com
Digital lifestyle company HowAboutWe.com said Wednesday that it has acquired Nerve.com. No financial terms were disclosed. Based in New York, Nerve.com is a lifestyle and dating site. HowAboutWe.com's backers include Founder Collective, ff Venture Capital, High Line Venture Partners, RRE Ventures and Khosla Ventures.
PayPal challenger Stripe valued at $1.75 bln in funding dealThree-year old company raises $80 million from VC investors in a deal that comes with a lofty valuation
- Accel Partners leads Series B in MemSQL
MemSQL has secured $35 million in Series B funding. The investment was led by Accel Partners and included participation from Khosla Ventures and existing investors First Round Capital and Data Collective, as well as from several private financiers, and brings the total raised by MemSQL to $45 million.
- Nutanix scores $101 mln in Series D financing
Nutanix said Tuesday that it has raised $101 million in Series D financing. Riverwood Capital and SAP Ventures led the round with participation from Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital, Greenspring Associates, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures and Battery Ventures. Also, the company has named Jeff Parks, a founding partner of Riverwood Capital and former executive at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., to Nutanix's board of directors. He joins Mike Scarpelli, CFO of ServiceNow, who has also been appointed to the board. Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., Nutanix is a provider of datacenter infrastructure solutions.
Data spotlight: America’s venture desertsSix states that are raising few dollars relative to their potential
Capitulation index: Looking for opportunity where VCs hate to treadWith the the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference kicking off this week, we look at what other sectors in addition to healthcare could be poised to bounce back
Capitulation index: Looking for opportunity where VCs hate to treadAfter 2013 proved to be a good year for healthcare exits, VCJ took a look at what other sectors could be poised to bounce back