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Pitchbook reveals VC exited 34% less capital in Q3Venture firms completed 131 exits totaling $6.7 billion in Q3 2013, according to the latest venture capital data from PitchBook Data. Liquidity activity in terms of capital is significantly lower than the same period a year ago -in Q3 2012, VC firms completed 148 exits for $9 billion, a cash flow drop of 34%.
- VC-backed RingCentral unveils IPO
RingCentral has raised $98 million in its IPO, which debuted Friday on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "RNG." The company priced its IPO of 7,500,000 shares at $13 per share. Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities and BofA Merrill Lynch are underwriters while Allen & Company and Raymond James serve as co-managers. Based in San Mateo, Calif., RingCentral, which is backed by Sequoia Capital, Khosla Ventures, DAG Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, Cisco and Silicon Valley Bank, is a provider of cloud communications solutions.
Biofuels maker Kior gets critical $50 mln in funding from KhoslaBiofuels company Kior wins a much-needed $50 million capital boost from its biggest investor, venture capitalist Vinod Khosla
- FuzeBox nets $26 mln in Series B financing
FuzeBox said Tuesday that it has raised $26 million in Series B financing. Hermes Growth Partners was the lead investor. Existing investors Index Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Insight Venture Partners also participated in the round. In addition to the funding, David Obrand, a former executive at Yammer and Salesforce.com, was named CEO. Obrand and Bobby Yerramilli-Rao, founder and partner at Hermes Growth Partners, also join FuzeBox's board of directors. Based in San Francisco, FuzeBox is a provider of real-time communication and collaboration solutions.
- Okta closes series D led by Sequoia Capital
Okta has closed a $27 million Series D funding round led by returning investor Sequoia Capital. Existing investors Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock Partners and Khosla Ventures all participated.
Fitness wristband-maker Jawbone raises $113 mlnJawbone, the maker of the fitness-tracker Up, has raised $113 million in debt and equity financing, Reuters reported.
- Easic Raises $23.5 Mln
Easic Corp. has closed $23.5 million in growth capital financing from Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, Crescendo Ventures, Seagate Technology and Evergreen Partners. Santa Clara, Calif.-based Easic makes semiconductors.
Under Ballmer's Reign at Microsoft, 41 VC-Backed Company AcquisitionsThe scorecard of Steve Ballmer's 13-year reign as Microsoft's CEO includes big deals, such as Skype and Yammer, but plenty of smaller transactions, too.
Under Ballmer's reign at Microsoft, here's the scorecard: 41 VC-backed company acquisitionsIncluded are big deals, such as Skype and Yammer, but plenty of smaller transactions, too