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peHUB Second Opinion 8.26And now for the big news of the day. Let's start with this: Tesla's new Model S outsells models from other luxury brands in California during the first half of the year, including Porsche, Volvo, Jaguar and Land Rover.
RingCentral Files For IPORingCentral, Inc. said it filed for an IPO. The company's S-1 registration statement says the number of shares to be offered and their price range have yet to be released publicly. Its backers include Sequoia Capital, Khosla Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, Cisco Systems, DAG Ventures and Hermes Growth Partners.
- VC-Backed AppNexus Announces New Hires and Promotions
AppNexus said Friday that it has made several additions to its management team. Thomas Butta has been named chief marketing officer while Igor Shindel has been promoted to chief information officer. Also, Pat McCarthy has been promoted to senior vice president of product; Brandon Atkinson has been promoted to senior vice president of global services; Nithya Das is now general counsel; and Michelle Dvorkin has been upped to vice president of people operations. Headquartered in New York City, AppNexus is an advertising technology platform. It is backed by Technology Crossover Ventures, Microsoft, Venrock, Kodiak Venture Partners, Tribeca Venture Partners, First Round Capital, Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz, Ron Conway and Khosla Ventures.
- Ciris Energy Rounds Up $25 Mln from Asia Pacific Capital of Hong Kong
Ciris Energy said Friday that it has received $25 million in Series C funding. Asia Pacific Capital of Hong Kong was the investor. Headquartered in Centennial, Colorado, Ciris Energy is a developer of coal gasification technologies. In addition to new investor Asia Pacific Capital of Hong Kong, Ciris Energy is also backed by ConocoPhillips, Braemar Energy, Energy Technology Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Lighthouse Capital Partners, Rho Ventures and Triplepoint Capital.
- Bidgely Scores $5 Mln
Bidgely has closed $5 million in financing, with Khosla Ventures leading the round. According to the company, the funding will be used to meet consumer demand and expand the engineering team. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., Bidgely is a provider of energy technology solutions.
- IVP Leads $30.6 Mln Round for Ayasdi
Ayasdi said Tuesday it raised $30.6 million in Series B funding led by IVP. Citi Ventures, GE Ventures and existing investors Khosla Ventures and FLOODGATE also participated. Palo Alto, Calif.-based Ayasdi is a big data company.
Ayasdi Raises $30M to Turn Employees into De Facto Data ScientistsAyasdi is a 50-person startup that’s automating the insights that companies can glean from their own data, and today, it’s announced that it has raised $30.6 million from Institutional Venture Partners, Citi Ventures and GE Ventures. The money looks like a smart bet.
- Instacart Receives $8.5 Mln in Series A Funding
Instacart said Wednesday that it has closed $8.5 million in Series A funding. The lead investor was Sequoia Capital. Khosla Ventures, Canaan Partners, SVAngel and Paul Buchheit, creator of Gmail, also participated in the round. Also, Michael Moritz, chairman of Sequoia and former board member of Webvan, joins Instacart's board of directors. Instacart is a provider of grocery store delivery.
Xobni Sale Looks Like Reknits For Khosla, Relay, RRE and Other VCsYahoo’s purchase of Xobni smells like a real stinker for Xobni's venture backers, which last year valued the email software maker at more than $90 million.
VCs Bet Big on Software-Defined Networks, Will Customers Follow?Investment is ramping up in software-defined network companies. In the past three years alone, three SDN companies have raised more than $117 million from the likes of Andreessen Horowitz, Benchmark Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners. Now the question is whether customers will buy SDN solutions.