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Evolv Adds $15M Series DEvolv, a developer of data analytics software focused on workforce profitability, has raised $15 million in Series D financing. VantagePoint Capital Partners led the round. Existing investors GGV Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Khosla Ventures also participated.
- Keith Rabois Joins Khosla Ventures' Bench of "Venture Assistants"
Keith Rabois, a serial operating executive who most recently resigned as the chief operating officer of the payments company Square, has joined the venture firm Khosla Ventures as a partner. Before joining Square, Rabois spent numerous years at LinkedIn, first as a vice president, then as an executive VP of strategy and business development. Earlier in his career, Rabois, who has a law degree, was also an executive VP focused on public policy at PayPal. He also spent a year as an entrepreneur-in-residence at Clarium Capital, the hedge fund run by PayPal cofounder Peter Thiel.
- Total Energy Ventures Backs LightSail
Total Energy Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of French oil and gas producer Total SA, brought additional capital to a second closing of the US$37.3 million Series D financing of energy storage solutions provider LightSail Energy Inc. The deal's first closing, which included Khosla Ventures, Bill Gates and Canadian venture capital firm Innovacorp, took place in late 2012. Founded in 2009, LightSail has its head office in Berkeley, California. The company operates in Canada through the Nova Scotia-based LightSail Canada Inc.
- On Deck Raises $42M From IVP, RRE, SAP, First Round
On Deck said it raised $42 million in Series D financing in a deal led by Institutional Venture Partners and joined by existing investors RRE Ventures, SAP Ventures and First Round Capital. The round was oversubscribed.
- Khosla, Fairhaven Back Cybersecurity Startup Cylance
Cylance came out of stealth today and announced it has raised $15 million in its first round of funding from Khosla Ventures and Fairhaven Capital. The company--founded last year by Stuart McClure, a former global CTO of McAfee--also named retired Admiral William J. Fallon to its board.
- Reuters - Cylance Raises $15M
Cyber security startup Cylance Inc. said it has raised $15 million in early funding from Khosla Ventures and Fairhaven Capital, Reuters reported. Cylance, which former McAfee global chief technology officer Stuart McClure founded last year, also named retired Admiral William J. Fallon to its board. Fallon abruptly retired from the military in 2008, after he was quoted criticizing President George W. Bush's policy toward Iran in Esquire Magazine.
Data Report: Top Startups for Weathering the StormAs the Northeastern U.S. digs out from the latest storm, VCJ takes a look a venture-backed, weather-related companies
- Big Switch Networks Adds Intel Capital As An Investor
Big Switch Networks said that Intel Capital has joined the company’s Series B funding, bringing the total raised to date to over $45 million. Big Switch investors include Goldman Sachs, Index Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Redpoint Ventures. The company initially announced a Series B of $25 million in October with Redpoint leading the deal. It raised a Series A round of $14 million in 2011.
500 Startups Names A Chinese Partner As VCs Pack Its Demo DayThe place to be in Silicon Valley on Wednesday was 500 Startups’ latest demo day, judging by the number of venture capitalists who attended. The busy affair drew partners from New Enterprise Associates, Canaan Partners, Onset Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Khosla Ventures and Emergence Capital Partners.
- OurCrowd Raises $5.5M Series A
OurCrowd, an Israeli crowdfunding platform, has raised $5.5M in Series A funding, the company announced Wednesday. The company is focused on helping Israeli startups, and identifies companies seeking early stage investment. Those companies are then brought to OurCrowd members, who choose which deals they participate in.