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Square Seals $100M, Adds Mary Meeker to BoardSquare, the San Francisco-based mobile payments start-up, has sealed $100 million in Series C venture capital led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and added Mary Meeker to its board. Tiger Global Management also contributed to the round. Square launched last year with its card reader and application designed to help for individuals and businesses to accept payments on their mobile devices. In addition to Meeker, the company has bolstered its board recently by adding former Treasury secretary Larry Summers and Silicon Valley VC Vinod Khosla.
- Touchtone Semiconductor Raises $12M
VCs Khosla Ventures and Opus Capital pitched in, along with other investors, to provide Touchtone Semiconductor with a $12 million funding, it was announced. Pierre Lamond, a general partner with Khosla Ventures, and Gill Cogan, general partner with Opus Capital, worked on the transaction. Cathal Phelan, chief technical officer at Cypress Semiconductor Corp. and a 25-year semiconductor industry expert, has joined the company’s board of directors.
- VC-backed YuMe Buys Appealing Media
YuMe, a venture capital-funded video advertising technology company, has moved into Europe with the acquisition of Appealing Media, a London-based mobile video advertising company, YuMe announced Thursday. Terms of the deal were not released. YuMe is backed by Accel Partners, BV Capital, DAG Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Menlo Ventures, and Intel Capital.
Betting on the FarmOutside of the virtual FarmVille, more investors are beefing up their expertise in the real life agricultural sector, laying down money on fuel, biopesticides, feed startups and more. Their gamble is paying off, too, as some are reaping exits
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The Drinks are on Him: Bernie Madoff’s wine collection http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/05/18/at-this-gathering-the-drinks-are-on-bernie-madoff/ hits the auction block Snitchin! This one, from Diamondback http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-18/diamondback-capital-s-scolaro-pleaded-guilty-in-2010-unsealed-papers-show.html Big Bucks: Khosla Ventures http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/19/khosla-ventures-is-raising-like-a-billion-dollars/ eyes $1B fund Survey SAYS! LinkedIn is already http://247wallst.com/2011/05/19/247-wall-st-poll-linkedin-priced-too-high-lnkd-gs-mhp-sap/ priced too high!