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Kleiner Perkins GP Feng to leave firmEric Feng, a general partner at Kleiner Perkins, is leaving the Silicon Valley-based venture firm in the next few weeks, he announced in https://medium.com/@efeng/a-new-adventure-c23e38c2a428 a post. Feng said the reason for the exit are that his "passions and interests have changed for something different," adding he will disclose more later. Feng joined Kleiner Perkins in 2010. In addition to his work at Kleiner Perkins, Feng was CTO of Flipboard and Hulu.
- AEye fetches $40 mln Series B
Pleasanton, California-based AEye Inc, a developer of advanced vision hardware, software and algorithms for self-driving vehicles, has raised $40 million in Series B funding. Taiwania Capital led the round with participation from Kleiner Perkins, Intel Capital, Airbus Ventures and Tychee Partners.
- Plastiq locks in $27 mln Series C
San Francisco-based Plastiq, a payment solutions provider, has raised $27 million in Series C financing. Kleiner Perkins led the round with participation from DST Global. In addition to the funding, Ilya Fushman, a general partner at Kleiner Perkins, will join the Plastiq board of directors.
- Dust Identity lands $2.3 mln seed
Boston-based Dust Identity, a provider of a diamond unclonable security tag, has secured $2.3 million in seed funding. Kleiner Perkins led the round with participation from New Science Ventures, Angular Ventures and Castle Island Ventures.
- Shape Security nabs $26 mln
Mountain View, California-based Shape Security, a provider of bot mitigation and anti-automation solutions, has secured $26 million in funding. Norwest Venture Partners led the round with participation from JetBlue Technology Ventures, Singtel Innov8, Kleiner Perkins, Venrock, Baseline Ventures, Allegis Capital, Focus Ventures, Epic Ventures, Raging Capital and Tomorrow Ventures.
- Epic Games raises $1.25 bln
Epic Games said Oct. 26 that it raised $1.25 billion from KKR, ICONIQ Capital, Smash Ventures, aXiomatic, Vulcan Capital, Kleiner Perkins, and Lightspeed Venture Partners. Epic Games, of Cary, North Carolina, is the creator of Fortnite, Unreal, Gears of War, Shadow Complex, and the Infinity Blade series of games. Minority investors already include Tencent, Disney and Endeavor. Raine Group and Guggenheim Securities LLC provided financial advice to Epic Games. Smith Anderson is acting as legal adviser to Epic Games.
- Epic Games lands about $1.25 bln
Cary, North Carolina-based Epic Games, a creator of video games, has secured about $1.25 billion in funding. The investors were KKR, ICONIQ Capital, Smash Ventures, aXiomatic, Vulcan Capital, Kleiner Perkins and Lightspeed Venture Partners. The Raine Group and Guggenheim Securities LLC are serving as financial advisers to Epic Games on the transaction while Smith Anderson is providing legal advice.
- Area 1 Security secures $32 mln Series C
Redwood City, California-based Area 1 Security, a provider of cybersecurity solutions, has raised $32 million in Series C funding. Kleiner Perkins led the round with participation from other investors that included Icon Ventures, DCVC, Top Tier Capital, Allegis Cyber and Epic Ventures.