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Fund performance: Kleiner Perkins dot-com era funds continue to trickle out distributionsUniversity of California has four active funds from the period
KPCB leads Series B round for NewselaNewsela, a publishing platform that helps students improve their reading, has raised $15 million in Series B funding. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers led the round with participation from Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan, Women’s Venture Capital Fund, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and Owl Ventures. In conjunction with the funding, Brook Byers, a partner at KPCB, has been added to Newsela's board of directors.
- San Francisco AboutLife reels in $3 mln from KPCB
San Francisco startup AboutLife, a provider of free personal financial planning tools, has launched with $3 million in funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. In addition to the investment, Randy Komisar, a general partner at KPCB, has been named to AboutLife's board of directors.
Ellen Pao won't appeal verdict in gender discrimination trial: ReutersEllen Pao, the former venture capitalist who lost a high-profile discrimination case against her former employer earlier this year, said on Thursday that she would not pursue an appeal of the court's decision and pay the firm $276,000 in legal costs.
- KPCB leads $11 million round for Mobcrush
Mobcrush has raised more than $11 million in a Series A round led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Early investors Raine Ventures, First Round Capital, Lowercase, Rincon Venture Partners, Crosscut Ventures and Advancit Capital also participated. Santa Monica, California provides a live streaming platform for mobile games.
- ServiceMax pulls in $82 mln Series F
Field service management software provider ServiceMax has raised $82 million in Series F funding. Premji Invest led the round with participation from other investors that included GE Ventures, PTC Inc, Cloud Apps Capital, Emergence Capital Partners, KPCB, Mayfield, Meritech, Adams Street Partners, Crosslink Capital, Questmark Partners, Sozo Ventures and Trinity Ventures.
Google Ventures eyes intersection of healthcare, data with Zephyr investment--VCJ deal newsGoogle Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Icon Ventures invest $17 million in San Francisco-based Zephyr Health, which provides big data services for pharmaceutical and medical device companies.
Google Ventures eyes intersection of healthcare, data with Zephyr investmentSan Francisco company has now raised more than $33 million in funding
- Data analytics company Datameer raises $40 mln
San Francisco-based Datameer, a provider of a big data analytics platform, announced it has raised a $40 million round of financing led by ST Telemedia. Joining the round are Top Tier Capital Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers, Redpoint Ventures, Next World Capital and Software AG. The company has now raised $76 million in total funding. As part of the latest financing, Nikhil Eapen of ST Telemedia has joined the board.
- August Capital leads funding round for Massdrop
San Francisco-based Massdrop, a provider of online communities for enthusiasts and hobbyists, has raised a $40 million Series B round of funding. August Capital led the round, which included returning investors First Round Capital, Mayfield Fund and Cowboy Ventures. The company previously raised about $8 million in Series A and seed-stage funding. As part of the Series B, David Hornik, general partner of August Capital, has joined the company board.