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KPCB leads Series C round for Ambiq MicroAustin, Texas-based Ambiq Micro, which provides ultra-low power integrated circuits, has raised $15 million in Series C funding. KPCB led the round with participation from return backers that included Austin Ventures, Mercury Fund and ARM Holdings. In addition to the funding, KPCB partner Wen Hsieh has been added to Ambiq Micro’s board.
KPCB invests in precision agriculture platform Farmers EdgeFarmers Edge has secured an undisclosed investment from U.S. venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB). Based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Farmers Edge is a provider of precision agriculture and independent data management solutions to agribusinesses. Update: The investment from Kleiner Perkins will help finance the expansion of the company's technology platform and support its growth in international markets. Farmers Edge was founded in 2005. It is also a portfolio company of Canadian venture capital firm Avrio Capital.
- KPCB backs Farmers Edge
Farmers Edge has secured an undisclosed investment from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Farmers Edge is a provider of precision agriculture and independent data management solutions.
- KPCB leads $6.5 mln round for Creditera
Creditera has raised $6.5 million in Series A funding. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers led the round with participation from other investors that included Peak Ventures. Based in San Mateo, Calif. Creditera provides credit information to small businesses.
- Top 10 VC posts: Investors woo matchmaking sites, new firm debuts, Thiel taunts and titillates
Spring is four months away, but love is in the air. At least in the venture business. With the success of dating app Tinder, VCs are hot to find another match-making hit. They have poured more than $70 million into more than a dozen such sites, including Coffee Meets Bagel, Hinge, and theComplete.me, according to peHUB's No. 1 VC post this week.
- Rock Health snags seed funding
Rock Health, a San Francisco-based digital health accelerator, has received an undisclosed amount of seed funding, the company announced in a blog post on its site. Bessemer Venture Partners and Kaiser Permanente Ventures led the round with participation from KPCB, Montreux Equity Partners and Great Oaks Ventures. To read more details about the funding, visit here http://rockhealth.com/2014/11/rock-health-raises-third-fund/
KPCB and Google Ventures lead $120 mln round for SlackKleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Google Ventures has led a $120 million funding round for San Francisco-based messaging and search platform Slack.
- Top 10 VC posts: Phreesia, Enjoy, TaskEasy and ScoreBig slam-dunk new rounds
Trending in venture capital this week: Enjoy, Phreesia, Socure, TaskEasy, and ScoreBig snag big rounds.
- Top 10 VC posts: How much to make itty-bitty elephants fly?
In VC news this week, augmented reality company Magic Leap scooped up $542 million. Is it any wonder people are using the "b" word again?
Kleiner doesn't have to share other complaints about former partner Nazre: court(Reuters) - California's privacy laws have saved Kleiner Perkins from having to release potentially embarrassing information about a former partner in a discrimination lawsuit by a former female partner.