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peHUB Second OpinionIn Second Opinion, we identify who was Rupert Murdoch's date to the Vanity Fair Oscar party, Microsoft confirms some executive departures, Meetup.com won't pay a $300 ransom to hackers and the cofounders of WhatsApp make the Forbes' annual billionaires' list.
Icahn's eBay claims just tip of iceberg for VC-board conflictsA firm that invests in private companies, which may compete with public ones that its partners serve on, is not that unusual, as VCJ took a look at a few examples
Cylance racks up $20 mlnCylance said Thursday that it has raised $20 million in Series B funding. The investors included Blackstone, Khosla Ventures and Fairhaven Capital. Headquartered in Irvine, Calif., Cylance is a provider of security products and services.
- Google Ventures, Jafco Ventures lead $25.5 mln funding in Ionic Security
Google Ventures and Jafco Ventures have co-led a $25.5 million Series B funding round in Ionic Security, a data security provider. Other participants in the funding round include the Webb Investment Network as well as existing investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, ff Venture Capital, Tech Operators and Paul Judge, Ken Levine and Phillip Dunkelberger. The Series B round brings Ionic's total capital raised to $38 million.
- OneFold raises $400,000 in seed round
OneFold, a mobile and wearable data analytics platform, has raised $400,000 in a seed round of funding from Studio 9+ and a pool of angel investors. The majority of the angel investment came from the Studio 9+ Syndicate on AngelList.
- Remind101 raises $15 mln in Series B funding
Remind101, a free communications platform for teachers, has raised $15 million in Series B funding led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. KPCB general partner John Doerr has joined Remind101's board. The funding round includes participation from existing investors including Social+Capital Partnership and First Round Capital.
Tom Perkins -- still making wavesIn light of the letter than Tom Perkins recently wrote to the Wall Street Journal, and its aftermath, we’re re-publishing a profile of him that originally appeared as the cover story in the December 2007 issue of VCJ
Tom Perkins -- still making wavesIn light of the letter than Tom Perkins recently wrote to the Wall Street Journal, and its aftermath, we're re-publishing a profile of him that originally appeared as the cover story in the December 2007 issue of affiliate publication Venture Capital Journal.
- Mousse Partners leads $112 mln round for One Kings Lane
According to a company spokesperson, One Kings Lane has secured $112 million in funding. New investor Mousse Partners led the round with participation from Scripps Networks Interactive, Kleiner Perkins, Greylock Partners, IVP and Tiger Global Management. Also, Charles Heilbronn, chairman of Mousse Partners, will join One Kings Lane's board. Headquartered in San Francisco, One Kings Lane is an online home decor retailer.
Kleiner Perkins, Shasta Ventures make about 20x their money on Nest Labs - ReutersJan 14 (Reuters) - Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers has made a return of 20 times on the $20 million it invested in Nest Labs over the years following the company’s sale to Google Inc in a $3.2 billion deal, a person familiar with the situation told affiliated news service Reuters.