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Kaiima Bio-Agritech Raises More Than $65 MlnKaiima Bio-Agritech said Tuesday it raised more than US$65 million in equity from three new investors as well as some current ones. The three new investors are: Horizons Ventures, the International Financial Corp., a member of the World Bank Group; and Infinity Group, a China-focused, private equity fund. Existing investors include: DFJ, DFJ-Tamir Fishman, Mitsui, KPCB, Oberlee and Musea Ventures. Kaiima is an Israel-based, seed and breeding-technology company.
- Coursera Names KPCB Operating Partner as New President
Coursera, a provider of online education, has named Lila Ibrahim as its first president, according to an announcement on the company's blog. In addition to assuming the helm of Coursera, Ibrahim will continue as an operating partner at Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers. To out further details about the appointment, click here http://blog.coursera.org/post/58798323815/welcoming-lila-ibrahim-to-coursera
- Swiftype Raises $1.7 Mln
Swiftype has raised a seed round of $1.7 million from institutional investors Andreesen-Horowitz Seed, NEA, Kleiner Perkins and Ignition. Angel investors included Sam Altman, SV Angel, Alexis Ohanian, Paul Buchheit, Crunchfund, DST/Start Fund, Garry Tan, Harj Taggar, Jared Kopf, William Morris Endeavor, Data Collective, Scribd founders Jared Friedman and Trip Adler, and Tikhon Bernstam. Swiftype, a startup, is developing a search engine.
- Swiftype Raises $1.7M in Seed Funding
Swiftype, a Y Combinator startup that provides a search engine for websites and mobile apps, has raised a $1.7 million seed-stage round of funding from a number of individual investors and venture firms. Investors include Andreesen Horowitz, New Enterprise Associates, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Ignition Partners, as well as Sam Altman, SV Angel, Alexis Ohanian, Paul Buchheit, Crunchfund, DST/Start Fund, Garry Tan, Harj Taggar, Jared Kopf, William Morris Endeavor, Data Collective, Scribd founders Jared Friedman and Trip Adler, and Tikhon Bernstam.
Reuters: Textbook Rental Company Chegg Files for IPO of up to $150 millionTextbook rental company Chegg Inc, which is backed by Insight Venture Partners, Foundation Capital, Gabriel Venture Partners and Kleiner Perkins, filed with U.S. regulators on Thursday to raise up to $150 million in an initial public offering, Reuters reported.
- Kleiner Perkins Leads $10 Mln Round for CloudPhysics
CloudPhysics said Tuesday it closed $10 million in Series B funding led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Previous investors the Mayfield Fund, Mark Leslie, Peter Wagner, Carl Waldspurger, Nigel Stokes, Matt Ocko and VMware co-founders also participated in this round. Mountain View, Calif.-based CloudPhysics provides operations management for virtualized workloads.
- Synack Secures $1.5M in Seed Funding from Kleiner Perkins, Greylock and Others
Synack, which was incubated in the TechStars Boston program earlier this year, announced it has raised $1.5 million in seed-stage funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Greylock Partners, Wing Venture Partners, Allegis Capital, and individual investor Derek Smith, CEO of Shape Security. The company provides a security-based crowdsourcing platform.
Kleiner Perkins' 17 Deals Leads All Investors in JuneIntel Capital and Battery Ventures each report 10 deals during month
- VC-Backed SuVolta Names New COO
SuVolta said Tuesday that it has named Dr. Louis Parrillo as the company's COO. In his new role, Dr. Parrillo will oversee technology and circuit design programs and resources. Based in Silicon Valley and backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, August Capital, NEA, Bright Capital, Northgate Capital and DAG Ventures, SuVolta is a provider of semiconductor technologies for low-power, high-performance IC chips.