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Khosla Ventures Leads $4.5 Mln Round for DB NetworksDB Networks said Wednesday that it has raised $4.5 million in Series B fund led by Khosla Ventures. Shirish Sathaye, a Khosla general partner, has joined DB Networks board. San Diego-based DB Networks provides database security equipment.
- Crunchyroll Adds Eric Feng to Advisory Board
Anime and Asian content streaming service Crunchyroll Inc. has added Eric Feng, former CTO of Hulu, to its advisory board. On the advisory board Feng joins James Hong and Jim Young of HOTorNOT, Naval Ravikant of AngelList, David Chao of DCM, and Max Levchin of Slide and PayPal.
- peHUB Top 10
In this week's top 10, we've got LBO deals galore, fundraisings and the IPO class of 2013.
- Silver Lake Kraftwerk seals first non-US investment
The partnership between Silver Lake and billionaire George Soros will expand German recycled plastics company friedola Tech by opening a new manufacturing facility in the US.
- How Cleantech Tarnished Kleiner and VC Star John Doerr
Reuters inspects how a cleantech and VC legend came to watch investments with his VC firm struggle, and watched the same firm struggle against harassment allegations.
- Ayasdi Nabs Big Backers for Big Data
Khosla Ventures and Floodgate are leading a $10.25 million round in big data company Ayasdi. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) also contributed earlier funding to the project, along with the National Science Foundation. Ayasdi was founded by Gurjeet Singh and Gunnar Carlsson.
- India is the new China
Having devoted much time and effort to China, Silicon Valley VCs are beginning to turn their attention to Asia’s other emerging giant. By Andy Thomson.
- “Stars are aligned” for new funds
First-time VC funds are entering the US market at the fastest rate since 2001, but could all of the recent activity spell a return to the over saturation of the dotcom boom? Dave Keating reports.
- Risa Stack to Join GE Healthymagination Team
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers has appointed Risa Stack as general manager of GE’s Emerging Health Innovations, reporting to Sue Siegel, CEO of healthymagination. Stack has served for two years on the advisory board for healthymagination.
- Web Security Startup Shape Security Inks $20M
Shape Security has raised $20 million in Series B financing from investors including Venrock, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Allegis Capital, Google Ventures, TomorrowVentures and former Symantec CEO Enrique Salem. Venrock led the round for web security technology company. Ray Rothrock, partner at Venrock, has joined the company's board. Shape Security has raised $26 million to date.