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Week in deals, Sept. 13, 2010Summary of tech companies and other startups in North America that raised venture financing in the past week
- peHUB Wire: Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Editor’s Note: Today’s guest column comes from Randy Schwimmer of mid-market lender Churchill Financial.
- peHUB Wire: Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Editor’s Note: Today’s guest column comes from Randy Schwimmer of mid-market lender Churchill Financial.
- Backupify Secures $4.5 Million In a Series A Financing Round
Backupify, a Louisville, Ky.-based online data backup and storage startup, secured $4.5 million in a Series A round. The financing was co-led by Avalon Ventures and General Catalyst. First Round Capital and Lowercase Capital participated in the financing, which Backupify plans to use to accelerate its product development capabilities. Backupify also named Rich Levandov, a general partner of Avalon Ventures, to its board.
- Angels come out in droves for Demo Day
VCs wonder if another bubble is forming with Internet startups that cost next-to-nothing to launch
- Sacca Isn't Whiteboard Girl Funny, But He's Close
Today's Internet buzz has been about a woman who quit her job via whiteboard //bit.ly/aLvbOo and stuck it to her boss in the process (I hope @glennf http://twitter.com/glennf is wrong about her being a fake -- UPDATE: He was right http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/11/elyse-porterfield/?utm_source=TweetMeme&utm_medium=widget&utm_campaign=retweetbutton ). In more provincial news, angel investor Chris Sacca has posted perhaps the best new job posting I've ever seen. It's for an intern at Lowercase Capital, the "institutional" fund that Sacca recently launched. As he explains:
- Successful Angel Senkut Takes Flight as VC
Former Google executive has raised $16M for his first institutional venture fund, with plans to raise $14M more
- Ex-Googler, angel investor Senkut raises $16M
Onetime Google employee seeks $30M for first institutional fund for Felicis Ventures