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Trip Hawkins' If You Can Company raises $6.5 mln Series ATrip Hawkins' new startup, If You Can Company, said it raised a $6.5 million Series A round led by Greylock Partners and joined by Almaz Capital and other investors. The new money brings the total funding for the company, which will use gameplay to teach children social and emotional learning skills, to $9.3 million.
- GSV Capital leads $20 mln round for PayNearMe
PayNearMe has closed $20 million in funding. GSV Capital led the round with participation from August Capital, Khosla Ventures, Maveron and True Ventures. Based in Sunnyvale, Calif., PayNearMe is an electronic cash-transaction network.
- Color them excited, VCs back Madison Reed
Madison Reed, a San Francisco-based maker of a hair-coloring product, has raised $12 million in a Series B round of funding. Norwest Venture Partners led the financing, with previous investors True Ventures and Maveron joining the round. As part of the round, Norwest Managing Partner Jeff Crowe has joined the board. The company has now raised about $16 million in total capital. Madison Reed was co-founded in April 2013 by Amy Errett, a former GP with Maveron and now a special advisor to True Ventures. She told peHUB that the funding will be used to help the 30-employee company expand and move to larger digs in the city.
VCs eye crowdfunding sites as opportunity to find investmentsSites allow VCs to find companies that have already had success with raising an early round
- Koru raises $4.35 Million
Education startup Koru has announced $4.35 million in funding. Investors are Maveron, who led the round, Battery Ventures, First Round Capital and a16z seed as well as a small number of individual investors.
Young companies enter senior care marketAmericans are living longer and spending more. That’s why some people think the “gray market” is a golden opportunity.
Young companies enter senior care marketA series of new startups are gearing up to enter a market that has been long neglected by VCs
- August Raises $8m Series A led by Maveron
August has raised $8 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Maveron, with participation from Cowboy Ventures, Industry Ventures, Rho Ventures, and SoftTech VC.
- Maveron leads Series A round for August
August said Tuesday that it has closed $8 million in Series A funding. Maveron led the round with participation from Cowboy Ventures, Industry Ventures, Rho Ventures and SoftTech VC. Headquartered in San Francisco, Calif., August is a provider of home automation solutions. It is also the developer of August Smart Lock.
- VC-backed Zulily increases IPO price range - WSJ
According to the Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20131113-708955.html?dsk=y Zulily has raised its IPO of 11.5 million shares at a higher price. The publication reports the company has increased its stock's price from $16-$18 a share to $18-$20 per share. The stock will trade on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol “ZU.” Goldman Sachs, BoA Merrill Lynch and Citigroup are acting as lead underwriters. Based in Seattle, Zulily is an ecommerce site that targets moms and their children. It is backed by Maveron, August Capital, Trinity Ventures, Meritech Capital Partners and Andreessen Horowitz.