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Rebecca Kaden joins Union Square Ventures as GPUnion Square Ventures has added Rebecca Kaden as a general partner. Kaden joins New York-based USV from Maveron in Seattle, where she was also a general partner. Kaden posted in a USV blog that she is excited to return to her hometown of New York and the local entrepreneurial ecosystem. "Coming home is fun for many reasons, but coming home to such a hotbed of innovation and dreamers, particularly in the categories that excite me the most, is simply awesome," she wrote in her blog post https://www.usv.com/blog/new-adventures-joining-union-square-ventures-in-nyc
- Red Ventures buys VC-backed Allconnect
Red Ventures, a digital consumer choice platform, has acquired Atlanta-based Allconnect LLC, a technology-enabled sales and marketing solutions company. The sellers included Covestco and Maveron. No financial terms were disclosed. Petsky Prunier advised Allconnect on the deal.
- Personal safety app SafeTrek raises $3.2 mln seed round
St. Louis-based SafeTrek, developer of an app focused on providing personal safety, announced it has raised $3.2 million in seed funding. Cultivation Capital led the round, which included participation from New Enterprise Associates, Maveron and Aspect Ventures. a 100% women-founded venture firm.
- Pro.com bags $10 mln in DFJ-led round
Seattle-based Pro.com, a pricing engine for home projects, has raised $10 million in funding, it was announced in a blog post https://pro.com/blog/the-next-chapter-for-pro-com/ DFJ led the round with participation from return backers Maveron, Madrona Venture Group and Two Sigma Ventures. In conjunction with the funding, Bill Bryant of DFJ is joining Pro.com's board.
- Gas station app Booster inks $20 mln Series B
Burlingame, California-based Booster, a gas station app, has raised $20 million in Series B funding. Conversion Capital led the round with participation from other investors that included Maveron, Madrona Venture Group, Version One, Perot Jain LP, RRE Ventures, the Stanford-StartX Fund, BADR investments and U.S. Venture Inc.
- Smart lock maker August Home inks $25 mln Series C
San Francisco-based August Home, a provider of smart locks and smart home access products, has secured $25 million in Series C funding. The investors included Bessemer Venture Partners, Comcast Ventures, Maveron, Qualcomm Ventures, AGL, Liberty Mutual and European private equity fund SPDG.