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Earnest rakes in $275 mlnSan Francisco-based tech-focused financial services company Earnest has secured $275 million in funding. Included in this amount is $75 million in a Series B funding round led by Battery Ventures with participation from other investors that included Maveron and Adams Street Partners. The remaining $200 million was from New York Life and unnamed backers.
- CircleUp takes in $30 mln Series C
Equity crowdfunding platform CircleUp has secured $30 million in Series C funding. Collaborative Fund led the round with participation from Capital One co-founder Nigel Morris, and former CEOs and presidents of Goldman Sachs, Thomson Reuters and the Stanford Endowment. CircleUp's other backers include Union Square Ventures, Canaan Partners, Maveron and Rose Park Advisors. According to the company, the capital infusion will be used for product development and personnel hiring.
- Customer service startup Service fetches $3.1 mln seed
Los Angeles-based customer service startup Service has raised $3.1 million in seed funding. Founders Fund led the round with participation from other investors that included Menlo Ventures, Maveron, Eight Ventures and Arena Ventures.
- HomeAway buys VC-backed online vacation company Dwellable
HomeAway Inc has acquired Dwellable, an online vacation rental search engine and app. No financial terms were disclosed. Dwellable was backed by Version One Ventures and Maveron.
- Foundry Group leads $12.5 mln round for Pioneer Square Labs
Seattle-based Pioneer Square Labs, a studio that creates and launches tech startups, has secured $12.5 million in funding. Foundry Group led the round with participation from other investors that included Bezos Expeditions, Greycroft Partners, Madrona Venture Group, Maveron, Menlo Ventures, MHS Capital, True Ventures, Voyager Capital and Vulcan Capital.
- General Assembly rakes in over $70 mln
New York City-based computer programming school General Assembly has raised over $70 million in Series D funding, the company announced in a blog post https://blog.generalassemb.ly/series-d-and-looking-forward/ on its site. The backers included Advance Publications, Wellington Capital Management LLP, Institutional Venture Partners, Learn Capital, Maveron, Rethink Education and WTI. In addition to the funding, General Assembly has added Steve Newhouse to its board.
- Maveron leads Series A round for moving app Dolly
Seattle-based Dolly, an app that helps people and businesses move just about anything, has raised $8 million in Series A funding. Maveron led the round with participation from other investors that included Chris Capps, KGC Capital's Dick Kiphart and Jeff Wilke, senior vice president of consumer business at Amazon.
- QVC parent company to buy Zulily for about $2.4 bln
Liberty Interactive Corp, the parent company of QVC, has agreed to acquire Seattle-based Zulily, an ecommerce site that targets moms and their children, for about $2.4 billion. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of this year. In November 2013, Zulily went public http://www.nasdaq.com/markets/ipos/company/zulily-inc-817798-73687 launching its IPO on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "ZU." Its pre-IPO backers were Maveron, August Capital, Trinity Ventures, Meritech Capital Partners and Andreessen Horowitz.
- Maveron leads Series A round for Common
New York-based Common, a community that offers shared housing in major cities, has raised $7.35 million in Series A funding. Maveron led the round with participation from other investors that included Lowercase Capital and Slow Ventures. In addition to the funding, Jason Stoffer, general partner at Maveron, has been added to Common's board.
- HopSkipDrive raises $3.9 mln
HopSkipDrive said Tuesday it raised $3.9 million in seed funding led by Upfront Ventures. FirstMark Capital, Maveron, BBG Ventures, angel investor Joanne Wilson and other also participated. Los Angeles-based HopSkipDrive is a ride service for kids.