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Zuora Racks Up $50 Mln in Series E FundsZuora said Thursday that it has raised $50 million in Series E funding. Investors included Next World Capital, Vulcan Capital, Northgate Capital, Benchmark Capital, Greylock Partners, Index Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Shasta Ventures, Tenaya Capital, Workday founder and co-CEO Dave Duffield and Marc Benioff, chairman and CEO of Salesforce.com. Also, Abhishek Agrawal of Vulcan Capital and Craig Hanson of Next World Capital have been named to Zuora's board of directors. Headquartered in Foster City, Calif., Zuora is a provider of subscription commerce and billing solutions.
Global IPO Volume GrowsA total of 36 known VC-backed IPOs have happened through July, with more on the way
- Sequoia Capital Leads $38 Mln Round for Birst
Birst said Tuesday that it has closed $38 million in financing. The lead investor was Sequoia Capital. New investor Northgate Capital also participated in the round. According to Birst, the funding will be used for expansion, growth and product development. Headquartered in San Francisco, Calif., Birst is a cloud-based, business intelligence platform.
- Reuters: Ad Technology Company Rocket Fuel Files for IPO
Advertising technology company Rocket Fuel Inc filed with U.S. regulators to raise up to $100 million in an initial public offering of its common stock.
- Reuters: ZestFinance Raises $20 Million from Thiel Capital
ZestFinance, a company that licenses out its technology to minimize the risks in making loans, is getting a cash infusion from an entrepreneur who figured out how to make money transfers on the Internet: PayPal's Peter Thiel, Reuters reported.
- VC-Backed SuVolta Names New COO
SuVolta said Tuesday that it has named Dr. Louis Parrillo as the company's COO. In his new role, Dr. Parrillo will oversee technology and circuit design programs and resources. Based in Silicon Valley and backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, August Capital, NEA, Bright Capital, Northgate Capital and DAG Ventures, SuVolta is a provider of semiconductor technologies for low-power, high-performance IC chips.
Venture Alpha East Video: MDV's Katherine Barr and BandPage Founder J Sider Talk Music BizJ Sider of BandPage and Katherine Barr of Mohr Davidow Ventures talk about venture opportunities in the music industry at Thomson Reuters’ Venture Alpha East conference.
- MarkLogic Raises $25M From Sequoia, Tenaya, Northgate
MarkLogic Corp. said it raised a $25 million round of growth capital in a deal led by Sequoia Capital and Tenaya Capital, and joined by Northgate Capital. MarkLogic CEO Gary Bloom also invested in the round. The company, which is developing the NoSQL database, has raised a total of $71.2 million.
Slow Winter for VC-backed IPOsOnly three new debuts in the year through mid-February, but industry observers say the JOBS Act should help keep the pipeline flowing
- Drawbridge Raises $14m Series B
Drawbridge, a cross-screen mobile ad targeting business, has closed its $14 million Series B funding. Northgate Capital, a new investor in Drawbridge, leads this round. Existing investors, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers and Sequoia Capital also joined the round.