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Online Retro Clothing Shop ModCloth Closes $25 Million in Funding

in Commerce on May 15 at 9:48 am PT

ModCloth, an online retailer focused on retro-looking woman’s apparel, has raised $25 million in funding. The round was led by Norwest Venture Partners, with Accel Partners also participating. The capital will help expand the site’s “Be the Buyer” program, which allows customers to vote on items they’d like to see produced. The San Francisco-based company, which was founded by high school sweethearts Eric Koger and Susan Gregg Koger, has 300 employees.

Starbucks’ Schultz: Don’t Read Anything Into Exit From Groupon Board

in Commerce on May 10 at 10:44 am PT

Starbucks Chairman and CEO Howard Schultz said today on CNBC that he has confidence in both Groupon’s board and CEO, even after stepping down from the board after 19 months.
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News Byte

Etsy Secures $40 Million for International Expansion

in Commerce on May 9 at 9:43 am PT

Etsy, the online marketplace where people sell their arts and crafts, has raised $40 million in funding. Investors include Index Ventures (which led the round), Accel Partners, Union Square Ventures, Hubert Burda Media and Glynn Partners. In a blog post, Etsy CEO Chad Dickerson said the company will expand internationally. To date, Etsy has raised $91 million in capital.

Silver Lake Grabs Large Minority Stake of WME to Push Digital Initiatives

in News on May 2 at 10:59 am PT

Hollywood meets Silicon Valley. Again.
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Confirmed: Schultz and Efrusy to Leave Groupon Board; “Accounting Types” Joining

in Commerce on April 30 at 12:40 pm PT

Will a shake-up of the board of the daily deals company help its prospects?
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Stealthy Shape Security Lands $6 Million From Kleiner Perkins and Eric Schmidt

in News on April 26 at 5:04 am PT

A security start-up aims to change the economics of launching hacking attacks.
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Internet-Only Bonobos Gets Cash and Rack Space From Nordstrom

in Commerce on April 12 at 8:54 am PT

Bonobos, the New York-based online clothing brand, says it has closed $16.4 million in new funding from Nordstrom and that it will start selling its pants at the high-end department store.
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Accel Partners Bets on Social Games Company Dragonplay

in Commerce on April 2 at 9:00 pm PT

Dragonplay, a social games developer focused on card and casino games, has raised $14 million in a first round of funding from Accel Partners.
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Start-Up Medio Brings Mobile Analytics to the Cloud

in News on March 15 at 2:30 pm PT

If you’ve ever envied the big data and analytics capabilities that large companies have at their command, there’s a start-up in Seattle that you might like to talk to.
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Start-Up SalesCrunch Makes Unsolicited Bid for Cisco Unit WebEx

in News on March 13 at 4:04 am PT

WIth rumors persisting that its WebEx unit is on the block, Cisco receives a bold offer from start-up SalesCrunch.
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Collaboration Start-Up Atlassian Acquires HipChat

in News, March 7, 2012 at 3:30 am PT

How the Angry Birds Almost Died Before the First Level

in Mobile, February 23, 2012 at 1:01 pm PT

Zuckerberg Is the Billion-Share Man: Who Owns What, Who Makes What in the Facebook IPO

in News, February 1, 2012 at 3:22 pm PT

Code 42, the Company Behind CrashPlan, Lands $52M Funding Round

in News, January 17, 2012 at 9:00 pm PT

Sarah Lacy Debuts New Tech Site, PandoDaily — $2M+ in Funding and Guess Who’s Working for Her? (Video)

in Media, January 16, 2012 at 9:00 am PT

L.A. Gets Another Start-Up Accelerator, This One With Strong Entertainment Ties

in News, December 14, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

Brazilian Social Games Company Pays Zynga to Settle Copyright Issues

Sean Parker and Jim Breyer Slam Silicon Valley Funding Glut

in News, November 15, 2011 at 12:53 pm PT

Cloudera Lands $40 Million From Ignition, Accel Launches $100 Million Big Data Fund

in News, November 8, 2011 at 5:03 am PT

Hadoop Start-Up Cloudera Teams Up With Storage Player NetApp

in News, November 7, 2011 at 4:59 am PT

Exclusive: Lot18 Closes Third Round in a Year, This Time for $30 Million

in Commerce, November 4, 2011 at 4:45 am PT

Facebook-Funded Sociable Labs Helps Retailers Be More Friendly

in Commerce, October 26, 2011 at 5:30 am PT

Meet Qwilt, Creator of Smart Video-Caching Gear, and New Member of the Flash Madness Club

in Enterprise, October 19, 2011 at 8:59 pm PT

Dropbox Lands $250 Million Funding Round (And Once Spurned Interest From Steve Jobs)

in News, October 18, 2011 at 9:53 am PT

CrunchFund? Unethical Ventures? Pig Pile Partners? No Matter What You Call It, It’s Business as Usual in Silicon Valley.

in Media, September 2, 2011 at 6:16 am PT