Asana

Flipboard CEO McCue Likely to Step Down From Twitter Board Over Potential Future Conflicts (Or Closer Cooperation)

Kara Swisher in News on May 7 at 1:37 pm PT

There is a growing feeling that the social communications companies are on a product collision course, with a possible troubled or perhaps more attractive result.

Exclusive: Zynga’s Van Natta Moves to Strategic Adviser; Feld Off Board, Paul In

Kara Swisher in News on November 17, 2011 at 10:30 am PT

Big changes at the online social gaming phenom as it gets ready to go public.

Asana Launches to Public — Finally Moving Out of Private Beta

Kara Swisher in Enterprise on November 2, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

In Sanskrit, “asana” means “sitting down” and refers to strong but relaxed postures in yoga, presumably so frustrated workers can achieve a digital form of nirvana.

Exclusive: Flipboard Confirms $50 Million Funding at $200 Million Valuation

Kara Swisher in News on April 14, 2011 at 1:23 pm PT

Late last month, BoomTown posted about a huge venture funding effort by the high-profile and even more highly designed social media reading app for the Apple iPad, Flipboard. Today, its co-founder and CEO Mike McCue confirmed a $50 million round at an eye-popping $200 million valuation, in a wide-ranging interview at the start-up’s Palo Alto, Calif., HQ.

Asana Hires "COO-Type"–Van Zant First Biz Side Hire for Workplace Collaboration Start-Up

Kara Swisher in News on March 21, 2011 at 6:19 pm PT

As it gets ramped up for a wider launch, Asana, the high-profile group collaboration start-up founded by top former Facebook execs, has hired former SolarWinds product strategy exec Kenny Van Zant in a “COO-type of role.” Co-founders Dustin Moskovitz and Justin Rosenstein remain at the top of the leadership at the San Francisco company, which–perhaps in keeping with its yoga-style name–does not have official titles. But Van Zant will essentially fulfill the COO role, focusing on bringing Asana to the enterprise market in a socially-fueled “bottom-up” approach.

After Some Flashy Investing, Is Andreessen Horowitz's Next Move a Big New Fund?

Kara Swisher in News on July 12, 2010 at 7:25 am PT

Since it launched almost exactly a year ago with a $300 million fund, the venture firm of Andreessen Horowitz has cut a rather high-profile path through the Silicon Valley investing community. Now, according to sources and after spending about half its kitty, the firm is poised to begin another round of fundraising to further bolster its clout. While it is unclear how much the VC firm will raise, sources expect it to be much more than its first fund.

11.28.09 Weekend Update–Black Friday, Blue Saturday Edition

Drake Martinet in News on November 28, 2009 at 12:30 pm PT

Everyone in the retail world was waiting with bated breath yesterday to find out if the current economic pinch would make consumers fight harder in the discount trenches or simply sound the retreat. Either way, the AllThingsD team was at its post this week bringing you tech and trends to keep you ahead of the pack.

Asana Gets $9 Million (No, It’s Not a Yoga Stance–It’s a Workplace Productivity Start-Up From Former Facebookers)

Kara Swisher in News on November 24, 2009 at 10:00 am PT

Yet another goofy Silicon Valley name did not prevent Asana–the productivity software start-up founded by former Facebookers Dustin Moskovitz and Justin Rosenstein–from nabbing $9 million in funding from Benchmark Capital and Andreessen Horowitz. The round, which was announced today, will be used to turbocharge Asana and its small team, who are aiming at the very dull and unexciting but very large and problematic workplace collaboration and communications market. In Sanskrit, “asana” means “sitting down” and refers to strong but relaxed postures in yoga–so presumably, Moskovitz and Rosenstein are trying to help frustrated workers achieve a digital form of nirvana.