45 posts and columns on Battery Ventures

Cumulus Networks Comes Out of Stealth With Linux for Data-Center Networks

in News on June 19 at 6:38 am PT

The point? Get rid of all those proprietary switches, of course.
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Tableau Software and Marketo Fire Up IPO Action Today

in News on May 17 at 5:38 am PT

Many more to come.
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Gainsight Raises $9 Million From Battery Ventures, Names Mehta CEO

in News on April 17 at 7:29 am PT

Also dumps old name.
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Zerto, Disaster Recovery in the Cloud, Lands $13 Million From RTP Ventures

in News on April 4 at 10:00 am PT

When the cloud has your back.
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News Byte

Social Startup Sprinklr Lands $15 Million

in Social on February 5 at 9:31 am PT

Sprinklr, a social media management startup, announced Tuesday that it had secured $15 million in its series B round from Battery Ventures and Intel Capital. The company, which has been dubbed one of Twitter’s “Certified Product Partners,” had already raised $5 million from Battery Ventures last year.

Salesforce May Go Shopping in Response to Oracle Deal

in News on December 20, 2012 at 9:56 am PT

Oracle’s purchase of Eloqua may spur Salesforce.com to look for acquisitions to help build its own “marketing cloud” offering.
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News Byte

True&Co Co-Founder Ramamurthy Joins Battery as EIR

in Commerce on November 2, 2012 at 10:26 pm PT

Aarthi Ramamurthy, who co-founded personalized intimate apparel online retailer True&Co, has joined Battery Ventures as an entrepreneur in residence to “pursue disruptive e-commerce initiatives.” Ramamurthy was most recently head of product of True&Co, which launched at the D: All Things Digital conference earlier this year. She has also worked at both Netflix and Microsoft, and was the co-creator of Bubblegum, a photo-sharing application.

SF Hipster Favorite Sosh Raises $4M

in Social on September 11, 2012 at 11:10 am PT

Sosh curates things that are new, fun, weird and memorable — and is much-loved within a certain San Francisco demographic.
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JustFab Raises $76 Million to Get Ahead in the Frothy Fashion Business

in News on July 26, 2012 at 6:30 am PT

Monthly subscription services offer everything from food to shoes to makeup. And that’s just fabulous.
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Blake Krikorian Joins FreeWheel Board

in Media on July 10, 2012 at 8:00 am PT

The video tech start-up adds video start-up guy.
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Overblown Commerce Models, Part III: Subscription Commerce

in Voices, June 29, 2012 at 10:03 am PT

Battery Ventures Jump-Starts Avalara With $20 Million in Capital

in Commerce, June 27, 2012 at 12:01 am PT

HotelTonight Arrives in London, Just in Time for the Olympics

in Commerce, June 20, 2012 at 4:15 am PT

Viddy Raises $30 Million in Series B Financing Round

Insight Leads $165 Million Round in Cloud-Based Energy Database Company Drilling Info

in News, March 5, 2012 at 6:05 am PT

Fab.com Acquires FashionStake After Seven Months of Rapid Growth

in Commerce, January 13, 2012 at 6:00 am PT

Angie’s List Jumps Quickly in IPO Debut

in Commerce, November 17, 2011 at 10:02 am PT

Marketo, Rocket Fuel for Sales, Lands $50 Million From Battery Ventures

in Enterprise, November 16, 2011 at 4:58 am PT

First Class Ticket: Social Travel Start-Up Gogobot Raises $15M in Funding at $70M Valuation

in Social, November 3, 2011 at 12:00 pm PT

Facebook-Funded Sociable Labs Helps Retailers Be More Friendly

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

Gogobot Goes Mobile With New iPhone App

in Mobile, October 18, 2011 at 9:00 am PT

Gogobot Unveils Flipboard-Like Web Travel Scrapbook

in Social, July 20, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

Israeli Start-Up Zerto Aims to Bring Disaster Recovery to the Cloud

in Enterprise, June 23, 2011 at 5:30 am PT

Online Home Furnishings Retailer CSN Stores Raises $165 Million

in Commerce, June 22, 2011 at 10:00 am PT

J. Hilburn Raises $5 Million to Make a Few Thousand More Shirts

in Commerce, June 9, 2011 at 12:05 am PT