First Round Capital

Pinterest Prompts a Start-Up’s Pivot: Meet Curalate, an Analytics Engine for Images

Peter Kafka in Social on May 15 at 5:20 am PT

You’re a brand that has lots of stuff on Pinterest. How do you find it?

Adaptly Tries to Ride Facebook’s Ad Rise, With a $10.5 Million Round

Peter Kafka in Media on May 9 at 6:00 am PT

Facebook has a $3 billion advertising business that’s supposed to get a lot bigger. Lots of start-ups want a piece of that.

Not Your Mother’s eBay, Threadflip Launches Online Consignment Shop

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on April 17 at 6:00 am PT

Launching today, the easy-to-use used-clothing marketplace sends you a prepaid box and shipping label to your doorstop whenever you sell an item.

Start-Up SalesCrunch Makes Unsolicited Bid for Cisco Unit WebEx

Arik Hesseldahl 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.

News Byte

Broadcast Stations Sue Aereo Over Web TV Plans

Peter Kafka in Media on March 1 at 3:30 pm PT

The owners of four New York-area TV stations have sued Aereo, the start-up that plans to give users Web access to live broadcast TV. Aereo, which has raised $25 million from backers including Barry Diller’s IAC and venture investors like First Round Capital, has been expecting copyright challenges from the TV industry. It argues that its technology is legal because individual users will be getting streamed TV from their own individual antennas. One of the plaintiffs, Fox Television Stations, is owned by News Corp., which also owns this Web site.

UrbanSitter’s Social Babysitting Service Granted $1.75 Million in Allowance

Tricia Duryee in Social on January 23 at 7:00 am PT

UrbanSitter, which may become a high-tech version of “The Baby-Sitters Club,” now has a bigger allowance with which to operate.

Hello, Brooklyn! You’ve Got Your Very Own VC Fund.

Peter Kafka in News on January 17 at 4:30 am PT

Charlie O’Donnell leaves First Round Capital and sets up shop across the bridge. (Don’t worry, he’ll stray out of King’s County, too.)

Viral Video: This Year, First Round VCs Channel Rebecca Black (Rrrreeaaallly!)

Kara Swisher in Media on December 20, 2011 at 9:30 am PT

Oh, dear — Silicon Valley VCs acting like teenage girls. And there’s not even a hot start-up in sight to chase and scream over.

TaskRabbit Raises $17.8 Million, Brings in Eisner as Adviser

Lauren Goode in News on December 13, 2011 at 8:59 pm PT

TaskRabbit, the Bay Area-based start-up that outsources human “rabbits” to perform odious chores for neighbors, has raised its second cash pile in eight months.