733 posts and columns on funding

Jawbone Hires Microsoft’s Mindy Mount as President to Turbocharge Ops

in Media on May 23 at 10:00 am PT

A new leader for the high-profile gadget maker.
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Yahoo Tumblrs for Cool: Board Approves $1.1 Billion Deal as Expected

in Media on May 19 at 9:34 am PT

Done (just like we said).
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Will Yahoo Try to Get Its “Cool Again” by Doing a Deal for Tumblr?

in Media on May 16 at 4:35 pm PT

Could an investment in or purchase of the hipster blogging service take years off the Silicon Valley Internet giant?
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Commercial Drone Platform Company Gets $10.7 Million From Andreessen Horowitz and Google Ventures

in News on May 15 at 4:30 am PT

Is hardware the new software?
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Five Startups for $16 Million: Yahoo’s Mayer Is Buying Up Most Mobile App Companies on the Cheap

in Mobile on May 13 at 6:16 am PT

Warm entrepreneurial bodies: Priceless!
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The Money Shot: Kara Swisher on Instagram’s Billion-Dollar Ride in Vanity Fair

in Media on May 5 at 9:04 pm PT

There’s no picture of the moment when everything changed for Kevin Systrom.
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Video Shopping Startup Joyus Raises $11.5M in Second Round, Focuses on ROI of Online Retail

in Commerce on May 5 at 8:21 pm PT

Do online retailers need to make it count for merchants?
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Former Homestead Founder Returns to SV Curious — And With $7.5 Million in Funding

in Commerce on May 1 at 5:30 am PT

Justin Kitch is back with Curious, a lifelong learning startup aimed at connecting teachers and students on “subjects as varied as salsa dancing, integral solving, pipe soldering … and knife sharpening.”
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Go Far West, Young Startup: SoftBank Capital and Yahoo Japan in $20M Fund to Bring U.S. Entrepreneurs There

in News on April 24 at 12:00 pm PT

Breaking into the Asian market is not easy.
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News Byte

Predictive Data Startup Infer Raises $10M From Redpoint

in News on April 23 at 4:30 am PT

Infer, a Palo Alto, Calif., startup that makes data-focused business apps to help companies target their best potential customers, said it has raised $10 million in a Series A funding led by Redpoint Ventures. Andreessen Horowitz, Social+Capital Partnership, Sutter Hill Ventures and angel investors also participated in the round. Infer, which is profitable, mines a range of data to determine those with the highest propensity to buy. Along with the funding for its “predictive customer scoring model,” Satish Dharmaraj of Redpoint Ventures will join the company’s board.

Evernote’s Phil Libin Talks About Global Expansion, Google Incursion and More! (Video)

Posted by Kara Swisher in Mobile, April 10, 2013 at 11:32 am PT

Circa’s Matt Galligan on Building a Different Kind of News Reader (Video)

Posted by Kara Swisher in Media, April 9, 2013 at 12:01 pm PT

Eventbrite Hires CFO in Expansion of Top Exec Ranks

Posted by Kara Swisher in News, April 2, 2013 at 10:00 am PT

Yahoo Acquires Hipster Mobile News Reader Summly for Close to $30 Million

Posted by Kara Swisher in Mobile, March 25, 2013 at 6:13 am PT

Loose Lips: Yahoo M&A Head Told Employees Company Looking at Two “Significant” and a Half-Dozen Small Buys

Posted by Kara Swisher in News, March 7, 2013 at 12:33 pm PT

Confirmed: Pinterest Completes $200 Million Funding at $2.5 Billion Valuation

Posted by Kara Swisher in Commerce, February 20, 2013 at 3:17 pm PT

The Science of Investing: Hearst’s New Venture Arm in $30 Million Funding Deal With Los Angeles Tech Studio

Posted by Kara Swisher in Media, February 14, 2013 at 6:40 pm PT

Rubicon Project Adds Two Top Execs, as Ad Tech Company Moves Toward IPO

Posted by Kara Swisher in Media, January 29, 2013 at 9:30 am PT

Square COO Keith Rabois Departs Company

Posted by Kara Swisher in Commerce, January 24, 2013 at 10:11 pm PT

OpenX Raises $22.5 Million in Round Led by Samsung Venture Unit

Posted by Kara Swisher in Media, January 17, 2013 at 4:00 am PT

Exclusive: SurveyMonkey Raises $800 Million in Debt and Equity for Tender Offer — Including New Investment From Google’s New Late-Stage Unit

Posted by Kara Swisher in News, January 16, 2013 at 8:00 pm PT

Former Yahoo Ad Exec and Interclick Founder Katz Joins Adaptly Board

Special Projects Head Shakil Khan Moves on From Path

Posted by Kara Swisher in Social, January 14, 2013 at 11:30 pm PT

TaskRabbit Hires Google’s Brown-Philpot in a Renewed Management Expansion (Video)

Posted by Kara Swisher in Commerce, January 14, 2013 at 8:00 am PT

Anne Wojcicki of 23andMe on One Million-DNA March and More (Video)

Posted by Kara Swisher in Commerce, January 14, 2013 at 3:00 am PT