New Relic Taps Salesforce President Koplow-McAdams as Revenue Chief

The move confirms an ATD report from September.

Chegg Set to Go Public Tomorrow in Next Post-Twitter Tech IPO

Which came first: The chicken or Wall Street investors?

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eBay Enterprise Backs Mobile Commerce Firm Branding Brand in $9.5 Million Round

EBay Enterprise, the unit of eBay that builds technologies for retailers, has invested in Branding Brand, a Pittsburgh-based startup that optimizes mobile commerce websites and apps for a variety of different online and brick-and-mortar retailers. The investment round totaled $9.5 million, and was led by Insight Venture Partners.

FilmTrack, Rights Management in the Cloud, Lands $20 Million From Insight

Insight Venture Partners makes its 15th cloud software deal.
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Tumblr Had $16.6 Million Left When Yahoo Bought It

That comes via Yahoo’s latest SEC filings. Which also tells us David Karp can make another $81 million over the next four years.

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HootSuite Closes $165 Million Series B Round

HootSuite, a collaborative social media monitoring startup that offers products for enterprise and SMB customers, announced on Thursday that it has raised a $165 million Series B round of venture funding. The round was led by Insight Venture Partners, with participation from Accel Partners and existing investor OMERS Ventures. As a result of the new round, IVP’s Jeff Leiberman, Accel’s Ryan Sweeney and OMERS’s John Ruffolo will join HootSuite’s board of directors.

Anaqua, IP Management in the Cloud, Lands $100 Million From Insight

Tracking and protecting patents, inventions and trade secrets in the cloud.
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Yahoo Tumblrs for Cool: Board Approves $1.1 Billion Deal as Expected

Done (just like we said).

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Investor Group Offers $6.9 Billion to Take BMC Private

Software company BMC has agreed to be acquired by a group of four private equity firms. Together, Bain Capital, Golden Gate Capital, GIC Special Investments and Insight Venture Partners have offered to take BMC private at $46.25 a share, a deal that values the company at $6.9 billion, which amounts to a premium of less than 2 percent over BMC’s closing share price on Friday.