Arik Hesseldahl in News on April 23 at 2:18 pm PT
The once secretive start-up continues its impressive round of executive staffing.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on April 12 at 8:54 am PT
Bonobos, the New York-based online clothing brand, says it has closed $16.4 million in new funding from Nordstrom and that it will start selling its pants at the high-end department store.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on February 5 at 8:59 pm PT
Watch out Cisco, Juniper and other networking vendors. Your business model is about to get disrupted by Nicira, which is coming out of stealth mode today.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on January 27 at 5:56 am PT
All these hires are making the secretive networking start-up look ever more interesting by the day.
Peter Kafka in Media on December 14, 2011 at 5:00 am PT
You know those “recommended” links at the bottom of this post? Turns out that’s a huge business.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 7, 2011 at 1:30 pm PT
LivingSocial, the runner-up in the daily deals business, has secured $176 million in a new round of funding that could swell to as much as $400 million.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on August 30, 2011 at 4:15 am PT
When there are big data jobs to be done, chances are a version of the open source data analysis platform Hadoop is involved. MapR is the latest company to try to make a profit helping other companies get the most out of it.
Kara Swisher in Social on August 2, 2011 at 11:08 am PT
Ning — the high-profile social networking platform co-founded by Silicon Valley investor and icon Marc Andreessen — is for sale, said sources.
News Byte
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on July 6, 2011 at 5:00 pm PT
PetFlow.com, a New York-based online retailer, has secured $10 million in a second round of funding. The investment was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. Founded in early 2010, PetFlow.com encourages consumers to sign up to get pet food delivered automatically every few weeks. The funding will be used for hiring and marketing, and building out its infrastructure. Earlier today,
Amazon-owned Quidsi unveiled a vertical focused on pets called
Wag.com.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on June 22, 2011 at 10:50 am PT
Founded by two Xensource veterans, security start-up Bromium aims to protect all those smartphones and tablets that people buy and expect to be able to use at the office. Investments from Andreessen Horowitz, Ignition Partners and Lightspeed Ventures suggest it may be on to something.
