7 posts and columns on Mayfield Fund

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

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

The start-up that specializes in helping companies boost their sales had its pick of many interested investors. It’s also now mulling an IPO.

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Appcelerator Lands $15 Million in New Funding

in News on November 1, 2011 at 12:01 am PT

Mobile software development firm Appcelerator is announcing on Tuesday that it has raised $15 million in a third round of funding led by Mayfield Fund, Translink Capital, and Red Hat. Existing investors eBay Inc., Sierra Ventures, and Storm Ventures also took part.

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Mayfield Adds Tim Chang to the Roster

in News on September 6, 2011 at 2:47 pm PT

The official announcement won’t come till the morning, but Tim Chang is the newest managing director at Mayfield Fund, where he’ll focus on the mobile, gaming and digital media sectors, as well as co-lead Mayfield’s investment practice in China. Chang most recently was with Norwest Venture Partners, where he had similar purview.

Peter Levine, Veritas Veteran and Data Center Guru, Joins Andreessen-Horowitz

in Enterprise on March 21, 2011 at 12:32 pm PT

Levine is joining AH as general partner, and brings expertise and connections to deals it would otherwise miss. Case in point: AH has invested in a stealth startup called Bromium.

Another Way VCs Are Cashing Out Beyond IPOs and M&A

in News on November 4, 2009 at 1:15 pm PT

Motley Fool Holdings Inc. this week announced it raised $25 million in venture financing. Good for The Fool. But pulling back the curtain, there’s more than just a simple round of financing here. The deal points to creative ways in which venture firms are finding liquidity other than the standard acquisitions, IPOs and secondary sales.

Slip-Sliding Into a Fortune

in News on January 18, 2008 at 2:32 pm PT

It’s Bubble Time! As BoomTown broke the news in its post earlier today, Slide grabbed a big pile of cash from new investors–$50 million from Fidelity and T. Rowe Price–which puts the value of the company at $550 million. In our post, we said the San Francisco start-up, whose widgets are among the most popular [...]

Slide Gets Big Funding?

in News on January 18, 2008 at 12:03 am PT

Call it the Facebook Funding Effect. I am still collecting details, but Slide–the San Francisco start-up whose widgets are among the most popular on Facebook and MySpace–is completing a round of funding that could value it at many times a multiple of its most recent $60 million to $80 million valuation.