Exclusive: Workday Picks Its Bankers for a Fall 2012 IPO

Having started a search for bankers in December, Workday has settled on four who will take it through the IPO process, starting with an S-1 filing expected in mid-July.
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Venture-Capital Firm NEA Raises $2.1 Billion

In the venture-capital industry’s most significant fundraising this year, New Enterprise Associates has closed on $2.08 billion for a fund that could grow in size to become one of the largest ever raised.

Eucalyptus, Creator of Roll-Your-Own Cloud Platform, Raises $30 Million

It used to be a big headache to move workloads between a public cloud provider like Amazon and a privately operated data center. It no longer has to be.
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SugarCRM Raises $33 Million in Round Led by NEA

The company that positions itself as an alternative to Salesforce.com saw its sales grow by 67 percent last year.
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Columbia J-School and Stanford Eng Nab $30M Joint Gift for Media Innovation From Helen Gurley Brown

Legendary former Cosmo Editor hands over a huge gift to spur new media on both coasts.
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Making Sure the Next Zuckerberg or Gates Stays Put at Harvard

Earlier today, Harvard University and New Enterprise Associates announced the Experiment Fund, aimed at making sure that future entrepreneurs can stay on campus and innovate without having to head West.
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Millennial Media Tries Cashing In on Mobile Ad Boom With IPO

It’s the first player in the small, rapidly growing mobile ad business to go public instead of selling to a bigger fish.
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Workday Is Looking for Bankers to Help It Go IPO in 2012

The wait begins for one of the most anticipated IPOs of 2012.
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Exclusive: Lot18 Closes Third Round in a Year, This Time for $30 Million

Accel Partners has led a $30 million round of capital in Lot18, an invitation-only site that started selling wine online just a year ago. The round is the company’s third in the past 12 months.
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Ex-Googlers Raise $5.8 Million to Help Retailers Track Foot Traffic

Euclid Elements is hoping to be the Google Analytics of the physical retail world.
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