venture funding

Dropbox Lands $250 Million Funding Round (And Once Spurned Interest From Steve Jobs)

Arik Hesseldahl in News on October 18, 2011 at 9:53 am PT

Rare is the company that spurns the acquisitive interests of cash-rich Apple. Drew Houston, the founder of file-sharing start-up Dropbox, once did just that.

LightSquared Raises an Additional $265 Million

Ina Fried in Mobile on July 5, 2011 at 8:44 am PT

LightSquared, which aims to build a 4G cellular network to sell on a wholesale basis to other carriers, said on Monday that it has raised an additional $265 million from a combination of new and existing investors.

How Soon Might Google's Deal with Groupon Follow Amazonian Investment?

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 2, 2010 at 4:08 pm PT

Now that Amazon’s $175 million investment in social buying service LivingSocial has been confirmed, all eyes are turning to Google, as it nudges closer to completing a blockbuster deal with the category leader, Groupon.

Where Twitter Ranks in Venture Funding History

Scott Austin, Lead Editor, Venture Capital Dispatch, The Wall Street Journal in News on September 30, 2009 at 10:41 am PT

When it comes to hauling in venture capital, Twitter has vaulted into the ranks of some notorious losers–remember Webvan? In just two years, Twitter has raised roughly $155 million in venture capital, including $135 million this year. That’s a staggering sum for a revenue-less company that operates on the Web where capital-efficiency is underscored and technology costs are falling.