Contently raised $ 9 million this week in its second
round of venture capital funding.
Similarly, Box, which is led by Aaron Levie, Inc. magazine's 2014 Entrepreneur of the Year — is about to close a new
round of venture capital funding.
It also raised bucketloads of cash — in April 2014 it pulled together a $ 225 million
round of venture capital, bringing its total to $ 470 million and putting its «pre-money valuation» at $ 3 billion.
The challenge is that in order to land an initial and subsequent
rounds of venture capital investment, investors (particularly east coast VCs), want to see evidence of market traction in the form of product sales and revenue before they'll get behind an idea.
Raising funds through a strategic
round of venture capital and bringing on a board of advisors will help give you the resources to achieve your dreams.
Didi recently closed a $ 3 billion
round of venture capital funding, and it's valued at $ 15 billion, so it's well - equipped financially — in total, Didi Kuaidi has amassed a $ 4 billion war chest of venture capital funding.
Of the U.S. - based companies that received
a round of venture capital financing in 2010, only 6 percent had a female CEO, 7 percent had a female founder, and 10 percent had a female founder or CEO at some point, according to Dow Jones VentureSource.
If you never raise
another round of venture capital (a big if) and if your company is sold for the normal venture exit ($ 50 million on average for 200 or so annually that get sold) then what is your stake?
A new
round of venture capital funding has propelled Coinbase to a level unto itself.
The company passed a minor milestone today, announcing its separate Chinese subsidiary Uber China has closed a series B
round of venture capital funding.
Let's say the company was worth $ 1 million when I met them and I've helped them with both my Rolodex and my cash and they can now raise
a round of venture capital at a valuation of $ 6 million.
It is called convertible because it usually automatically converts to equity when you raise your professional
round of venture capital.
The purchase price for investors in this type of investment is set in the future when he would raise his first
round of venture capital money.
TravelPerk's second
round of venture capital funding has nearly tripled its first round.
The company, based in San Francisco, is close to completing the raising of a $ 2.1 billion
round of venture capital, according to people briefed on the company's plans, the company's single largest round to date.
If you opened the business section of the morning newspaper during the past year, you likely saw an article that highlighted the latest funding
round of another venture capital backed start - up.
If you are looking to raise the next
round of venture capital, do so on your own terms.
He raised three
rounds of venture capital, a great accomplishment for someone with no formal business training.
Lunch Actually Group has just announced it has raised a seven digit figure round, in its first significant
round of venture capital funding.
According to an article in techcircle.in, Magzter has received one
round of venture capital funding and is now looking for a second round, hoping to raise $ 10 - $ 15 million along with some international investors to boost its plans to go global.
Feedbooks raised a first round of capital with private investors in early 2010, and a first
round of venture capital in early 2012.
In any case, it looks like Amazon could have cracked the ebook subscription profitability conundrum that's put contenders such as Oyster out of business despite repeated
rounds of venture capital funding.
Having had raised
a round of venture capital financing, we knew we needed to significantly control and reduce our legal spend.
We advise technology and other emerging growth companies from formation through
rounds of venture capital or other private equity financing, initial public offering, sale or merger and beyond.
CLEVELAND, OH - March 21, 2005 - ComparisonMarket, Inc., which owns and operates Insurance.com, the largest online auto insurance agency in the United States, announced today that it has closed on a new
round of venture capital to support future growth initiatives, including local expansion of the Solon - based company «s call center, information technology and marketing staffs and the launch of a national cable television advertising campaign to promote Insurance.com «s services.
A year after raising $ 80 million in its first
round of venture capital, Canadian ed tech company Desire2Learn has made its third acquisition in nine months.
«If the Internet Research Agency were a start - up media company, they probably would not be picking up a fresh
round of venture capital.»
After raising $ 12 million in its first
round of venture capital funding, CryptoKitties will break away from its creator, Canadian blockchain startup Axiom...
Shanghai - based startup cryptocurrency exchange Binance, which recently hit its one - month long operating milestone has just announced the company has successfully completed its first
round of venture capital financing with millions of USD in investment.
Not exact matches
In August, Bill Gates, Richard Branson and a handful
of venture capital firms led a $ 17 million Series A
round of fundraising for Memphis Meat.
Investors in Bugcrowd's latest
round of funding have privately valued the company at $ 115 million, including the new funds raised, according to data provided by Pitchbook, a site that tracks
venture capital deals.
The new
round of fundraising, led by
venture capital firm Traingle Peak Partners, is worth $ 26 million.
But the school Wednesday got a hint
of validation to the tune
of $ 5.5 million in investment in a
round led by Cambridge - based
venture -
capital firm Charles River Ventures and New York City - based Matrix Partners.
They're already convincing investors — New Millennium just received close to $ 1 million in a
round of financing led by Toronto - based
venture capital fund Hedgewood Inc. — and a burgeoning array
of early adopters, including pioneering chefs, adventurous retailers and corporate partners that could soon include Google.
She took her concept to
venture capitalists and secured a total
of $ 10.4 million in two funding
rounds — the first, in 2013, led by Kirsten Green's Forerunner Ventures; the second, last year, led by Thrive
Capital and including Bonobos founder Andy Dunn.
At
venture capital firm First Round Capital's recent CEO Summit, Scott talked about how to make sure you're providing the right type of guidance to your team and being a goo
capital firm First
Round Capital's recent CEO Summit, Scott talked about how to make sure you're providing the right type of guidance to your team and being a goo
Capital's recent CEO Summit, Scott talked about how to make sure you're providing the right type
of guidance to your team and being a good boss.
It's been enough to attract the attention
of famed Silicon Valley
venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, which today led a $ 10 million Series A
round of investment in Gigster.
In August, Casper raised $ 13.1 million in a Series A
round of funding from Kevin Colleran, Slow Ventures, Vaizra Investments, Crosslink
Capital, Norwest
Venture Partners, Cendana
Capital, Silas
Capital, Consigliere Brand
Capital, SV Angel, A-Grade Investments, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, and New Enterprise Associates.
At Denver - based Inspirato, a critical part
of its latest $ 20 million funding
round, led by tech - savvy firms W
Capital Partners, Institutional
Venture Partners and Millennium Technology Value Partners, was its plan to open five «experience centers» in upscale U.S. malls.
We went through a seed / angel
round, five
venture capital rounds and three bank loans, and in doing so have gone through hundreds
of pitches to prospective investors.
Zenefits also zoomed to the top
of this year's list
of unicorns for 2015, thanks to a staggering $ 500 million Series C
venture capital round, which increased its value from $ 500 million in 2014 to $ 4.5 billion today.
That seed
round also included Steve Case's Rise
of the Rest fund, perhaps the best - known
venture capital firm focused on startups outside
of Silicon Valley.
The most recent
round of funding for fuboTV included Sky UK, a telecommunications company with 11 million United Kingdom customers as
of 2015; Scripps Networks Interactive, the parent company
of HGTV, Food Network, and Travel Channel; 21st Century Fox, whose stable
of entertainment properties includes the Big Ten Network, FOX Sports 1, FOX Sports Regional Networks, and the YES Network; and Northzone Ventures, a London - based
venture capital firm that mainly invests in early stage software and technology companies.
Female Founders Fund estimates that even before the very recent
venture capital slowdown, an entrepreneur's chances
of raising an A
round to follow a seed funding were only about 30 percent.
Run through the
venture capital firm First Round Capital, the Dorm Room Fund has teams of college entrepreneurs in New York, San Francisco, Philadelphia, and Boston that scout for other promising student - founded st
capital firm First
Round Capital, the Dorm Room Fund has teams of college entrepreneurs in New York, San Francisco, Philadelphia, and Boston that scout for other promising student - founded st
Capital, the Dorm Room Fund has teams
of college entrepreneurs in New York, San Francisco, Philadelphia, and Boston that scout for other promising student - founded startups.
In November 2012, the company raised a $ 1 million seed
round of funding from Expansion
Venture Capital, based in New York City.
Additionally, JetBlue Technology Ventures is investing alongside GGV and other
venture firms in a $ 36 million series C
round of funding for Gladly, bringing the company's total
capital raised to $ 63 million.
He recently wrapped up a new
round of funding with more than $ 10 million from Star Avenue
Capital, a joint
venture between CAA and Irving Place
Capital.
In April, VideoSurf raised $ 16 million in a
round of funding led by Israel's Pitango
Venture Capital.
The startup went on to raise a total
of $ 13.6 million from
venture capital firms in two
rounds of funding to support it growth.