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Xeround Gets $9M
Northwest Innovation &bull Dec 14, 2011Xeround, a developer of cloud-based, MySQL database services, said today that it has raised $9M in a Series C found, which included local investors Ignition Partners and Trilogy Partnership. The firm--which had previously had its U.S. headquarters in Bellevue--also has… Full Story »
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Xeround raises $9M in Series C funds
Biz Journals &bull Dec 14, 2011
Xeround said Wednesday it has raised $9.3 million in Series C funds. The Mountain View-based company, with RD in Israel, specializes in cloud databases. The round was led by existing investors Menlo Park-based Benchmark CapitalBenchmark CapitalLatest from The Business JournalsApple… Full Story »
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Xeround Closes Series C
Private Equity Hub &bull Dec 14, 2011
Cloud database company Xeround, has closed $9 million in a Series C round of financing led by current investors including Benchmark Capital, Giza Venture Capital, Ignition Partners and Trilogy Partnership. The company is based in Mountain View, California with research… Full Story »
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Cloud Database Startup Xeround Raises $9.3M From Benchmark And Others
TechCrunch &bull Dec 14, 2011
Leena Rao currently works as a writer for TechCrunch. She recently finished graduate school at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, where she studied business journalism and videography. From 2004 to 2007, she helped lead Congresswoman Carloyn Maloneyas… Full Story »
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Red Robot Labs Buys Supermono
Private Equity Hub &bull Dec 9, 2011
Palo Alto, Calif.-based mobile gaming company Red Robot Labs has acquired British gaming company Supermono Studios . Terms of the acquisition were not released. Red Robot is backed by $8.5 million in Series A funding from investors including Benchmark Capital… Full Story »
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Uber's $32M Round to Take On Taxi Cartel
Alarm Clock &bull Dec 7, 2011
We see a lot of eye-browsed raised by Uber's $32M round led by Menlo Ventures, Jeff Bezos and Goldman Sachs who followed existing investor Benchmark Capital and angel investors. We have heard nothing but rave reviews from Uber's clients. Sure… Full Story »
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Bezos Backs Uber
Northwest Innovation &bull Dec 7, 2011Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon.com, has made an investment in Uber, the personalized private car service, via his investment arm today. Bezos Expeditions is one of the new investors in a $32M funding round for San Francisco-based Uber, which… Full Story »
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Yelp, Intermolecular, Hotel Tonight: Bay Area BizTech News by the Numbers
X-Conomy &bull Nov 21, 2011
According to the S-1, its largest shareholders are Bessemer Venture Partners (22.5 percent), Elevation Partners (22.4 percent), Benchmark Capital (16.2 percent), and Max Levchin, co-founder of PayPal (13.8 percent). Intermolecular's venture backers included CMEA Capital, Redpoint Ventures, and U.S. Venture… Full Story »
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Klip raises another $8 million for social, mobile video sharing app
GigaOm &bull Nov 18, 2011
It was just two months ago that Palo Alto-based startup Klip released a mobile app for shooting videos on your iPhone and sharing them with friends. At that point, Klip had raised $2 million in Series A funding from Matrix… Full Story »
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Video sharing app Klip bags $8M from Benchmark
Vator News &bull Nov 18, 2011Following on the heels of its $2 million Series A round earlier this year, mobile video sharing app Klip announced Friday that it has raised $8 million in a Series B round led by Benchmark Capital, with help from previous… Full Story »
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Benchmark Leads $8M Round In Mobile Video Sharing App Klip
TechCrunch &bull Nov 18, 2011
Leena Rao currently works as a writer for TechCrunch. She recently finished graduate school at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, where she studied business journalism and videography. From 2004 to 2007, she helped lead Congresswoman Carloyn Maloney's… Full Story »
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Yelp files for IPO, plans to raise $100M
Vator News &bull Nov 17, 2011The San Francisco-based social networking and review site for business says that it has generated $58.4 million in net revenue for the first nine months of 2011 and it booked a net loss of $7.6 million over the same time.… Full Story »
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Yelp's Employees Outside Of CEO Only Own 14 Percent Of The Company
Silicon Alley Insider &bull Nov 17, 2011
Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman, his investors and director Max Levchin own a collective 86 percent of the company - leaving only a small portion of ownership to its employees. The employee with the next largest share is chief operating officer… Full Story »
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Yelp Files For $100 Million IPO
TechCrunch &bull Nov 17, 2011
Alexia Tsotsis currently works for TechCrunch as a writer. She is also a blogger who attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA. She majored in Writing and Art, moving to New York City shortly after graduation to… Full Story »
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Apple Adversary Zuora Raises $36 Million For Subscription Services
Paid Content &bull Nov 16, 2011
Big funding round for the digital content subscription and billing specialist Zuora: the company has raised $36 million in a Series D round that it will use to expand internationally and commercialize new products. Zuora, which was founded four years… Full Story »
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New Relic Raises $15M in Round Led by DAG Ventures and Four Rivers Group
Private Equity Hub &bull Nov 16, 2011
New Relic, which provides application performance management for the cloud and data centers, on Wednesday announced that it has raised $15 million in new funding. The expansion round was led by new investors DAG Ventures and Four Rivers Group, with… Full Story »
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New Relic secures $15M for cloud performance management
Vator News &bull Nov 16, 2011The cloud-based performance tool software, New Relic, has received $15 million in a Series D round of funding. The funding, announced on Wednesday, was led by new investors DAG Ventures and Four Rivers Group -- existing investors Allen & Company,… Full Story »
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Zuora gets $36M infusion for subscription billings
Vator News &bull Nov 16, 2011Subscription billing platform Zuoraannounced Wednesday that it has raised $36 million in a Series D round of funding led by Index Ventures, with help from Greylock Partners, Workday co-CEO Dave Duffield, and existing investors Benchmark Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Shasta Ventures,… Full Story »
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Minted gets $5.5M for designer stationary
Vator News &bull Nov 15, 2011There's something about cute stationary that I just can't resist. And I'm continually surprised at how much I'm willing to spend on novelty invitations and thank you cards. I just can't help myself But it's suburban yuppies like me (as… Full Story »
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Coverage Round-up: DropBox's $250M Round
Alarm Clock &bull Oct 18, 2011
Dropbox has raised a $250M round at a $4B valuation. The story has he media excited, in particular because of the side story that Steve Jobs and Apple tried to buy Dropbox for its iCloud but the startup passed on… Full Story »
