Alastair Goldfisher
San Francisco-based startup ClassDojo has launched out of beta an announced it has raised $1.6 million in seed funding. The company, which says it already has 3.5 million teacher and student members on its site, helps teachers manage student behavior using game mechanics. Investors include Paul Graham of Y Combinator, Ron Conway of SV Angel, […]
Celebrity-backed FabKids launched today and announced it raised $2.6 million in a Series A round led by Hillsven Capital and individual investors, including Brian and Lisa Sugar of the women’s networking site Sugar Inc. Actress Christina Applegate, who carries the title Creative Partner, also has an equity stake in the company. FabKids, a subscription shopping […]
Manu Kumar of K9 Ventures announced in mid-July that he raised $40 million for his second microVC fund. The commitments raised are more than six times the $6.25 million that the entrepreneur-turned-investor raised for his first fund in 2009, which has seen such exits as CardMunch and Cardio. The timing of the second fund couldn’t […]
Longtime software entrepreneur Joseph Ansanelli has joined Greylock Partners as a partner focused on enterprise, security, storage and emerging mobile applications. Ansanelli tells peHUB that he’s seeing tons of innovation in the mobile app space, including more enterprise-related apps, such as expense management and sales forecasting. The BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) phenomenon is about […]
Ticketfly, a San Francisco-based operator of a Web-based ticketing and social marketing platform, has raised $22 million in Series C funding. SAP Ventures led the round, which includes Northgate Capital, Cross Creek Capital and Mohr Davidow Ventures (MDV). Ticketfly has now raised $37 million in total funding, including a $12 million Series B round in June […]
This morning, Vancouver-based Boris Wertz announced on his blog the launch of Version One Ventures and that he’s raised $15 million for the microVC fund. The fund–which last week took part in the Series A funding of Top Hat Monocle–will invest $250,000 to $500,000 in seed and Series A deals for consumer Internet, ecommerce, SaaS […]
Redpoint Ventures, in partnership with e.ventures, have raised a $130 million fund from LPs to invest in early stage tech companies in Brazil. The fund is the first new fund raised by e.ventures, formerly known as BV Capital, since it announced its rebranding just over a week ago. Redpoint e.ventures will be led by Yann de […]
San Francisco-based AppDirect, which helps users manage their cloud-based software and services, has raised $8.5 million in Series A funding from existing investors iNovia Capital and Stingray Digital. The firms invested $3.25 million in seed stage funding in May 2011, bringing the company’s total capital raised to $11.75 million. AppDirect says it will use the latest […]
Top Hat Monocle has raised $8 million in Series A funding in a round led by Emergence Capital Partners and iNovia Capital, along with SoftTech VC, Version One Ventures (the new fund of Boris Wertz) and Golden Venture Partners. The Toronto-based education company, which has an office in San Francisco, raised $1.5 million in seed stage […]
BV Capital announced it is combining its international early stage funds and relaunching itself as e.ventures. The firm will remain focused on investing in the United States, Europe, Russia, Asia and Brazil. The firm invests in Brazil in partnership with Redpoint Ventures. The firm, which was founded in 1997 with a $75 million commitment from […]