Venture Capital Archive
Archives for September 2015
“At a certain point, these businesses have each become living, breathing creatures, and to share a source of food is not the most productive,” Ben Lerer said.
The Twitter co-founder’s new company is now worth more than $400 million.
Institutional Venture Partners led the round. Celebs like Magic Johnson and John Legend also contributed funds.
Insurance shopping, e-sports and cyber security also raised significant money.
A Google-y startup with a novel approach to big data.
Things that dudes like + lots of video = an investable company.
Goldman Sachs and Leonardo DiCaprio are getting into garbage.
Ipsy had raised less than $3 million before this round.
Didi Kuaidi also closed a $3 billion funding round.
The Chinese ride-hailing service is trying to slow Uber down by fueling its competitors.
The deal from existing investors values the company at $1.2 billion.
Also, there’s another billion-dollar enterprise technology company.
Google’s old sales boss is getting the gang back together at SoftBank.
The deal values the Los Angeles-based startup at north of $100 million.
The deal values the security software firm at $3.5 billion.