Expedia’s spending spree continues with $270M investment in Latin American online travel company Decolar.com Fresh off its acquisitions of Travelocity for $280 million and Orbitz for $1.6 billion, Expedia this morning announced plans to… Read More
Startups 101: Here is advice for founders raising an early stage round DALLAS — They say knowledge is power, and that couldn’t be more true for entrepreneurs looking to raise their first… Read More
App of the Week: Acorns invests the spare change from your everyday purchases Investing in the stock market can be a daunting proposition: everyone knows you need a diversified portfolio, but how do… Read More
Amazon’s stock drops after Moody’s changes outlook to ‘negative’ Amazon’s share price dropped more than three percent Monday morning, following the company’s announcement that it plans to offer an… Read More
Sales engagement startup Highspot raises $9.6M in Series A funding Highspot, the marketing engagement startup founded by former Microsoft execs, has landed a $9.6 million Series A round of funding.… Read More
Box reportedly delaying IPO until next year due to market conditions Box, the cloud storage company founded by two Mercer Island High School grads, will probably postpone its initial public offering until… Read More
Here’s how to get Mark Cuban to fund your startup SAN FRANCISCO – When it comes to making startup investments, it seems like Mark Cuban is everywhere. In addition to owning… Read More
Amazon makes an undisclosed investment in cloud services company Acquia Amazon has made a rare investment in Acquia, a Burlington, Mass.-based digital marketing company that operates on Amazon’s cloud services.… Read More
Amazon confirms $20 million investment in China’s Yummy77 food delivery service Amazon has invested in a Shanghai-based food delivery service Yummy77. An Amazon spokesman confirmed the investment to GeekWire today. TechNode was the first… Read More
Microsoft invests $15 million in Foursquare, looks to boost location services Foursquare is getting a $15 million investment from Microsoft to kick off a strategic partnership between the two companies, according… Read More
Chart: Here’s where VCs invested in the Pacific NW It was a solid year for venture capital investing in Oregon and Washington as investors pumped a total of $1.18… Read More
Sinofsky’s first VC deal: Car-sharing tech startup Local Motion lands $6M Andreessen Horowitz is leading a $6 million investment in Local Motion, a Burlingame, Calif., startup whose technology can be installed… Read More
Volatility in VC land: Funding tumbles 14 percent in Q2 Venture Capital funding took a turn for the worse during the second quarter as deals and dollars slipped on a… Read More
