Fresh off its acquisitions of Travelocity for $280 million and Orbitz for $1.6 billion, Expedia this morning announced plans to make a $270 million minority investment in Decolar.com, the Latin American online… Read More
DALLAS — They say knowledge is power, and that couldn’t be more true for entrepreneurs looking to raise their first significant financing round. Lee Blaylock, a former Oracle exec and… Read More
Investing in the stock market can be a daunting proposition: everyone knows you need a diversified portfolio, but how do you get one without turning to an investment banker? Acorns,… Read More
Amazon’s share price dropped more than three percent Monday morning, following the company’s announcement that it plans to offer an unspecified number senior unsecured notes – a form of debt… Read More
Highspot, the marketing engagement startup founded by former Microsoft execs, has landed a $9.6 million Series A round of funding. The round was led by Seattle’s Madrona Venture Group. Highspot… Read More
Box, the cloud storage company founded by two Mercer Island High School grads, will probably postpone its initial public offering until next year, Bloomberg reported today. According to the report, the… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO – When it comes to making startup investments, it seems like Mark Cuban is everywhere. In addition to owning the Dallas Mavericks, Cuban is involved with a number of… Read More
Amazon has made a rare investment in Acquia, a Burlington, Mass.-based digital marketing company that operates on Amazon’s cloud services. The undisclosed investment piggybacks on a $50 million round closed… Read More
Amazon has invested in a Shanghai-based food delivery service Yummy77. An Amazon spokesman confirmed the investment to GeekWire today. TechNode was the first the deal based on details posted to Weibo. The investment… Read More
Foursquare is getting a $15 million investment from Microsoft to kick off a strategic partnership between the two companies, according to the Wall Street Journal. The agreement will give Microsoft… Read More
It was a solid year for venture capital investing in Oregon and Washington as investors pumped a total of $1.18 billion into 208 deals, according to data compiled by PitchBook. That… Read More
Andreessen Horowitz is leading a $6 million investment in Local Motion, a Burlingame, Calif., startup whose technology can be installed in cars and used in conjunction with an online service… Read More
Venture Capital funding took a turn for the worse during the second quarter as deals and dollars slipped on a national basis, even as the IPO market picked up a… Read More