Articles about Venture capital – Page 51 of 70

Portland’s CPUsage raises $925K for high performance cloud computing platform

There’s no doubt that cloud computing has made life easier for thousands of businesses around the world. But sometimes setting… Read More

Cisco buys Ignition-backed flash storage startup Whiptail for $415M

Cisco today paid $415 million to acquire New Jersey-based Whiptail, an all-flash enterprise class storage startup bankrolled in part by… Read More

Versium raises $2.5M to help marketers crunch data that predicts customer behavior

Businesses today want to know as much as they can about their customers in order to better serve them. Often… Read More

Brandlive reels in $1.6M to help Internet retailers stream live video with shoppers

Portland-based Brandlive, a video social commerce platform designed to help make the retailer-customer relationship more personal, today announced a completion of a… Read More

A dozen things I’ve learned from Bill Gurley about investing and business

Editor’s note: Tren Griffin has created a list of a dozen things he’s learned from Silicon Valley venture capitalist Bill… Read More

Front Desk reels in $1M to help business owners manage scheduling, admin

Front Desk, the Seattle startup that helps businesses manage scheduling and other administrative tasks, has raised an additional $1 million… Read More

Hey, startups: Pretty soon you’ll be able to talk about your fundraising efforts

The world changes for startups on September 23. How? On that date, thanks to the JOBS Act, it will become… Read More

Gratafy expands to L.A., raises $2.5M to help you send gifts to Facebook friends

Social gifting platform Gratafy was already helping its users in Seattle send specific food and drinks from local restaurants, bars and nightlife… Read More

Tagboard raises $2M to curate hashtags for brands

It’s been nearly 11 months since we first heard about Tagboard, the Redmond startup that curates social media content for… Read More

Optimum scores cash to intelligently reduce energy use in buildings

Optimum Energy is heating up with additional cash from one of the country’s largest utilities. Edison Energy, a subsidiary of… Read More

Seattle entrepreneur starts petition asking Steve Ballmer to create $500M startup fund

What’s Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer going to do next? That’s a question that folks around Seattle are wondering after the… Read More

Uh, oh! Down rounds on the rise

Things appear to be humming in the venture capital world. Returns are improving (though in many instances they are still… Read More

After adding more than 600 customers, Portland’s Jama lands $13M in first VC round

Portland-based Jama Software has reeled in $13 million in fresh funding, money that the enterprise software company plans to use… Read More

Lively raises $500,000, looks to connect music fans with high-quality concert bootlegs

Like many recording artists before it, a Seattle-born mobile app that allows music fans to download live recordings from artists… Read More

The next Silicon Valley? These charts show how far other regions have to go

There’s really only one Silicon Valley, and it’s unlikely that any region will supplant this epicenter of technology, innovation and… Read More

Business analytics startup Lytics raises cash

Portland big data startup Lytics has scored $2.2 million in funding from Rembrandt Venture Partners and Voyager Capital, money that the… Read More

BuildersCloud raises $1.1M from super angels Dave McClure, Rudy Gadre, others

BuildersCloud, a Bellevue company that helps construction companies share files and mobile collaboration for construction professionals, has raised $1.1 million… Read More

Mobile commerce upstart Conductiv raises cash to help retailers battle Amazon

Conductiv, a Bothell mobile commerce startup which boldly says that it is setting out to “change the face of retail,”… Read More

Chirpify raises $4M to move social media transaction technology to live events, TV

It’s been just over a year since Chirpify raised its first round of cash and it has been flying high… Read More

Exo Labs reels in $1.25M to build iPad-enabled microscope cameras

Exo Labs, the Seattle startup that developed a microscope camera that can link to your iPad, just raised another $1.25 million… Read More

VC returns are improving, but they still aren’t beating the public markets in many instances

Here’s the good news: Venture capital returns are on the rebound across many time horizons. Now, here’s the bad news. You’d… Read More

Dog sitting service Rover.com laps up $3.5M in deal with pet care powerhouse Petco

With more than 1,200 retail stores nationwide, Petco is the top dog in pet care. So, when the big box… Read More

Veterans of F5 Networks raise $1.85M for stealthy Union Bay

Union Bay Networks, a stealthy Seattle startup led by several former employees of F5 Networks, has scored $1.85 million in… Read More

Top venture capitalist Bill Gurley of Benchmark added to the GeekWire Summit lineup

We’re extremely excited to announce today that Silicon Valley venture capitalist Bill Gurley will be joining us as a keynote… Read More

Yapta takes flight with $4.2M for airfare price tracking

Seattle online travel startup Yapta has reeled in $4.2 million in fresh funding, with an option to raise an additional… Read More

Big data startup Minetta Brook scores $2M to analyze stock news

Minetta Brook, a big data startup led by Deepak “DB” Bharadwaj and Prabhu Venkatesh, has raised $2 million in seed funding to… Read More

This startup just scored $6.5M to transform the way you pay your restaurant bill

A Seattle area startup is looking to shake up the way we pay for our restaurant bills, tossing out the… Read More

Unexpected outcome: Control4 IPO could provide nice return for dormant Seattle VC firm

Frazier Technology Ventures announced four years ago that it would no longer make new investments, and initiate the slow process… Read More

Ignition bolsters Silicon Valley team with Rachel Chalmers hire

Ignition Partners is strengthening its team in Silicon Valley, adding Rachel Chalmers as a principal. Chalmers most recently served as… Read More

VC report: First-time financings on the rise and software leads the way

Venture capitalists are putting more cash to work in early-stage companies, boosting the dollars and deals in the category. That’s… Read More