Articles about Venture capital – Page 59 of 70

Ignition reportedly on the prowl to raise $250 million early-stage fund

This must be the year for Seattle area venture capital firms to hit the fundraising trail. Madrona Venture Group has… Read More

Renewable fuel startup spins out from Targeted Growth with investment from Avista

Matrix Genetics has received an undisclosed investment from Avista Development, the venture capital arm of Spokane utility Avista Corp. The… Read More

Dave McClure is ripping VCs again: They’re f*ing arrogant and stupid aholes

Dave McClure is not your typical venture capitalist. He wears T-shirts and flip flops, and cusses like a sailor. The term… Read More

Madrona’s returns from the dot-com bust still shine

The late 1990s were tough times for many VC firms, which overextended themselves into money-losing (and often pointless) dot-com startups that… Read More

Bing Fund opens doors for Buddy Platform and Pinion Tech

Microsoft surprised us last month when word spread of its Bing Fund, a new angel investment fund and startup incubator… Read More

Later-stage VC valuations on the rise, and so are ‘up rounds’

We’ve certainly seen an uptick in venture capital activity in recent months, with $312 million invested in Washington state startups… Read More

Best of Startup Day: Sunny Gupta’s lessons on raising venture capital

We’re continuing our build-up to GeekWire Startup Day — taking place Sept. 22 at Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue— with videos from… Read More

Google Ventures joins in DocuSign’s huge $55.7 million venture financing round

DocuSign has closed out its whopping series D financing round at $55.7 million, including new participation from Google Ventures. We… Read More

EnergySavvy scoops up $3M, plans to expand Seattle team

EnergySavvy, a Seattle startup that helps home owners track energy use, has landed $3 million in new funding in a… Read More

Stealthy online game company Motiga scores $5.1 million

Motiga, a stealthy Bellevue game developer led by former Trion Worlds Chief Stategy Officer Chris Chung, has raised $5.1 million.… Read More

Fast-growing storage upstart Box unpacks $125 million in funding

Box, the file sharing and data storage startup founded seven years ago by Mercer Island High School grads Aaron Levie… Read More

Chart: VC returns on the mend

Earlier this year, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation issued a blistering report which said, among other things, that the majority of venture… Read More

Adapx lands $3M, names retired U.S. Army general to board

Adapx has landed $3 million in additional funding and named former retired U.S. Army Vice Chief of Staff Peter W. Chiarelli to its… Read More

Super angel Boris Wertz launches $15M VC fund Version One Ventures

We’ve heard the complaints loud and clear that the Pacific Northwest simply needs more money flowing into early-stage startups. Well,… Read More

VCs come knocking as Nextdoor lands $18.6 million

Nextdoor, a San Francisco startup that operates social networks for more than 3,500 neighborhoods across the country, has raised $18.6… Read More

SAP arrives in Seattle, looking for hot analytics startups

SAP, the 40-year-old German enterprise software company, is making a big push right now to engage with startup companies with… Read More

Jawfish Games snags cash from Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, opens new Seattle HQ

Jawfish Games has snapped up $2.6 million, money that the fast-growing 7-month-old company will use to continue developing its online gaming… Read More

Tech Moves: Maveron adds venture partner; Doug Aley joins Zulily; etc.

Maveron, the Seattle venture capital firm led by former investment banker Dan Levitan and Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, has named… Read More

VCs pump $2.1 billion into early-stage startups, biggest haul in more than a decade

Venture capitalists are pumping more money into early-stage companies. And that, say some industry watchers, is very much a good… Read More

Tech Moves: Andy Sack passes torch at Lighter Capital; OUYA’s new hire

Andy Sack is stepping aside as CEO of Lighter Capital, the Seattle investment firm that provides revenue-based loans to companies… Read More

Daily deal site Totsy reels in $18.5M as rivalry with Zulily heats up

Call it the battle over the baby brands. New York’s Totsy is turning up the heat on its Seattle rival… Read More

Optify lands more cash to boost marketing software tools

Optify has raised $2 million in additional financing from existing investors, money that comes in just a few weeks after… Read More

Venture capital more than doubles in Washington state

We had a feeling that it was going to be a blockbuster quarter on the venture capital front in Washington… Read More

Beyond online advertising into knowledge monetization

Each year, investors sink $2 million in U.S. Internet companies per every million dollars of total online advertising addressable opportunity:… Read More

Northwest Energy Angels funding of cleantech clears $1M for 2012

Cleantech funding appears to be alive and well in the earth-friendly Pacific Northwest. The cleantech investment organization Northwest Energy Angels,… Read More

E-signature company DocuSign raises $47.5 million, names Mary Meeker to board

DocuSign, the maker of electronic signature technology, has raised $47.5 million in equity financing, according to a SEC filing released… Read More

Cloudability raises $8.7M to ID spikes in cloud spending

The Foundry Group has led an $8.7 million series A financing round in Cloudability, a Portland upstart that helps companies… Read More

Healthcare marketing upstart Appature lands $6.1 million from Madrona and Ignition

Appature has been undergoing what CEO Kabir Shahani describes as a “pretty dramatic growth curve” in the past year, growing… Read More

Chinese game publisher Forgame raises cash from Ignition, TA and others

Forgame Tech, a Chinese developer of more than two dozen online games, including Ming Dynasty, Soul Guardians and Legend of… Read More

Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S.

We’ve seen a flurry of activity in recent weeks among Seattle area venture capital firms, led by Madrona Venture Group… Read More