Salesforce.com announced it has agreed to buy Toronto-based Rypple, a provider of human resources software-as-a-service. Rypple, which has raised $13 million in funding from Bridgescale Partners, Edgestone Capital Ventures and Extreme Venture Partners, including a $7 million Series B round last year. Individual investors of Rypple include Peter Thiel (an early Facebook investor) and Roger [...]

The venture industry is going through several transformations at once, so advice from experienced practitioners is worth the listen. That’s why I tuned in Tuesday morning as Hummer Winblad Venture Partners Managing Director Ann Winblad, Bridgescale Partners Managing Director Rob Chaplinsky and U.S. Venture Partners General Partner Paul Matteucci took the stage at the AlwaysOn [...]

Social gaming company Digital Chocolate Inc. has acquired casual gaming company Sandlot Games, the maker of mobile and web games like Super Granny and Cake Mania. Terms of the deal were not released. Digital Chocolate is backed by a slew of high-profile investors, including Bridgescale Partners, Sequoia Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sutter Hill Ventures.

Dallas-based men’s luxury brand J. Hilburn has closed on $5 million in new financing. Bridgescale Partners led the Series C round, with participation from existing shareholder Battery Ventures. The new money will help the company expand interactive technologies and product development, among other efforts. PRESS RELEASE J. Hilburn, the fastest-growing luxury men’s brand in the [...]

Online media company BuzzLogic, developer of a media index and analytics platform, has closed on $7.8 million in new financing from Bridgescale Partners, Adams Capital Management, and individual investor Bob Colman, among others. The company also secured debt financing from Bridge Bank. The money will help BuzzLogic introduce new advertising products, and double its sales and account management team. BuzzLogic has raised a total of $28 million to date.

As earlier reported by peHUB.com, Digital Chocolate Inc., the social games developer, successfully completed its fundraising process. The company reeled in $12 million in a Series D that was led by Intel Capital and included BridgeScale Partners. Intel Capital represents a new investor in the gaming company, while BridgeScale participated in a previous round.

Zynga’s not for everyone. There are plenty of VCs out there with less than a quarter-billion to gamble. Some of them will do well to look into Digital Chocolate, which is reaching out to new potential investors for its Series D fundraising, sources at multiple VC firms told peHUB.com.

Its’ A, B, and C rounds netted it in excess of $40 million (less than one-tenth of the haul Zynga already has raised, never mind its reported $250 million ongoing fundraising effort) and, should the company succeed in its ongoing attempts, it’s safe to say…

Bridgescale Partners is adding a fifth partner. The firm is announcing today that Canadian Derek Smyth is joining the as a managing director, yet another indication that the growth stage investor is making a push in Canada. Smyth (pictured) previously served as a partner at EdgeStone Capital Partners and serves on the boards of RedMere [...]

Bridgescale Partners, which is known more for its growth stage investments, is making some waves in Canada. The Menlo Park, Calif.-based firm, which has an office in Toronto, announced earlier today it led a $7 million Series A for Toronto-based Rypple, which develops HR software that makes it easier for employees and managers to share feedback [...]

Rypple, a Canadian social software firm, raised $7 million in a round led by Bridgescale Partners. Other investors included Edgestone Capital Ventures, Extreme Venture Partners, Peter Thiel, Seymour Schulich, Roger Martin and Joe Sigelman. The company has so far raised $13 million in funding. Howard Gwin, a Bridgescale partner, will join Rypple’s board of directors.