by joanna
Posted on: January 24, 2012 by joanna1 Comment »
The market for venture-backed IPOs has been pretty dead so far this year. But based on new filing activity, it looks like there’s some optimism things will improve. At least six venture-backed companies have filed to go public since the start of the year, in sectors ranging from enterprise software to semiconductors to car rentals. [...]
Posted on: April 5, 2010 by Connie Loizos2 Comments »
Unvarnished, a new site that invites people to “review” work colleagues, has raised $500,000 in VC funding, according to an email sent out by founder Peter Kazanjy.
The San Francisco startup was looking to raise closer to $1 million, according to sources. Judging by the buzz that has surrounded Unvarnished since its debut last week, it may get there soon.
While some employment attorneys at Wilson Sonsini seem baffled by the site — telling the L.A. Times last week that it’s a “litigation nightmare” that begs the question “Who can I sue?” — some venture capitalists and angel investors appear ready to gamble on the company as a back way into LinkedIn’s market space.
Yahoo’s $1.1 billion planned purchase of blogging site Tumblr is the largest exit of a pre-public venture-backed New York-based company
Author : mboslet
The surging popularity of bitcoin has some brand-name venture capitalists investing real money in the controversial virtual currency. Just since
Author : laragon
It’s that time of the year when every VC (or, well, most VCs) secretly pulls up Forbes’ Midas list and,
Author : mahendra
Aspen Aerogels, Inc. said it raised $22.5 million in a convertible note financing and has decided not to pursue an
Author : mboslet
Venture-backed IPO activity has been sluggish so far this year, but there are signs this could change. Two recent issues,
Author : mboslet
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