Call them the cream of the venture crop, the 472 high flying U.S.-based companies with valuations above $100 million and exciting businesses to justify them.

Loic Le Meur has always been a consumer tech guy. Seesmic, the company he founded, rose to recognition by helping users manage their various social media accounts like Facebook and Twitter. And Le Meur himself has been a high-profile fixture at various Web 2.0 and social media conferences, including LeWeb, which takes place next month. [...]

Evernote secured $20 million in a Series C investment round. New investor Sequoia Capital led the investment. Existing shareholders, including Morgenthaler Ventures, DOCOMO Capital and Troika Dialog, will also participate. Mountain View, Calif.-based Evernote plans to use the capital or product development and for expansion into new market segments. Sequoia Capital’s Partner, Roelof Botha will join Evernote’s board as an observer.

EverNote Corp., a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based provider of information capturing technologies, has raised $10 million in third-round funding. Morgenthaler Ventures led the deal, and was joined by return backers DoCoMo Capital and Troika Dialog.

EverNote Corp., a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based provider of information capturing technologies, has raised $2 million in additional second-round funding from DoCoMo Capital. The round now stands at $6.5 million, including a previously-announced investment from Troika Dialog of Russia.

EverNote Corp., a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based provider of information capturing technologies, has raised $4.5 million in second-round funding from Troika Dialog of Russia. It had previously raised $6 million. www.evernote.com