Posted on: March 29, 2013 by Mark Boslet
Cendana Capital announced the final close of a pair of seed-based fund of funds on Friday. The institutional seed investor now has raised $88.2 million and taken a position with nine investment partnerships. The final close announced Friday in a document filed with Securities and Exchange Commission was on $28.2 million raised by Cendana Capital L.P.
Tags: Accelerator Ventures, Cendana Capital, Forerunner Ventures, Founder Collective, Freestyle Capital, IA Ventures, K9 Ventures, Lerer Ventures, PivotNorth Capital, SoftTech VC
Posted on: March 19, 2013 by Connie Loizos
Sample6 Technologies, a Boston-based developer of a so-called bacterial monitoring platform, has appointed Tim Curran as CEO. Curran was previously CEO of Vela Systems, which sold to Autodesk last year; he was also CEO of Eleven Technologies, acquired by Trimble Navigation in 2006. Sample6 is backed by Flybridge Capital Partners, Chevron Tech Ventures, The Kraft Group, Founder Collective and Boston University, among others.
Tags: Boston University, Chevron Tech Ventures, Flybridge Capital Partners, Founder Collective, Sample6 Technologies, The Kraft Group, Tim Curran
Posted on: February 28, 2013 by asormani
Getable has closed a second financing, totaling $1.8 million. This brings total funding for the company to $3.2 million. Investors include Andreessen Horowitz, Founder Collective, Promus Ventures and Chris Sacca of Lowercase Capital.
Tags: Andreessen Horowitz, Founder Collective, Lowercase Capital, Promus Ventures
Posted on: February 13, 2013 by asormani
Infinio (formerly known as SilverLining Systems) has closed a $10 million Series A investment from Highland Capital Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners, bringing total funding to date to $12 million. The firms join earlier investors Lightspeed Venture Partners, Cambridge’s Founder Collective, the NYC Seed Fund, and a group of angel investors. As part of the financing, Highland’s Sean Dalton and Bessemer’s Felda Hardymon have joined the company’s board of directors.
Tags: Bessemer Venture Partners, Founder Collective, Highland Capital Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners
Posted on: January 22, 2013 by Mark Boslet
Blue Box said it added to its Series A funding, bringing the round to a total of more than $4.3 million. The company in October announced a first closing on $3.5 million in a deal led by Voyager Capital. Founder Collective led the secondary closing.
Tags: Blue Box, Founder Collective, Voyager Capital
Posted on: December 4, 2012 by asormani
Harvest Automation, a company developing practical robots for the agriculture industry, has appointed John Kawola as CEO. Current CEO Charles Grinnell will assume the role of COO. Backed by Entrée Capital, Founder Collective, Life Sciences Partners, Cultivian Ventures, and Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation, Harvest Automation is headquartered outside of Boston, Mass.
Tags: Cultivian Ventures, Entrée Capital, Founder Collective, Life Sciences Partners
Posted on: November 19, 2012 by Connie Loizos
Though the cat was basically out of the bag by Saturday, the news is now official: Andreessen Horowitz, the firm founded in 2009 by Ben Horowitz and Marc Andreessen, has hired Chris Dixon as its newest partner. In a twist, though, the New York entrepreneur and investor is moving to California.
Tags: Andreessen Horowitz, Chris Dixon, Founder Collective, Hunch, Marc Andreessen
Posted on: November 1, 2012 by Connie Loizos
Bill Trenchard has joined the early-stage venture capital firm First Round Capital as a partner. Trenchard, who informally joined First Round in June, was previously investing on behalf of the early-stage, entrepreneur-led venture capital fund Founder Collective. Before becoming an investor, Trenchard was a founder at CallCast (which was later merged to form LiveOps) and Jump Networks (acquired by Microsoft).
Tags: Bill Trenchard, First Round Capital, Founder Collective, LiveOps
Posted on: October 4, 2012 by asormani
Online family history resource Ancestry.com has acquired San Francisco-based startup 1000memories. Founded in 2010, 1000memories makes it easy to digitize and share photos and stories from the past. The business was funded by angel and institutional investors, including Greylock Partners, Y Combinator, SV Angel, Founder Collective, and Lowercase Capital.
Tags: Founder Collective, Greylock Partners, Lowercase Capital, SV Angel, Y Combinator
Posted on: March 6, 2012 by asormani
Burstly has acquired TestFlight and the start-ups are joining forces to launch TestFlight Live. TestFlight Live is a real-time dashboard that highlights actions and revenue for iOS apps. Burstly’s backers include SoftBank Capital, Founder Collective, Rincon Venture Partners and GRP Partners. PRESS RELEASE We are excited to announce that Burstly has acquired TestFlight, and we [...]
Tags: Founder Collective, GRP Partners, Rincon Venture Partners, Softbank Capital