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High-Profile VCs Caught up in Bitcoin Mania

Posted on: May 17, 2013 by Lawrence J. Aragon3 Comments »

Just since April, notable firms such as Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, Google Ventures and Union Square Ventures have invested $9 million in three bitcoin-related companies: BitPay, CoinBase and OpenCoin.

Domo Closes $60m Series B Financing

Posted on: March 12, 2013 by asormaniNo Comments »

Domo, a new software-as-a-service venture launched by Omniture co-founder Josh James has raised $60 million in Series B financing. GGV Capital, Greylock Partners, Bezos Expeditions, the personal investment company of Jeff Bezos, Workday co-CEOs Aneel Bhusri and David Duffield, Founders Fund and Mercato Partners, amongst others, invested in this round.

Practice Fusion Buys Venture-Backed 100Plus

Posted on: February 27, 2013 by Alastair GoldfisherNo Comments »

Electronic medical records management company Practice Fusion has made its first acquisition, scooping up 100Plus for an undisclosed amount. 100Plus, which was launched in Practice Fusion’s health tech incubator in San Francisco, previously raised $1.25 million in seed-stage funding from Founders Fund (which is also a Practice Fusion investor), Greylock Discovery Fund, Felicis Ventures (another Practice Fusion investor) and the Band of Angels. 100Plus was co-founded by CEO Chris Hogg, a health care data analytics expert formerly with Gilead Sciences, who will join Practice Fusion’s data and product development group.

Ringadoc Secures Seed Funding

Posted on: January 30, 2013 by asormaniNo Comments »

Ringadoc has raised $1.2 million in seed funding, led by Founders Fund‘s FF Angel. Based in San Francisco, Ringadoc is on on-demand medicine service.

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VCs Move $30M into Leap Motion to Leapfrog Microsoft and Nintendo

Posted on: January 3, 2013 by joannaNo Comments »

Though motion sensing technology is often touted as the most promising underdeveloped frontier in human-computer interaction, just a handful of companies in the space have raised significant venture funding. Leap Motion, with a fresh $30 million in the bank, is the latest.

Medical Records Manager Practice Fusion Dials Up $34M Round

Posted on: June 28, 2012 by Alastair Goldfisher1 Comment »

Practice Fusion, which operates an electronic medical record platform for 150,000 medical providers, has raised a $34 million Series C round of funding led by Artis Ventures. Other investors in the round include Felicis Ventures, Band of Angels, Founders Fund, Morgenthaler Ventures and SV Angel. among other institutional and individual investors. The company says it has now raised $64 million in total funding since it was launched in 2007.

San Fran-based Cherry Spreads Suds with $4.5M Round

Posted on: April 17, 2012 by Jonathan MarinoNo Comments »

Shasta Ventures led a $4.5 million Series A round in San Francisco-based on-demand carwash startup Cherry, the company announced today. Founders Fund and a group of angel investors including Bill Lee and Shervin Pishevar joined prior investors David Sacks and Keith Rabois on the deal. The funds will be used to spread Cherry’s service to [...]

Jed Stremel and Other Angels Invest $2M in Practice Fusion

Posted on: January 11, 2012 by Alastair GoldfisherNo Comments »

San Francisco-based Practice Fusion, which provides Web-based electronic medical record management for physicians, has raised $2 million in funding from angel investors Jed Stremel (who formerly oversaw Facebook’s mobile strategy), Ali Partovi and Hadi Partovi. Practice Fusion has now raised more than $38 million in total funding since early 2009 from Founders Fund, Band of [...]

Week’s Top 10 Hub Posts Feature Powerful Women in PE, Zynga’s IPO and Big Biotech Deals

Posted on: December 9, 2011 by Lawrence J. AragonNo Comments »

Here are this week’s top 10 posts based on number of pageviews from peHUB’s regular readers. Hot topics included powerful women in private equity, details of Zynga’s upcoming IPO and the biggest biotech deals of Q4 so far.

1. Slideshow: Five Powerful Women In Private Equityby Bernard Vaughan
2. Zynga’s IPO By The Numbers And A Look At Its Three Classes Of Stock: Slideshowby Mark Boslet
3. Slideshow: Where the Biotech & Device Investors Are–Q4 Editionby Jonathan Marino
4. Founders Fund on Monday Meetings, Patience, and That New $625 Million Fundby Connie Loizos
5. Wanted: Private Equity High-Flyers in Growth Areasby Reuters
6. Slideshow: A Selection of Euro Buyout Fund Terms and Conditionsby Angela Sormani
7. Eight Steps To Mastering Small Company Acquisitionsby Ben Smith
8. The Uniforms of Silicon Valley, a Slideshow (subscribers only) – by Connie Loizos
9. Quien Es Mas Macho? A Slideshow of the Top 5 U.S. PE Funds this Year (subscribers only) – by Luisa Beltran
10. Moody’s: Most Bubble-era LBOs Struggle, while Dollar General, HCA Shineby Luisa Beltran

New! Top 10 Hub Posts Shared by VC and PE Tweeters This Week

Posted on: December 8, 2011 by Lawrence J. AragonNo Comments »

We’ve got a new feature that we think you’ll find compelling. It’s a list of the 10 most-shared peHUB stories for the week, as judged by Tweetminster. We’ve been using Tweetminster since July to bring you interesting links from around the Web. The service uses an algorithm to identify the most influential tweeters in venture capital and private equity, then tracks the links those people are sharing.

1. Question of the Week: Does Zuck Do Enough to Protect Your Privacy?by Luisa Beltran
2. Electric Car Startup Aptera Shuts Down, Idealab Takes Hit of More than $20MReuters
3. Founders Fund on Monday Meetings, Patience, and That New $625 Million Fundby Connie Loizos
4. Slideshow: Maine Reveals Bite Taken By Fees, Expensesby David Toll
5. Zynga Rival Nexon Prices IPOby Reuters
6. Facebook Said to Acquire Gowalla as Internal Hiring Expandsby Reuters
7. VCJ Cover Story: The Rise of the Celeb Investorsby Tom Stein
8. Eight Steps To Mastering Small Company Acquisitionsby Ben Smith
9. Tony Roma’s Still Up For Sale, while Krystal Co. Auction in Second Stageby Luisa Beltran
10. VC Takes Off in Brazil, But First, a Giant Leap of Faithby Connie Loizos