Posted on: May 8, 2013 by Mark Boslet
HealthTap said it raised $24 million of Series B financing in a deal led by Khosla Ventures and joined by existing investors Mayfield Fund and Mohr Davidow Ventures. Keith Rabois will join HealthTap’s board, and Vinod Khosla will join the board as an advisor.
Tags: HealthTap, Khosla Ventures, Mayfield Fund, Mohr Davidow Ventures
Posted on: April 15, 2013 by Alastair Goldfisher
Sagar Pushpala, a former operating partner with Khosla Ventures, was tapped to take over TSI Semiconductors as CEO. TSI was formerly known as Telefunken Semiconductors.
Tags: Khosla Ventures, TSI Semiconductors
Posted on: March 28, 2013 by asormani
This morning First Read brings you news to tide you over the Easter period including the latest on global IT spend; the stock market rebound; PE conflict in China and which are the most tax-friendly states for business.
Tags: Khosla Ventures
Posted on: March 25, 2013 by Connie Loizos
Debra Chrapaty has left her post as Zynga’s CIO to become the CEO of cloud-storage startup Nirvanix. But to get the company on track, the tech veteran may have to overcome morale issues first.
Tags: Debra Chrapaty, Intel Capital, Khosla Ventures, Nirvanix
Posted on: February 26, 2013 by Connie Loizos
Keith Rabois, a serial operating executive who most recently resigned as the chief operating officer of the payments company Square, has joined the venture firm Khosla Ventures as a partner. Before joining Square, Rabois spent numerous years at LinkedIn, first as a vice president, then as an executive VP of strategy and business development. Earlier in his career, Rabois, who has a law degree, was also an executive VP focused on public policy at PayPal. He also spent a year as an entrepreneur-in-residence at Clarium Capital, the hedge fund run by PayPal cofounder Peter Thiel.
Tags: Keith Rabois, Khosla Ventures, LinkedIn, Square
Posted on: February 25, 2013 by Kirk Falconer
Total Energy Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of French oil and gas producer Total SA, brought additional capital to a second closing of the US$37.3 million Series D financing of energy storage solutions provider LightSail Energy Inc. The deal’s first closing, which included Khosla Ventures, Bill Gates and Canadian venture capital firm Innovacorp, took place in late 2012. Founded in 2009, LightSail has its head office in Berkeley, California. The company operates in Canada through the Nova Scotia-based LightSail Canada Inc.
Tags: Bill Gates, innovacorp, Khosla Ventures, LightSail Canada Inc., LightSail Energy Inc., Total Energy Ventures
Posted on: February 8, 2013 by Mark Boslet
Big Switch Networks said that Intel Capital has joined the company’s Series B funding, bringing the total raised to date to over $45 million. Big Switch investors include Goldman Sachs, Index Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Redpoint Ventures. The company initially announced a Series B of $25 million in October with Redpoint leading the deal. It raised a Series A round of $14 million in 2011.
Tags: Big Switch Networks, Index Ventures, Intel Capital, Khosla Ventures, Redpoint Ventures
Posted on: January 30, 2013 by Luisa Beltran
DB Networks said Wednesday that it has raised $4.5 million in Series B fund led by Khosla Ventures. Shirish Sathaye, a Khosla general partner, has joined DB Networks board. San Diego-based DB Networks provides database security equipment.
Tags: DB Networks, Khosla Ventures
Posted on: January 16, 2013 by asormani
YuMe, a provider of digital brand advertising software and services, has acquired Crowd Science, an audience targeting technology company. YuMe is backed by Accel Partners, BV Capital, DAG Ventures, Intel Capital, Khosla Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Samsung Ventures, Translink Capital and WestSummit Capital.
Tags: Accel Partners, BV Capital, DAG Ventures, Intel Capital, Khosla Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Samsung Ventures, Translink Capital, WestSummit Capital
Posted on: January 15, 2013 by asormani
After four years at BOKU, Ron Hirson, co-founder and president, has accepted the opportunity to be an Entrepreneur in Residence at two venture firms, Khosla Ventures and Mayfield Fund. During his tenure at BOKU, Hirson ran multiple executive functions ranging from marketing to business development, and helped build the original BOKU product.
Tags: Khosla Ventures, Mayfield Fund