Consumer focused venture firm Maveron has promoted Jason Stoffer to partner. Stoffer joined the firm in 2007, and was previously a principal. Maveron has offices in San Francsico and Seattle.

Trupanion, a 12-year-old, Vancouver-based company that sells pet insurance, has raised $9 million, from the Highland Consumer Fund and Maveron, the Seattle-based venture capital firm. To date, Trupanion has raised $37.1 million, including from Maveron, the company’s first institutional investor. It entered the U.S. market in 2008, opening its U.S. office in Seattle. PRESS RELEASE: [...]

Andrew Trader was named a venture partner with Maveron. Trader, who is based in San Francisco, joined Maveron in 2010 as an Entrepreneur in Residence. He was previously a member of Zynga’s founding team.

peerTransfer was provided a $7.5 million round of financing from investors including Accel Partners, Maveron and Boston Seed Capital, which was led by VC Spark Capital. The investment is peerTransfer’s Series A round. Capital will be used by the global payment solutions for international education payments company for operational expansion.

KidZui, the developer of an Internet browser for kids, has launched its Zui.com search engine for kids aged 3 to 12 years old. The site is backed by $2 million in financing from Mission Ventures, Maveron, Emergence Capital and Scholastic Corp. The company sealed $1 million this spring, and grabbed $1 million last fall. KidZui is based in San Diego, Calif.

Gigi Hill Inc., a California-based maker of handbags and tote bags, has closed on $3 million in venture capital. Maveron led the Series A round, which included participation from Trinity Ventures and Maveron sector advisor Mark Vadon. Jason Stoffer and Clayton Lewis of Maveron will join the company’s board as a result of the financing. [...]

As if there isn’t already enough attention being paid to online shopping and daily deals sites, such as Groupon and LivingSocial. Stealth startup Decide.com announced Tuesday it raised another $6 million in a series B round led by Maveron and supported by Madrona Ventures Group and several angel investors. It also added to its string [...]

LivingSocial’s recent $400 million fundraising is causing some to wonder if there is a bubble in the daily deals sectors.

Ben Choi, a principal with Maveron, doesn’t think there is one when you are referring to market leaders Groupon or LivingSocial. “There is fundamental value in these businesses which have strong cash flow,” he said. Choi was speaking Wednesday at the first ever Daily Deal Summit in New York.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Groupon said on Thursday Starbucks Corp. Chief Executive Howard Schultz has joined its board of directors and that his venture capital firm has taken a stake in the daily deals website. Schultz’ firm, Maveron, previously invested in retailers such as zulily, which offers daily deals on clothing geared to mothers and [...]

There’s some been some notable news in the past few weeks concerning consumer-oriented VCs. First of all, Christine Herron announced last week that she has left First Round Capital after a two-year stint at the early stage firm to join the consumer Internet team at Intel Capital. From 2005 and 2007, Herron worked at Omidyar [...]