Mayfield Fund raised $365 million for its 14th fund, its third consecutive sub-$400 million fund. The fund, which reached its hard cap, was targeted at $300 million.

Gigya, the social infrastructure provider, has secured $15.3 million from investors including Mayfield Fund, Benchmark Capital, and DAG Ventures and strategic partners Adobe and Advance Publications. It was not specified which firm, if applicable, led the round. PRESS RELEASE: Gigya Raises $15.3 Million Investment after Delivering 3x Growth Leader in social infrastructure secures funding from [...]

Google will acquire Quickoffice a leader in office productivity solutions. Specifics of the deal were not publicized; Quickoffice backers include Shea Ventures, Shepherd Ventures, Access Industries, Mayfield Fund, and Advantage Capital Partners. GOOGLE ANNOUNCEMENT: We’re happy to announce that we have acquired Quickoffice, a leader in office productivity solutions. Today, consumers, businesses and schools use [...]

Just three months after taking the helm as CEO, Rodio led Redbeacon, an online platform that allows consumers to interact with local businesses and professionals, to an acquisition by The Home Depot.

Go to where the growth is. That might be the best advice an investor can get. These days, the growth is in places like China, Brazil and India. And the California Public Employees’ Retirement System seems poised to benefit through a pair of investments in 57 Stars funds of funds. CalPERS made the investments in [...]

The latest buzzword to take hold is gamification, and a panel of VCs anticipate more startups will incporate gamifications features.

BranchOut, a professional networking application on Facebook, has closed $25 million in Series C financing led by Mayfield Fund. Previous investors Accel, Norwest Venture Partners and Redpoint Ventures also participated in the round. This financing brings BranchOut’s total funding to $49 million. PRESS RELEASE BranchOut, the largest professional networking application on Facebook, has surpassed 25 [...]

Advertising technology company Adchemy has appointed Judy Madden, vice president of human resources and Alexander Castro, vice president of product strategy and management, to its management team. Adchemy is a Silicon Valley company backed by Accenture, August Capital, Mayfield Fund and Microsoft. PRESS RELEASE Adchemy, Inc., a leading advertising technology company, today announced the appointment [...]

Appcelerator, a Mountain View, Calif.-based mobile platform company, is acquiring Cocoafish, a so-called cloud service that lets developers build top network features into mobile apps without writing any server code. Terms of the deal aren’t being disclosed. Cocoafish, founded in late 2010, never disclosed any outside funding. Appcelerator, founded in late 2006, raised a $15 [...]

Just 17 months after they invested, Mayfield Fund and Venrock Associates have exited Redbeacon, an online home services site acquired by Home Depot for an undisclosed amount. Redbeacon announced the sale on its blog today. Mayfield, Venrock and an undisclosed venture firm invested $7.4 million in the company in August 2010, according to Thomson Reuters [...]