Redpoint Ventures, the venture-capital firm behind digital-video recording company TiVo and vacation-rental company HomeAway, is raising a $400 million fund, according to a person familiar with the matter.

thredUP.com, an online children’s clothing platform, has secured a $14.5 million Series C financing led by Highland Capital Partners. Existing investors Trinity Ventures and Redpoint Ventures also participated.

Newly launched venture capital fund Redpoint e.ventures announced its first deal in Brazil, having funded the Series A round of Minuto Seguros, an online insurance broker. The amount of the round was undisclosed, but it was believed to be less than $5 million.

Bluefin Labs, a social TV analytics company, has appointed ex-Razorfish CEO JP Maheu as its CEO. Maheu will work alongside Bluefin Labs co-founder Deb Roy, who will remain as chairman. In January, Bluefin Labs raised $12 million in a Series B round led by Time Warner Investments with participation from SoftBank Capital, Redpoint Ventures and [...]

Cambridge, Mass.-based Jumptap, a startup focused on mobile advertising has appointed Frank Weishaupt as chief operating officer. The company recently raised $27.5 million in venture financing. Existing investors included General Catalyst Partners, Redpoint Ventures, Summerhill Ventures, Valhalla Partners, and WPP. New investor Keating Capital also participated in the round. PRESS RELEASE On the heels of [...]

Redpoint Ventures, in partnership with e.ventures, have raised a $130 million fund from LPs to invest in early stage tech companies in Brazil. The fund is the first new fund raised by e.ventures, formerly known as BV Capital, since it announced its rebranding just over a week ago. Redpoint e.ventures will be led by Yann de [...]

The Preqin study, released today, found that the quarterly deal flow varied over the 10-quarter period from about 60 to almost 100, with a spike of dollars allocated in the first quarter of 2011, when Facebook raised $1.5 billion and Zynga brought in $485 million.

London based Just-Eat has closed a financing round of $64 million led by funds managed by European private equity firm Vitruvian Partners with Index Ventures, Greylock Partners and Redpoint Ventures also participating. The investment marks the company’s third and largest funding round in less than two years. PRESS RELEASE London based Just-Eat, the world’s largest [...]

Just six Brazilian tech startups landed venture capital investments in 2009, but that number grew to 17 in 2010 and to 45 last year, according to Diogo Gomes, an online entrepreneur and blogger based in Brazil.

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 [...]