Posted on: May 17, 2013 by Lawrence J. Aragon
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.
Tags: Adam Draper, Andreessen Horowitz, bitcoin, BitPay, Coinbase, Department of Homeland Security, Founders Fund, Google Ventures, Mt. Gox, OpenCoin, Union Square Ventures
Posted on: May 13, 2013 by Connie Loizos
Work Market has raised $10 million in a round led by Softbank Capital and joined by existing backers Spark Capital and Union Square Ventures.
Tags: Softbank Capital, Spark Capital, Union Square Ventures, Work Market
Posted on: May 1, 2013 by reuters-news
Online payment network Dwolla has pulled in $16.5 million in a third funding round led by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, according to VentureBeat. Previous investors Village Ventures, Thrive Capital, and Union Square Ventures also contributed. Dwolla raised its $5 million Series B round in February 2012.
Tags: Andreessen Horowitz, Thrive Capital, Union Square Ventures, Village Ventures
Posted on: April 11, 2013 by reuters-news
(Reuters) – Foursquare has raised $41 million in debt financing from Silver Lake, Andreessen Horowitz, O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, Spark Capital, and Union Square Ventures, Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley wrote in a blog.
Tags: Andreessen Horowitz, Dennis Crowley, Foursquare, Fred Wilson, Silver Lake, Spark Capital, Union Square Ventures
Posted on: February 12, 2013 by Connie Loizos
The New York-based media marketing firm Simulmedia has raised another $5 million in funding from Time Warner Investments, Avalon Ventures, and Union Square Ventures, according to an SEC Filing. The investors have collectively invested roughly $32 million in Simulmedia since its 2009 founding.
Tags: Avalon Ventures, Simulmedia, Time Warner Investments, Union Square Ventures
Posted on: February 5, 2013 by Mark Boslet
Hailo said it raised $30.6 million in a deal led by Union Square Ventures. The taxi app network also said it added Tom Barr, former head of the coffee business at Starbucks, as its new president and COO USA. The company has now raised $50 million.
Tags: Hailo, Union Square Ventures
Posted on: February 5, 2013 by asormani
Taxi app network Hailo has secured a $30.6 million investment led by Union Square Ventures. Entrepreneur and Virgin Group founder Richard Branson and Japanese telco KDDI also invested in the latest financing.
Tags: Union Square Ventures
Posted on: December 26, 2012 by Venture Capital Journal
More U.S.-based VCs and acquirers came up to Canada in 2012, looking for good deal flow, rational valuations and inexpensive buys.
Tags: Accel Partners, Canada, Desire2Learn, Emergence Capital Partners, iNovia Capital, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, New Enterprise Associates, Real Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Top Hat Monocle, Union Square Ventures, Wattpad
Posted on: December 19, 2012 by Connie Loizos
In recent years, buttoned-down New York City has become an epicenter of open-collared consumer Web startups, with one hot brand after another drawing in users and venture capital in tandem. But the city that doesn’t sleep may have to work through the night reinventing itself if investors’ growing infatuation with all things enterprise goes unabated.
Tags: Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, Charlie O'Donnell, Erin Griffith, Fred Wilson, Greg Gretsch, IA Ventures, Roger Ehrenberg, Sigma West, Union Square Ventures
Posted on: November 5, 2012 by Jonathan Marino
Blogging platform Tumblr could soon take on new capital, adding to its valuation and arming it for its next phase of development as it courts advertisers for the first time.
Tags: Insight Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, Tumblr, Union Square Ventures