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Edmodo Raises $15 Million In Series B

Amit Chowdhry | December 12, 2011 | 323 views | Add a Comment
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Edmodo is an education social network for teachers and students K-12. The company has raised $15 million in Series B funding led by Greylock Partners and Benchmark Capital. Reid Hoffman (Greylock) and Matt Cohler (Benchmark) will be joining Edmodo’s board of directors as a result of this funding round.

Car Request Servicer Uber Raises $32 Million From Menlo Ventures, Benchmark, Goldman Sachs, and Jeff Bezos

Amit Chowdhry | December 7, 2011 | 319 views | Add a Comment
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Uber is a private car service company that has raised $32 million in Series B funding from Menlo Ventures, Goldman Sachs, and Jeff Bezos. Previous investor Benchmark Capital also participated in this round.

Yelp Files For $100 Million IPO

Amit Chowdhry | November 18, 2011 | 447 views | 1 Comment
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Yelp is a local business review website that has filed for a $100 million IPO. Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, and Jefferies are working as the lead underwriters. However the San Francisco based company has not selected an exchange to be traded on. Yelp is using multiple classes of shares for the public offering.

Minted Raises $5.5 Million In Series B Funding

Amit Chowdhry | November 15, 2011 | 313 views | Add a Comment
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Minted.com, an e-commerce service for stationery and cars, has raised $5.5 million in Series B funding in a round led by Benchmark Capital, IDG Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Marissa Mayer, and Jeremy Stoppelman. Minted connects independent graphic designers to consumers looking for prints such as holiday cards, notebooks, calendars, and wedding invitations. The designer makes a percentage of every sale of their design.

Social Learning Startup Grockit Raises $7 Million

Amit Chowdhry | October 17, 2011 | 381 views | Add a Comment
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Grockit is a social learning startup company that has raised $7 million in Series D. Current investor Atlas Ventures led the round. Existing investors Benchmark and Integral Capital also participated. New investors NewSchools Venture Fund and GSV Capital CEO Michael Moe participated in this round.

Game Streaming Company Gaikai Raises $30 Million In Third Round

Amit Chowdhry | July 24, 2011 | 510 views | Add a Comment
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Game streaming startup company Gaikai has raised $30 million in a third round of funding. Games are stored in the cloud and is delivered through high-speed Internet connections when on demand.

Domo Raises $33 Million In Series A

Amit Chowdhry | July 17, 2011 | 392 views | Add a Comment
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Domo is a software-as-a-service company that has raised $33 million in series A funding from Benchmark Capital. The company has raised a total of $43 million. Domo was founded by Josh James, who also founded and served as the CEO of Omniture.

CloudPassage Raises $6.5 Million In Series A

Amit Chowdhry | April 27, 2011 | 327 views | Add a Comment
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CloudPassage is a cloud server security company that has raised $6.5 million in Series A funding led by Benchmark Capital. CloudPassage provides server security for cloud websites and services. A core competency that CloudPassage has is the Halo architecture, which can automate multiple server securities and allow enterprises to set up security across public cloud environments on a massive scale. One of their most well known clients is Foursquare.

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