Amit Chowdhry | July 17, 2011 | 485 views | 1 Comment
Categorized under Band of Angels, Charles River Ventures, First Round Capital, Giza Ventures, Maneesh Arora, MotherKnows

MotherKnows is an online health record service website that has raised $1.7 million in a seed round of funding. The round was led by First Round Capital. Giza Ventures, Charles River Ventures, Band of Angels, Maneesh Arora, and several other angel investors participated in this round. MotherKnows plans on using the funding for product development.
Amit Chowdhry | April 25, 2011 | 447 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Accelerator Ventures, Brad Keywell, Charles River Ventures, DoubleDutch, Eric Lefkofsky, Launch Capital, Lightbank, Venture51, Zig Capital

DoubleDutch is an enterprise mobile start-up company that has raised $1.2 million in funding. The lead investor is Lightbank, a venture capital firm run by Groupon co-founders Eric Lefkofsky and Brad Keywell. Charles River Ventures, Launch Capital, Accelerator Ventures, Venture51, Zig Capital, and other angel investors also participated in this round.

Amit Chowdhry | April 15, 2011 | 517 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under CampusLIVE, Charles River Ventures, Highland Capital, Highland Capital Partners

CampusLIVE is a web advertising company that is based in Boston, Massachusetts. CampusLIVE raised $3.1 million in funding from Highland Capital Partners, Charles River Ventures, and other angel investors. Last year CampusLIVE raised $340,000 in funding. [Xconomy]
Amit Chowdhry | February 2, 2011 | 846 views | 1 Comment
Categorized under Andreessen Horowitz, Aza Raskin, Charles River Ventures, Collaborative Fund, Felicis VC, Greylock Discovery Fund, Massive Health, Mohr Davidow Ventures, Sutha Kamal

Massive Health has announced that they have raised $2.25 million in a seed round of funding from Felicis VC, Greylock Discovery Fund, Andreessen Horowitz, Mohr Davidow Ventures, Charles River Ventures, and Collaborative Fund. Massive Health intends on using crowdsourcing, game mechanics, and social networking to help people stay healthy. Massive Health is co-founded by Aza Raskin and Sutha Kamal.
Amit Chowdhry | January 5, 2011 | 817 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Bessemer Venture Partners, Bessemer Ventures, Charles River Ventures, Columbia Capital, Millenial Media, New Enterprise Associates

Millenial Media is a mobile ad network company based in the U.S. that has raised $27.5 million. Bessemer Venture Partners, Columbia Capital, Charles River Ventures, and New Enterprise Associates (NEA) all participated in this round of funding. Millenial Media has raised a total of $65 million in funding thus far. Millenial Media raised this round of funding because the company wants to stay independent and not get acquired. They have plans to expand internationally too. [AllThingsD]
Amit Chowdhry | December 7, 2010 | 669 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Benchmark Capital, Charles River Ventures, Matrix Partners, Zendesk

Zendesk has raised $19 million in Series C led by Matrix Partners with participation from Benchmark Capital and Charles River Ventures. Zendesk has raised a total of $25.5 million thus far.

Amit Chowdhry | December 2, 2010 | 573 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Bezos Expeditions, Charles River Ventures, Heartland Robotics, Highland Capital Partners, iRobot, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Rodney Brooks, Sigma Partners

Heartland Robotics is a company that was founded in 2008 by Rodney Brooks. Brooks was an iRobot co-founder and was the former director of MIT’s Computer Science and A.I. Lab. Heartland has raised $20 million in Series B funding led by Highland Capital Partners. The Series B was joined by existing investors Charles River Ventures and Bezos Expeditions along with new investor Sigma Partners. [TMCNet]
Amit Chowdhry | November 30, 2010 | 945 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Charles River Ventures, David Stewart, Emergence Capital, Founders Fund, Mamoon Hamid, Mark Woolway, The Founders Fund, U.S. Venture Partners, Yammer

Yammer, the micro-blogging service for enterprises, has raised $25 million in funding. The funding was led by U.S. Venture Partners. Emergence Capital, Charles River Ventures, and the Founders Fund had participated in this round. Yammer’s total funding is at $40 million. U.S. Ventures’ Mamoon Hamid will join the Yammer board of directors.
