Amit Chowdhry | October 19, 2011 | 341 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Chris Sacca, Dave Morin, Erik Blachford, First Round Capital, Liftopia, Sam Shank

Liftopia is a San Francisco based online retailer of ski lifting and mountain resort transactions. Liftopia has raised $1.3 million in a round of funding led by First Round Capital. Other investors in this round includes Dave Morin, Chris Sacca, Erik Blachford, and Sam Shank.

Riley Kennysmith | August 9, 2011 | 347 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Bloomspot, Columbia Capital, Erik Blachford, Gary Parsons, Harrison Metal, InterWest Partners, Jasper Malcomson, Menlo Ventures, QED Investors, True Ventures, Western Technology Investment

Bloomspot, a deals company focused on high-quality spending and loyal customers, has raised $40 million in funding. The funding comes from InterWest Partners, Columbia Capital, Menlo Ventures, True Ventures, QED Investors, Harrison Metal, Western Technology Investment, Erik Blachford and Gary Parsons. The company analyzes (with permission, TechCrunch reports) the credit card spending data of the places they’re running deals, allowing Bloomspot and their partner merchants the opportunity to see whether a deal really encourages other buying that makes the deal profitable for the merchant. That data helps predict how much customers will spend when provided with a certain offer, which in turn lets Bloomspot promise a certain level of profits to their partner merchants.

Amit Chowdhry | May 11, 2011 | 560 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Accel Partners, Battery Ventures, Brad Gerstner, Erik Blachford, First Round Capital, Hotel Tonight, Hugh Crean, Rich Barton

Hotel Tonight is a mobile hotel booking application that has raised $3.25 million in a first round of funding. This round of funding was led by Battery Ventures. Accel Partners and First Round Capital also participated in this round. Individual investors in this round include Rich Barton, Erik Blachford, Brad Gerstner, and Hugh Crean. [Bizjournals]
Amit Chowdhry | April 19, 2011 | 426 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Dan Levitan, Decide.com, Erik Blachford, Hugh Crean, Madrona Venture Group, Maveron LLC, Mike Fridgen, Ram Shriram

Decide.com, a consumer electronics shopping company in stealth mode, has raised $6 million in a Series B round of funding led by Maveron. Madrona Venture Group and other angel investors also participated in this round of funding. Decide.com has raised a total of $8.5 million in venture capital funding thus far.
