Amit Chowdhry | November 22, 2011 | 329 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Bessemer Venture Partners, Bessemer Ventures, Caterina Fake, Chris Dixon, eBay, General Catalsyt, General Catalyst Partners, Hunch, Khosla Ventures, Matt Gattis, SV Angel, Tom Pinckney

eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) will be announcing that they have acquired Hunch for around $80 million according to Michael Arrington. Hunch was started by Chris Dixon, Caterina Fake, Tom Pinckney, and Matt Gattis. Hunch has raised about $20 million in total funding since they launched.

Amit Chowdhry | August 26, 2011 | 452 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Accel Partners, Brightcove, General Catalyst Partners, Morgan Stanley, Pacific Crest, Raymond James, RBC Capital, Stifel Nicolas

Brightcove is an online video infrastructure company that has filed for a $50 million IPO. It is unknown how many shares they plan on selling as part of the deal. The underwriters in this IPO includes Morgan Stanley, Stifel Nicolas, RBC Capital, Pacific Crest and Raymond James.

Amit Chowdhry | August 19, 2011 | 469 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Andreessen Horowitz, Ben Horowitz, Dave Girouard, General Catalsyt, General Catalyst Partners, GoodData, Marc Andreessen, Windcrest Partners

GoodData is a cloud-based company that focuses on business intelligence. GoodData has raised $15 million in a funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz. Andreessen Horowitz general partner John O’Farrell will be joining GoodData’s board of directors. Google’s president of Enterprise Dave Girouard is also joining the board of directors although Google did not invest.

Amit Chowdhry | July 25, 2011 | 797 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Airbnb, Andreessen Horowitz, Ben Horowitz, Brian Chesky, Digital Sky Technologies, DST, DST Global, General Catalsyt, General Catalyst Partners, Marc Andreessen

Airbnb has raised $112 million at a $1+ billion valuation. This round of funding was led by Andreessen Horowitz. The split is roughly 60 million from Andreessen, 40 million from DST, and 5 million from General Catalyst. The rest of the split is from previous investors and Jeff Bezos. This round of funding raises Airbnb’s total funding to $119.8 million.

Riley Kennysmith | June 21, 2011 | 671 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Appian Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, General Catalyst Partners, Ping Identity, SAP Ventures, Silicon Valley Bank, Triangle Peak Partners, Volition Capital

Ping Identity has gained investors Triangle Peak Partners and Silicon Valley Bank, raising $21 million for their secure sign-in platforms. According to TechCrunch, the new investors join Appian Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, General Catalyst Partners, SAP Ventures and Volition Capital.

Amit Chowdhry | May 5, 2011 | 769 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Ajay Kulkarni, Andrew Cheung, General Catalyst Partners, GroupMe, Khosla Ventures, Sensobi

GroupMe is an application company that allows people to create private groups and send out mass text messages. GroupMe has acquired a smaller application development company called Sensobi. Sensobi was co-founded by Ajay Kulkarni and Andrew Cheung. Sensobi will be integrated into GroupMe’s BlackBerry application. Later it will be rolled into GroupMe’s iPhone and Android applications.

Amit Chowdhry | March 14, 2011 | 528 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Flite, General Catalyst Partners, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, NCD Investors, Sequoia Capital, Widgetbox, Will Price

Widgetbox is an online community comprised of widget developers. The company has raised $12 million and renamed themselves to Flite. The third round of funding was provided by General Catalyst Partners, Sequoia Capital, Hummer Winblad, and NCD Investors. Over 120 brands are associated with Widgetbox including Microsoft and Toyota.

Amit Chowdhry | March 13, 2011 | 819 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Brian Halligan, Dharmesh Shah, General Catalyst Partners, Google Ventures, Hubspot, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Matrix Partners, Salesforce.com, Scale Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital

Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah founded HubSpot Inc. in 2006 and they have recently raised $32 million in Series D. The funding was provided by new investors Google Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Salesforce.com. Existing investors General Catalyst, Matrix Partners, and Scale Venture Partners also participated in this round. HubSpot has raised a total of $65 million thus far.
