Amit Chowdhry | January 5, 2012 | 465 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Dharmesh Shah, Don Dodge, Google Ventures, Jason Calacanis, Jon Ferrara, Mark Cuban, Nimble
Nimble is a customer relationship management startup company that has raised $1 million in funding from Mark Cuban, Dharmesh Shah, Jason Calacanis, Don Dodge, Google Ventures, etc. Nimble CEO Jon Ferrara believes that Nimble is a combination of Hootsuite, Yammer, and Salesforce.com.
Amit Chowdhry | December 1, 2011 | 291 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Google Ventures, Hearst Interactive Media, Khosla Ventures, Miso
Miso is a social TV company that has raised $4 million in funding from Khosla Ventures, Google Ventures, and Hearst Interactive Media. Now Miso has raised a total of $6 million. When Miso first launched, they were a “check-in” app for TV shows.
Amit Chowdhry | November 22, 2011 | 268 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Bain Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, Google Ventures, Rich Miner, Stamped
Stamped is a recommendation experiences company that has launched an iPhone application. Stamped is backed by Google Ventures. Stamped connects to your Facebook and Twitter network and uses these social networking services to provide experience recommendations in an organized way.
Amit Chowdhry | October 25, 2011 | 525 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Al Gore, Apple Inc., David Sloo, Generation Investment, Google Ventures, Intertrust, Kleiner Perkins, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Lightspeed Ventures, Nest Labs, Shasta Ventures, Shige Honjo, Tony Fadell
Tony Fadell designed the hardware for the iPod and he was the head of the iPod and iPhone division before he left his VP post to spend more time with his wife and kids. His family spent a year in Paris and then moved back to the U.S. While in Paris, Fadell decided what he wanted to do next: build a new high-tech thermostat.
Riley Kennysmith | August 11, 2011 | 473 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under August Capital, Charles Moore, Google Ventures, Investor Growth Capital, Rocket Lawyer
Rocket Lawyer has raised $18.5 million in new funding for their online legal services. The funding comes from Google Ventures, August Capital and Investor Growth Capital. Founder Charles Moore expects to reach 20 million users by the end of this year. [TechCrunch]
Amit Chowdhry | August 2, 2011 | 331 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Brian Sharples, Google Ventures, WhaleShark Media
Whaleshark Media previously raised $120 million and now they have raised an additional $10 million from Google Ventures and previous investors. Brian Sharples (Homeaway CEO) has also joined the board of directors at Whaleshark.
Amit Chowdhry | July 30, 2011 | 378 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Baseline Ventures, Foundation Capital, Founder Collective, Google Ventures, Nathan Weiner, Read It Later
Read It Later is a popular bookmarking service that allows you to read content from any smartphone, tablet, or computer. Read It Later has raised $2.5 million in funding. The investors in this round include Foundation Capital, Baseline Ventures, Google Ventures, Founder Collective, and several angel investors.
Riley Kennysmith | July 11, 2011 | 540 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under CoolPlanetBiofuels, Google, Google Ventures, Googlers in Residence, John Fly, Sam Schillace, Silver Spring Networks Inc.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Google will double its venture capital investments to $200 million per year. The VC team at Google is getting more office space and has hired at least 5 new members to expand startup investments. Google Ventures has invested in companies like grid provider Silver Spring Networks Inc., which just filed to go public, and CoolPlanetBioFuels Inc. The team has just added John Flynn and Sam Schillace as Googlers in Residence, to work as a creative team with the companies in which Google Ventures invests.
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