Amit Chowdhry | October 18, 2011 | 377 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Bessemer Venture Partners, Bessemer Ventures, BillGuard, Founders Fund, IA Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, Joe Lonsdale, Saul Klein

BillGuard has raised $10 million in Series B funding. Investors in this round includes Founders Fund, Innovation Endeavours, Bessemer, IA Ventures, Saul Klein, and Joe Lonsdale. The company previously raised $3 million in Series A this past February.

Amit Chowdhry | October 9, 2011 | 533 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under CrunchFund, Eric Schmidt, Gad Maor, Innovation Endeavors, Menlo Ventures, Michael Arrington, Ofer Rundstein, Pitango, Pitango Venture Capital, Rami Beracha, Shaker, Shervin Pishevar, Troy Carter, Yonatan Maor

Shaker is a virtual world startup based in Israel that has raised $15 million in a new round of funding. This round was led by Menlo Ventures’ Shervin Pishevar. Michael Arrington’s CrunchFund was already an investor in Shaker and they also participated in this round. Shaker was the champion at TechCrunch’s Disrupt conference.

Riley Kennysmith | June 28, 2011 | 412 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under AfterDox, DoNanza, Eric Schmidt, Innovation Endeavors

DoNanza, a platform that helps freelancers easily organize their businesses, has raised $1 million in investments. Investors include AfterDox and Google chairman Eric Schmidt’s Innovation Endeavors fund. The funding will help the startup develop their current platform and add a new service for freelance promotion. [TechCrunch]