Archive for the ‘JAFCO Ventures’ Category

Kixeye Raises $18 Million, Adds Zynga Co-Founder to Board

Riley Kennysmith | August 4, 2011 | 421 views | Add a Comment
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Game developer Kixeye, formerly The Casual Collective, has raised $18 million in new funding. The investment comes from Jafco Ventures, Trinity Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners. Kixeye also boasts two additions to the company’s board: Jafco partner Joe Horowitz and Zynga co-founder Andrew Trader. [TechCrunch]

Inkling Raises $17 Million for iPad Textbooks

Riley Kennysmith | August 3, 2011 | 496 views | Add a Comment
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Digital textbook startup Inkling has raised $17 million in funding to grow their company, which works with textbook publishers to create interactive iPad versions of their books. The funding comes from Tenaya Capital, Jafco Ventures, Sequoia Capital and Pearson Education. Inkling is already working with publishers like McGraw Hill and Pearson. [GigaOM]

Reputation.com Raises $41 Million

Amit Chowdhry | July 21, 2011 | 569 views | Add a Comment
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Reputation.com is an online privacy start-up company that has raised $41 million in funding. The new round of funding was led by August Capital. Insight Capital, Jafco Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, and Bessemer Venture Partners also participated in this round. This brings the company revenues to over $65 million. This is the company’s fourth round of funding.

SocialVibe Raises $20 Million

Amit Chowdhry | March 22, 2011 | 595 views | Add a Comment
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SocialVibe is a Los Angeles, California based social advertising software and technology company that has raised $20 million in equity funding. This round of funding was led by Norwest Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures, Jafco Ventures, and Pinacle Ventures. Jeff Crowe (Norwest) will be joining the company board of directors as part of the funding. SocialVibe is led by Jay Samit and they plan on using the funding for growth. SocialVibe provides technology that invites consumers to participate in offers with brands in exchange for virtual goods. [SoCalTech]

Meebo Raises $27.5 Million In Series D

Amit Chowdhry | December 22, 2010 | 599 views | Add a Comment
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Meebo announced earlier this week that they have raised $27.5 million in Series D. The funding was led by Khosla Ventures with participation from Sequoia Capital, DFJ, Time Warner, and JAFCO. Meebo said that they plan on using the funds to continue expanding upon their platform. Thus far the company has raised $70 million total.

Online Gift Card Website Plastic Jungle Raises $10 Million

Amit Chowdhry | November 20, 2010 | 1,066 views | Add a Comment
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Plastic Jungle is an online marketplace for gift cards. The company has announced that they have raised $10 million in funding led by Jafco Ventures. Other investors include Redpoint Ventures, Shasta Ventures, First Round Capital, and Bay Partners. This brings their total funding to $23 million.

TRUSTe Raises $12 Million Series B

Amit Chowdhry | June 8, 2010 | 1,023 views | Add a Comment
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Internet privacy company TRUSTe has raised $12 million in Series B funding.  This funding round was led by Jafco Ventures.  Other investors include DAG Ventures, Accel Partners, and Baseline Ventures. Full press release below.

Clicker Raises $11 Million For Consolidating Web TV

Amit Chowdhry | February 18, 2010 | 760 views | Add a Comment
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Clicker.com is a website that collects TV shows from the web and consolidates them in one place.  Clicker launched about three months ago and they have raised $11 million in Series B from JAFCO Ventures, Benchmark Capital, and Redpoint Ventures.

[GigaOM]

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