Amit Chowdhry | August 3, 2011 | 496 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under DAG Ventures, Greg Maffei, Kleiner Perkins, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Liberty Media, Live Nation, Lockerz

Lockerz is an e-commerce company that is building a rewards-based program intended for teenagers. The company is close to raising $45 million in a third round of funding. Lockerz CEO Kathy Savitt confirmed $36 million is done being raised with another $9 million expected in the next 60 days.

Amit Chowdhry | April 12, 2011 | 673 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Greg Maffei, Kathy Savitt, Kleiner Perkins, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Lockerz

Lockerz is a Seattle-based social network that has raised $30 million in a fresh round of funding. Investors in this round include former Microsoft CFO Greg Maffei and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Lockerz has about 70 employees and the SEC filing associated with the funding indicates that they will raise $45 million. Lockerz was started by former PR executive Kathy Savitt. Lockerz receives 37 million unique visitors per month. [GeekWire]
Amit Chowdhry | January 28, 2011 | 775 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Lockerz, Lockerz Photos, Plixi

Lockerz is a social commerce network company that has acquired photo sharing application Plixi (formerly known as TweetPhoto). The price is unknown. Plixi serves about 1 billion photos per month and they have raised $2.6 million in funding from Qualcomm, Canaan Partners, Anthem Venture Partners, and Eastman Kodak. Based in Seattle, Lockerz has about 18 million members using their service. Plixi will be named Lockerz Photos going forward.