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BuyWithMe In Negotiations For Acquisition and Lays Off More Than Half Of Their Staff

Amit Chowdhry | October 28, 2011 | 475 views | Add a Comment
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Gilt Groupe is rumored to be in the final stages to acquire daily deals service BuyWithMe. BuyWithMe laid off over half of their staff last week to attract potential buyers. Matrix Partners is an investor in BuyWithMe and Gilt Groupe. BuyWithMe is expected to be rolled into Gilt Groupe starting November 1st. BuyWithMe was considered to be the number three player in the daily deals market after Groupon and LivingSocial. BuyWithMe is expected to be rolled into Gilt City. [BetaBeat]

Verizon Acquires Cloud Computing Company CloudSwitch

Amit Chowdhry | August 25, 2011 | 439 views | Add a Comment
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Verizon Wireless has acquired cloud computing company CloudSwitch. CloudSwitch acquired $15.4 million in venture capital funding before the acquisition from Atlas Venture, Commonwealth Capital Ventures, and Matrix Partners.

Human Resources Software Company TribeHR Raises $1 Million

Amit Chowdhry | July 30, 2011 | 343 views | Add a Comment
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TribeHR is a human resources software company that has raised $1 million in seed funding from Matrix Partners. TribeHR’s software was designed for small and medium businesses.

Invoicing Company Taulia Raises $8.5 Million

Amit Chowdhry | July 28, 2011 | 355 views | Add a Comment
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Taulia is an invoicing company that has raised $8.5 million in Series B funding led by DAG Ventures. Matrix Partners and Trinity Ventures also participated in this round. Taulia has now raised a total of $12 million in funding.

CloudBees Raises $10.5 Million For Java in the Cloud

Riley Kennysmith | July 25, 2011 | 348 views | Add a Comment
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Java platform company CloudBees has raised $10.5 million in funding for their cloud-based service. The investments come from Lightspeed Venture Partners and Matrix Partners. CloudBees also previously received funding from Robert Bickel and Marc Fleury. The company turns 1 year old in November and has already acquired companies InfraDNA and Stax Networks. [TechCrunch]

Gilt Groupe Raises $138 Million From Several Investors and Is Valued At $1 Billion

Amit Chowdhry | May 11, 2011 | 773 views | Add a Comment
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New York based discount flash sales website Gilt Groupe has raised $138 million in venture capital funding. Investors in this fifth round of funding include Softbank Group, General Atlantic, Matrix Partners, Goldman Sachs, NEA, DFJ Growth, Pinnacle Ventures, TriplePoint Capital, and Eastward Capital.

HubSpot Raises $32 Million In Series D

Amit Chowdhry | March 13, 2011 | 819 views | Add a Comment
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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.

Zendesk Raises $19 Million In Series C

Amit Chowdhry | December 7, 2010 | 669 views | Add a Comment
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Zendesk has raised $19 million in Series C led by Matrix Partners with participation from Benchmark Capital and Charles River Ventures. Zendesk has raised a total of $25.5 million thus far.

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