Amit Chowdhry | December 13, 2011 | 206 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Andreessen Horowitz, Ashton Kutcher, Fab.com, First Round Capital, Jason Goldberg, Menlo Ventures, SoftTech VC

When Fab.com originally started, it was a social network for the LGBT community. Now the website is a flash sale website with 72-hour deals. The company has just raised $40 million in funding from Andreessen Horowitz and is now valued at over $200 million. It was only about 6 months ago since Fab.com switched from being a gay social network.

Amit Chowdhry | December 7, 2011 | 319 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Benchmark Capital, Garrett Camp, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Goldman-Sachs, Jeff Bezos, Menlo Ventures, Travis Kalanick, Uber

Uber is a private car service company that has raised $32 million in Series B funding from Menlo Ventures, Goldman Sachs, and Jeff Bezos. Previous investor Benchmark Capital also participated in this round.

Amit Chowdhry | November 15, 2011 | 313 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Benchmark Capital, IDG Ventures, Jeremy Stoppelman, Marissa Mayer, Menlo Ventures, Minted

Minted.com, an e-commerce service for stationery and cars, has raised $5.5 million in Series B funding in a round led by Benchmark Capital, IDG Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Marissa Mayer, and Jeremy Stoppelman. Minted connects independent graphic designers to consumers looking for prints such as holiday cards, notebooks, calendars, and wedding invitations. The designer makes a percentage of every sale of their design.

Amit Chowdhry | October 19, 2011 | 303 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Derek Ting, Enflick, Freestyle Capital, Jon Lerner, Menlo Ventures, PingChat, Scooter Braun, TextNow, Troy Carter

Enflick is a company that has developed the applications TextNow and PingChat. Enflick has raised $1 million in seed funding. Freestyle Capital was the lead investor in this round. Menlo Ventures Talent Fund, Troy Carter (Lady Gaga’s manager), and Scooter Braun (Justin Bieber’s manager) also participated in this round.

Amit Chowdhry | October 9, 2011 | 527 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.

Amit Chowdhry | August 16, 2011 | 360 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Anthony Wood, Globespan, Globespan Capital Partners, Menlo Ventures, Roku

Roku is an Internet TV streaming device company that has raised $8 million in funding according to a form D filed with the SEC earlier this week. The lead investor in this round is Globespan Capital Partners and Menlo Ventures. Google VP of TV and film entertainment Robert Kyncl also participated in this round.

Riley Kennysmith | August 9, 2011 | 339 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Bloomspot, Columbia Capital, Erik Blachford, Gary Parsons, Harrison Metal, InterWest Partners, Jasper Malcomson, Menlo Ventures, QED Investors, True Ventures, Western Technology Investment

Bloomspot, a deals company focused on high-quality spending and loyal customers, has raised $40 million in funding. The funding comes from InterWest Partners, Columbia Capital, Menlo Ventures, True Ventures, QED Investors, Harrison Metal, Western Technology Investment, Erik Blachford and Gary Parsons. The company analyzes (with permission, TechCrunch reports) the credit card spending data of the places they’re running deals, allowing Bloomspot and their partner merchants the opportunity to see whether a deal really encourages other buying that makes the deal profitable for the merchant. That data helps predict how much customers will spend when provided with a certain offer, which in turn lets Bloomspot promise a certain level of profits to their partner merchants.

Amit Chowdhry | August 3, 2011 | 392 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under DuBose Montgomery, Menlo Ventures, Mr. Number, Shervin Pishevar

Mr. Number is a mobile application for iPhone, Android, and BlackBerry app that informs your friends when it is a good time to call you. Mr. Number also tells your friends whether you prefer text messages at the given moment. Mr. Number also does a lookup-based caller ID and it can block calls and messages from certain numbers. You can also report spam calls. Mr. Number has raised $3.5 million from Menlo Ventures. Mr. Number plans on using the funds to scale and build additional functionality. Shervin Pishevar and DuBose Montgomery of Menlo Ventures will join Mr. Numbers board of directors as part of this round. Mr. Number CEO Jason Devitt pointed out that nearly 3 million people have signed up for the service so far. [TechCrunch]