Pulse2 Technology and Social Media News » Mohr Davidow Ventures http://pulse2.com Sun, 27 May 2012 19:13:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Kabbage Raises $17 Million http://pulse2.com/2011/08/18/kabbage-raises-17-million/ http://pulse2.com/2011/08/18/kabbage-raises-17-million/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:27:06 +0000 Riley Kennysmith http://pulse2.com/?p=50229 Continue reading →]]>

Kabbage, an online merchant lending startup, has raised $17 million in new funding. The investors include Mohr Davidow Ventures, BlueRun Ventures, David Bonderman, Warren Stephens, the UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund, Jim McKelvey and others. Kabbage lends money to online merchants using PayPal’s Adaptive Payments API. [TechCrunch]

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Wordnik has raised $8 million in a third round of funding. Google VP of product management Bradley Horowitz has also joined the board of directors at Wordnik.

Wordnik believes that people can understand words the best when they see them in real-world context. Wordnik uses linguistic data from the Internet to provide alternative learning than diction definitions. Wordnik is getting Horowitz’s help to take their product mainstream.

“Bradley is somebody who has been steeped in next generation tech and has access to consumers,” stated Wordnik CEO Joe Hyrkin. “A lot it is having him dig under the hood of our technology and help us map out how to turn these things mainstream.”

Hyrkin and Horowitz worked together at video publishing company Virage. Horowitz oversaw Virage’s IPO and acquisition by Autonomy in 2003.

Wordnik raised a total of $12.8 million in funding from Lucas Venture Group, Mohr Davidow Ventures, Floodgate, Baseline Ventures, Roger McNamee. Wordnik was founded in 2008 and is based in San Mateo, California.

[VentureBeat]

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GigaOm reports that Amazon.com has invested in ParAccel, an analytic database company. ParAccel hasn’t released the funding total from their last round of investments, but have revealed a total of $73 million in funding since their first round in 2005. Investors include Amazon, Menlo Ventures, Mohr Davidow Ventures, Bay Partners, Walden International, Tao Venture Capital Partners and Silicon Valley Bank. The company expects around $20 million in revenue for 2011.

]]> http://pulse2.com/2011/07/07/amazon-invests-in-paraccel-analytic-databases/feed/ 0 Rocket Fuel Raises $6.6 Million In Series C With A $160 Million Valuation http://pulse2.com/2011/04/07/rocket-fuel-raises-6-6-million-in-series-c-with-a-160-million-valuation/ http://pulse2.com/2011/04/07/rocket-fuel-raises-6-6-million-in-series-c-with-a-160-million-valuation/#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2011 22:44:47 +0000 Amit Chowdhry http://pulse2.com/?p=45653 Continue reading →]]>
Rocket Fuel is a display ad optimization company that has raised $6.6 million in Series C funding. They will be given a $160 million valuation as a result. Northgate Capital led the funding. Other investors include Mohr Davidow Ventures, Labrador Capital Fund, Nokia Growth Partners, and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Rocket Fuel processes approximately 1.5 billion display ads every day. The company has an annual run-rate of $50 million which is up from a $30 million run-rate four months ago. [TechCrunch]

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HealthTap is a company that is currently in private beta. The company is known for being an “Expert Health Companion.” The company is known for its personalization and interactivity. HealthTap raised $2.35 million in the form of a convertible note seed round led by Mohr Davidow Ventures. Other angel investors that participated in this round include Esther Dyson, Mark Leslie, and Aaron Patzer.

Below is a description from Mohr Davidow partner Bill Ericson:

“HealthTap is helping define the new field of ‘interactive health’ — the sector that is moving consumer health information to new platforms, like smartphones and tablets, to provide portability and immediate access to actionable information.

HealthTap is integrating personalization, game dynamics, and social networking to increase our engagement with our health and well-being. Consumers and physicians are increasingly joining the online conversation, and interactive health deserves the close attention of the investment community.”

HealthTap was founded by Ron Gutman, who previously launched Wellsphere. HealthTap plans on using the funding to grow their network of doctors.

[TechCrunch]

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Doxo is a paperless billing company that has raised $10 million in Series B funding in a round led by Sigma Partners. Existing investors Mohr Davidow and Bezos Expeditions also participated in this round. Thomas Layton, former OpenTable CEO, invested in this round and is joining the board of directors at Doxo as well. Doxo is a paperless billing company that has raised $15 million in total funding. On average businesses pay $10 per year per customer for sending them paper bills. Doxo aims to reduce the cost incurred for these businesses. Some of Doxo’s clients include Sprint, Puget Sound Energy, and Kansas City Power & Light. [TechCrunch]

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Massive Health has announced that they have raised $2.25 million in a seed round of funding from Felicis VC, Greylock Discovery Fund, Andreessen Horowitz, Mohr Davidow Ventures, Charles River Ventures, and Collaborative Fund. Massive Health intends on using crowdsourcing, game mechanics, and social networking to help people stay healthy. Massive Health is co-founded by Aza Raskin and Sutha Kamal.

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RainDance Technologies is a DNA sequencing company that has raised $37.5 million in Series D funding. This round of funding was co-led by Quaker BioVentures and Mohr Davidow Ventures. Previous investors Alloy Ventures and Acadia Woods also participated in this round of funding. RainDance is led by CEO Roopom Banerjee.

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Social networking company Hi5 has raised $14 million in a second round of funding. Hi5 plans to use the funding to expand their social gaming platform and increase virtual goods. Hi5 started making free games, but virtual decorations require real money. This round of funding was provided by Crosslink Capital and Mohr Davidow. [VentureBeat]

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Moblyng is a Redwood City, California based startup company that develops slideshows and mobile platforms.  According to SEC documents, the company has raised $1 million from unknown sources.  Previous investors include Mohr Davidow Ventures and Deep Fork Capital.  Moblyng has raised about $9 million thus far. [VentureBeat]

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