Amit Chowdhry | December 26, 2010 | 1,074 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under BetterWorks, George Ishii, Paige Craig, Zao Yang

BetterWorks is a company that is currently in stealth mode. BetterWorks plans on allowing “business owners to create rewarding work environments quickly, easily and affordably.” What makes BetterWorks interesting is the team that co-founded the company.

Amit Chowdhry | October 10, 2010 | 826 views | 1 Comment
Categorized under Cyan Banister, Dan Gould, Dave McClure, David Pell, EcoMom, Kima Ventures, Paige Craig, Scott Banister, Sizhao Yang

EcoMom.com is a parenting focused e-commerce service that has raised $1.1 million in Series A funding from angel investors and venture capitalists. Investors in this round of funding include Dan Gould (Newroo/Namesake), Cyan Banister, Scott Banister, Dave McClure, Paige Craig, Sizhao Yang, Kima Ventures, and David Pell.

Amit Chowdhry | September 12, 2010 | 1,016 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Ali Partovi, Andrew Warner, Ben Ling, Christina Brodbeck, Dave McClure, David Wu, Elad Gil, Fritz Lanman, Geoff Ralston, Hadi Partovi, InDinero, Jawed Karim, Jeremy Stoppelman, Jude Gomila, Karl Jacob, Keith Rabois, Kevin Hartz, Michael Powers, Paige Craig, Russ Siegelman, Steve Blank

InDinero claims that they are like a Mint.com for Quickbooks. The company has raised $1.2 million in seed funding from several prominent angel investors.

Amit Chowdhry | April 28, 2010 | 1,089 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Allen Morgan, Klout, Lucid Ventures, Mayfield Fund, Michael Yavondette, Nova Spivack, Ofer Ronan, Paige Craig, Quigo Technologies, Tom McInerney, Zelkova Ventures

Klout, a company that measures the influence on Twitter users has raised $1.5 million in Series A from Allen Morgan (Mayfield Fund), Paige Craig, Nova Spivack (Lucid Ventures), Zelkova Ventures, Tom McInerney, Michael Yavonditte (Quigo Technologies), and Ofer Ronan.

Amit Chowdhry | January 6, 2010 | 1,007 views | 1 Comment
Categorized under Chris Sacca, Dave McClure, DFJ Mercury, GC&H Investments, Graphic.ly, Kevin Mann, Micah Baldwin, Northstar Equity Partners, Paige Craig, Starz Media, TechStars, Thanavanth Jaroenvanit
Graphic.ly is a CDN company that specializes in comics. The company has raised $1.2 million in their first round of funding. DFJ Mercury is the early-stage lead VC firm behind the funding. Other investors include Starz Media, GC&H Investments, Northstar Equity Partners, Dave McClure, Paige Craig, and Chris Sacca.
Graphic.ly plans to use the funding for technology development, marketing, and future partnerships. One of Graphic.ly’s first projects after the funding is to develop an iPhone application for Marvel Comics. Graphic.ly launched out of TechStars, a startup incubation firm. Graphic.ly was founded by Kevin Mann and Thanavanth Jaroenvanit and is run by CEO Micah Baldwin. Baldwin is the former VP of business development at Lijit Networks.