Amit Chowdhry | November 22, 2011 | 329 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Bessemer Venture Partners, Bessemer Ventures, Caterina Fake, Chris Dixon, eBay, General Catalsyt, General Catalyst Partners, Hunch, Khosla Ventures, Matt Gattis, SV Angel, Tom Pinckney

eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) will be announcing that they have acquired Hunch for around $80 million according to Michael Arrington. Hunch was started by Chris Dixon, Caterina Fake, Tom Pinckney, and Matt Gattis. Hunch has raised about $20 million in total funding since they launched.

Amit Chowdhry | November 17, 2011 | 302 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Andreessen Horowitz, David Nizkad, Dennis Kavelman, Inovia Capital, Jawed Karim, Paul Buchheit, SoftTech VC, SV Angel, Vidyard, Vivi Nevo, Y Combinator

Vidyard is a company that is considered a “YouTube for Businesses.” The company has raised $1.65 million from SoftTech VC, Jawed Karim (YouTube co-founder), Y Combinator, SV Angel, iNovia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Paul Buchheit, Vivi Nevo, David Nizkad, Dennis Kavelman, and several others.

Amit Chowdhry | August 17, 2011 | 515 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Founder Collective, Michael Karnjanaprakorn, Skillshare, Spark Capital, SV Angel, Union Square Ventures

Skillshare is a P2P learning company that has raised $3.1 million in funding from Union Square Ventures and Spark Capital. Skillshare is a platform that can help turn anyone into a teacher. Users can offer their own offline classes based on their skill. Skillshare takes 15% of the revenue.

Amit Chowdhry | August 15, 2011 | 404 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Allpoint, Andera, Bancorp Bank, BankSimple, CBW Bank, First Round Capital, IA Ventures, Shasta Ventures, SV Angel, TxVIA, Village Ventures, Visa

BankSimple has announced $10 million in funding led by IA Ventures and previous investor Shasta Ventures. This is BankSimple’s Series B round of funding. The company previously raised $3.1 million in their Series A round. The company’s seed investors include IA Ventures, First Round Capital, SV Angel, Village Ventures, etc. That is not the only thing that the company had announced. They also made some partnerships.

Amit Chowdhry | August 15, 2011 | 407 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Alexander Goldstein, Emmet Shear, Felix Shpilman, Gabor Cselle, Justin Kan, Keith Rabois, Mark Friedgan, Othman Laraki, Paul Buccheit, Starling Ventures, StartFund, Stewart Alsop, SV Angel, Vaizra International, Y Combinator, Yuri Milner, ZeroCater

ZeroCater is a startup that plans to help you plan lunchtime for you office by handling the logistics around it. The company recently announced $1.5 million in funding. Previous investors include StartFund (SV Angel and Yuri Milner) and Y Combinator.

Amit Chowdhry | July 28, 2011 | 741 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under A-Grade Investments, Ashton Kutcher, Baroda Ventures, Ben Ling, Dave Morgan, David Tisch, Don Baer, Fab.com, First Round Capital, Guy Oseary, Jason Goldberg, Jon Anderson, Josh Kusher, Kevin Rose, Menlo Ventures, SoftTech VC, SV Angel, The Washington Post, Zelkova Ventures

Fab.com is a social network for gay men that used to be known as Fabulis. Fab.com has raised $8 million in Series A funding.

Amit Chowdhry | July 17, 2011 | 455 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Ashton Kutcher, First Round Capital, Guy Oseary, MemSQL, New Enterprise Associates, Paul Buchheit, Sam Altman, Start Fund, SV Angel, Y Combinator

MemSQL has raised $2.1 million in seed funding from First Round Capital, New Enterprise Associates, Start Fund, SV Angel, Y Combinator, Ashton Kutcher, Paul Bucheit, Sam Altman, Guy Oseary, and several others. MemSQL will be using the funding to move into a new office in downtown San Francisco. MemSQL is an in-memory database system that is 30 times faster than relational databases. MemSQL focuses on online transaction processing.
Amit Chowdhry | June 13, 2011 | 671 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under 4chan, Andreessen Horowitz, Canvas, Christopher Poole, Founder Collective, Joshua Schachter, Lerer Ventures, SV Angel

Canvas is a company that was founded by 4chan founder Christopher Poole (known as moot). Canvas has raised $3 million in Series A funding. Some of the previous angel investors that participated in this round include SV Angel, Lerer Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Founder Collective, and Joshua Schachter. Canvas’ previous round of funding was $625,000. Canvas allows users to easily edit images through the browser. Canvas added oEmbed support for several websites recently. Canvas currently has five employees including Poole. [TechCrunch]