Amit Chowdhry | January 11, 2012 | 346 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Alex Iskold, GetGlue, Rho Ventures, RRE Ventures, Time Warner, Union Square Ventures

GetGlue is a mobile social networking company that has raised $12 million in a new round of funding led by Rho Ventures. Existing investors Time Warner, RRE Ventures, and Union Square Ventures also participated in this round of funding. GetGlue previously raised $6 million in November 2010. GetGlue launched in 2008 and has been constantly evolving. Currently GetGlue is a “check-in” application for TV shows, books, movies, etc. Users can interact with other people that are reading, watching, thinking about the same thing.

Amit Chowdhry | December 2, 2011 | 395 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Avalon Ventures, Foundry Group, Google, Institutional Venture Partners, IVP, Kleiner Perkins, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Mark Pincus, Union Square Ventures, Zynga

Zynga has filed documents with the SEC this morning which indicates that they are planning on raising between $850 million and $1.15 billion in their public offering. This is about $15 million more than their previous estimates.

Amit Chowdhry | September 26, 2011 | 1,010 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Chernin Group, David Karp, Greylock Partners, Insight Venture Partners, Richard Branson, Sequoia Capital, Spark Capital, Tumblr, Union Square Ventures

Tumblr is a popular blogging service that has raised $85 million in a new round of funding. Tumblr is best known for simple blogging tools to post photos, videos, songs, etc. The investment in this round was led by Greylock Partners. Insight Venture Partners, the Chernin Group, Richard Branson, Spark Capital, Union Square Ventures, and Sequoia Capital also participated in this round.

Amit Chowdhry | August 17, 2011 | 516 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 2, 2011 | 442 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Turntable.fm, Union Square Ventures

Turntable.fm has raised $7.5 million in funding from Union Square Ventures. Now the company is valued at $37.5 million. Turntable.fm is a spin-off from the barcode scanner company Stickbits. Turntable.fm is a bunch of listening rooms where members can set up or join rooms where they can play music for each other, chat, and vote on each other’s selections. [BusinessInsider]
Riley Kennysmith | August 2, 2011 | 440 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Accel Partners, Chris Sacca, First Round Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Lowercase Capital, Mitch Kapor, Polaris Ventures, Stickybits, Turntable.fm, Union Square Ventures

Betabeat reports that the rapidly-popular music service Turntable.fm has found an investor in Union Square Ventures. The company is reported to have raised about $7.5 million, having chosen an investment from Union Square-based USV instead of the west coast’s Kleiner Perkins or Accel. It’s possible that other investors from the founders’ other startup Stickybits may join in the funding, including First Round Capital, Lowercase, Polaris, Chris Sacca and Mitch Kapor.
Amit Chowdhry | March 21, 2011 | 772 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Betaworks, Kickstarter, Union Square Ventures

Kickstarter is a New York based startup company that helps projects raises money. Kickstarter has raised $10 million in funding from Union Square Ventures, Betaworks, and several angel investors. Kickstart takes a commission from each funded project. One of the most noteworthy projects that Kickstarter funded is a Robocop statue for the city of Detroit. [BusinessInsider]
Amit Chowdhry | March 14, 2011 | 686 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Kik Interactive, RRE Ventures, Spark Capital, Union Square Ventures

Mobile messaging startup company Kik Interactive has raised $8 million in Series A funding from RRE Ventures, Union Square Ventures, and Spark Capital. Fred Wilson (Union Square) and Adam Ludwin (RRE) are joining the Kik board of directors as a result of the funding. Kik Messenger launched in October 2010 and it works similarly as the BlackBerry Messenger (BBM). After downloading Kik, the app will scan your contacts and let you know which of your friends have Kik. Kik hit about 1 million users within the first 15 days of launching to the public. Today Kik has over 3 million users. [Kik Press Release]