Amit Chowdhry | November 17, 2011 | 303 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 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 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 | May 31, 2011 | 969 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Airbnb, Andreessen Horowitz, Ashton Kutcher, Digital Sky Technologies, DST, Greylock Partners, Sequoia Capital, SV Angel, Y Combinator, Youniversity Ventures

Airbnb is close to raising over $100 million based on a valuation of over $1 billion. This round is being lead by Andreessen Horowitz. Participation is expected from DST. Airbnb’s last round of funding was about $7.2 million and included Sequoia Capital, Greylock, SV Angel, Ashton Kutcher, and Youniversity Ventures. Airbnb launched out of Y Combinator.

Amit Chowdhry | May 11, 2011 | 718 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under 500 Startups, Clearstone Venture Partners, Ignition Partners, Inporia, New Enterprise Associates, Ryan Junee, Southern Cross Venture Partners, Start Fund, SV Angel, Y Combinator

Inporia is a stealth e-commerce start-up company that has raised $1.25 million in funding. Inporia was founded by Ryan Junee, who is known for co-founding Omnisio (acquired by Google) and works as an advisor at 500 Startups. The investors in this round include New Enterprise Associates, SV Angel, 500 Startups, Clearstone Venture Partners, Y Combinator, Ignition Partners, Southern Cross Venture Partners, and Start Fund. [TechCrunch]
Amit Chowdhry | May 8, 2011 | 857 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Alexis Ohanian, Andreessen Horowitz, Ashton Kutcher, Elad Gil, First Round Capital, Grubwithus, Guy Oseary, Matt Cutts, Maynard Webb, New Enterprise Associations, Paul Buchheit, Start Fund, SV Angel, Vivi Nevo, Y Combinator, Yuri Milner

Grubwithus is a social dining service where you pick a restaurant in a city that you like and buy a ticket for a meal at a set price. To really make the service work, other people have to buy a meal at the same place and you can coordinate a time to meet at the restaurant.

Amit Chowdhry | April 26, 2011 | 960 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Google, Michael Ma, Qasar Younis, Sunny Dhillon, TalkBin, Y Combinator

Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) has acquired TalkBin. TalkBin started less than 5 months ago. TalkBin was incubated at Y Combinator and was acquired on the same day as another Y Combinator company called Wufoo. TalkBin’s platform allows customers to give feedback immediately to local businesses. TalkBin has Android and iOS applications. TalkBin was founded in December 2010 by Qasar Younis, Sunny Dhillon, and Michael Ma. TalkBin will be shut down temporarily, but will be reopened again in the near future. [TechCrunch]
Amit Chowdhry | February 10, 2011 | 621 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Frederik Fleck, Michael Birch, MR Rangaswami, Ron Bouganim, Start Fund, SwipeGood, Y Combinator

SwipeGood is a Y Combinator company that has raised $500,000 from several investors, including Bebo co-founder Michael Birch. They have also received funding from The Start Fund, Y Combinator, Ron Bouganim, MR Rangaswami, and Frederik Fleck. After enrolling your credit card with SwipeGood, every purchase will be rounded up to the nearest dollar and that remaining amount will be donated to charity. So if you buy $7.60 worth of goods from a grocery store, you will be charged $8 instead and the remaining $0.40 will be given to charity. This extra change can add up and make an impact with charities. [TechCrunch]