Hollywood Interactive Raises $5 Million
Hollywood Interactive Group Inc., a producer of interactive content, has raised $5 million in Series A funding led by BlueRun Ventures. The company’s first project is MyHollywood.com, a “women’s web...
View ArticleBlueRun Ventures Closes Fund IV
BlueRun Ventures has closed its fourth fund with $240 million in capital commitments. It had originally been targeting $300 million, after having raised $315 million for its third fund in 2005....
View ArticleSujit Banerjee Joins Element Partners
Sujit Banerjee has joined Element Partners, a growth equity firm focused o the cleantech space, as an operating partner. He previously was a partner with BlueRun Ventures, where he will continue to...
View ArticleMotally Raises Series A
Motally, a San Francisco-based developer of a mobile analytics platform, has raised an undisclosed around of Series A funding. BlueRun Ventures led the round, and was joined by angel investor Ron...
View ArticleK-P Wilska Joins BlueRun Ventures
Kari-Pekka Wilska has joined BlueRun Ventures, according to VentureWire. He previously was a venture partner with Austin Ventures, where he served on the boards of companies like 724 Solutions,...
View ArticleChomp Raises $2 Million
Chomp, a San Francisco-based provider of iPhone app reviews and recommendations, has raised $2 million in VC funding. Backers include Bluerun Ventures, Ron Conway, Brian Pokorny and David Lee....
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BlueRun Ventures Backs Payvment
Payvment Inc., a San Francisco-based shopping cart services for use on social networks like Facebook, has called down around $1.15 million of a $1.7 million funding round, according to a regulatory...
View ArticleVerve raises $7 million in funding round
Mobile advertising company Verve Wireless Inc. has closed a $7 million round of fund-raising led by BlueRun Ventures. There were a number of return investors, including The Associated Press. Verve...
View ArticleFacebook eCommerce Start-up Payvment Inks $6M in VC
Payvment, which provides an e-commerce platform for Facebook users, has raised a $6 million Series B round led by Sierra Ventures. BlueRun Ventures, a previous investor in the company, also...
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VCs Starting to Put That Crystal Ball to Use: Early Predictions for 2011
During the month of December, the typical venture capitalist can expect at least a few nagging requests from journalists about predictions for the coming year. Often, it seems like a losing game. Make...
View ArticleCoupa Raises $12M In Deal Led By Mohr Davidow
Coupa Software said Tuesday it closed a $12 million Series D round of financing in a deal led by Mohr Davidow Ventures and joined by existing investors El Dorado Ventures, Battery Ventures, and BlueRun...
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Why European Startups Are Eyeing the U.S.
What does the United States have that Europe doesn’t? For Peter Arvai, co-founder and CEO of Prezi, a developer of an online presentation tool that was founded in Hungary, the answer has to do with...
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Real-Time Search Engine Topsy Raises $15M
BlueRun Ventures, Ignition Partners, Founders Fund and angel investor Scott Banister (co-founder of Zivity) joined a $15 million Series C round for Topsy, the San Francisco-based company announced...
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Hungry VCs Like the Taste of Social Food Sites
Chances are good that with Easter Sunday approaching and Memorial Day just around the corner, you’ve recently typed into your URL a food website so you can look up a special recipe or a BBQ technique....
View ArticlePixim Strikes a Deal with Advasense
Pixim, the Mountain View, Calif.-based startup providing technology for security cameras, will buy Advasense Technologies. Investors in Pixim include Tallwood Venture Capital, Ridgewood Capital,...
View ArticleSiliconBlue Technologies Inks $18M Series D
SiliconBlue Technologies has closed on $18 million in Series D financing. Atlantic Bridge, a Dublin and London-based private equity firm, led the financing. Existing shareholders BlueRun Ventures,...
View ArticleOpinionaided Wraps Up $4.3M
Start-up Opinionaided has closed on $4.3 million from SoftBank Capital, BlueRun Ventures, General Catalyst and Draper Fisher Jurvetson, as well as from angel investors, including DreamIt Ventures’ Mark...
View ArticleKabbage Raises $17M From Mohr Davidow, BlueRun, Others
Kabbage, Inc. said it secured $17 million of Series B funding in a deal led by Mohr Davidow Ventures. Existing investors BlueRun Ventures; David Bonderman, founder of TPG Capital; Warren Stephens,...
View ArticlePersonal Finance Site SaveUp Inks $2M
San Francisco-based SaveUp has raised $2 million in seed financing to help Americans save more money. The company is developing a national rewards program for personal savings, where users win...
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Promising Portfolios: Asset Values Top Contributed Capital In Recent Cal...
The rule of thumb is that private valuations trail public market valuations by about six months. So it remains to be seen how venture portfolios will adjust later this year in the wake of the summer’s...
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Mobile Investing Gets Harder as Bar for Deals Rises
When it comes to mobile investing, think picks and shovels, not the next Angry Birds. That’s the advice several seasoned venture capitalists offered a roomful of applications developers Thursday...
View ArticleDavid Jaques Joins Board of CommerceTel
CommerceTel, a San DIego based mobile marketing company, announced today that David Jaques has agreed to join its board of directors and to serve as chair of its audit committee. Jaques was formerly...
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GGV, Sequoia, BlueRun Back Chinese Shopping Engine Meilishuo
A group of Silicon Valley VCs are betting that homegrown shopping networks will keep on growing in China. GGV Capital, Sequoia Capital, BlueRun Ventures and Zero2IPO recently, and quietly, invested a...
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BlueRun’s Buhl Joins AppCentral
Peter Buhl, co-founding partner at BlueRun Ventures, jumped from investing in startups to helping to run one. The 12-year veteran investor joined AppCentral as chief operating officer, the company...
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Jamison Made Partner At BlueRun; Tannenbaum Named Principal
Jay Jamison was named partner at BlueRun Ventures, the firm said. Jamison joined the Menlo Park firm as a venture partner in November 2010 and was placed in his new role earlier this year. He continues...
View ArticleKabbage Raises Plenty of Green for Itself
Atlanta-based Kabbage, which provides capital to small and mid-sized online merchants, has raised $30 million in Series C funding. The company has now raised $56 million in total equity. The latest...
View ArticleVenture-Backed Thirst Labs Launches Revamped Site
Thirst Labs, which provides a mobile app and Web platform to discover and share news, announced today that its Thirst news platform has been revamped and is now available to everyone online. Thirst...
View ArticleKilopass Receives $8m Funding to Expand Tech Roadmap
Kilopass Technology, a provider of semiconductor logic non-volatile memory intellectual property has received an $8 million funding from a major consumer electronics licensee who wishes to remain...
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Waze Sale Would Give Boost to Kleiner Perkins; BlueRun Positioned for Biggest...
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, which has been taking heat in the press of late, could get a lift if Facebook acquires mobile navigation app maker Waze, as is being reported today. Israeli...
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Student entrepreneurs: You can win a free ticket to our VC conference — Updated
Update: We’ve heard from some really interesting student entrepreneurs so far. Tomorrow, Oct. 2, is the cutoff, so get your essays in now if you’d like a free ticket. Don’t miss out on this great...
View ArticleBanjo snags $16 mln Series B funds
Banjo said Thursday that it has closed $16 million in Series B financing. Balderton Capital led the round with participation from BlueRun Ventures and Vegas Tech Fund. Headquartered in Redwood City,...
View ArticleKabbage raises fresh $50 mln in SoftBank-led round
Kabbage, an online lender for small businesses, has raised a $50 million Series D round led by SoftBank Capital. Also participating in the round is TCW/Craton, Lumia Capital and existing investors,...
View ArticleGains in venture performance lift University of California portfolio: VCJ
A maturing slice of the University of California’s venture portfolio is benefiting from the venture industry’s performance gains of the past year. The majority of the 20 funds the university holds with...
View ArticleBets pay off for venture funds in UC portfolio: VCJ
Last year saw several top performing funds in the University of California’s recent-vintage venture portfolio consolidate performance gains, as others continue to advanced. These relatively young funds...
View ArticleRadius grabs $54.7 mln Series C
San Francisco-based B2B marketing intelligence firm Radius said Tuesday that it has received $54.7 million in Series C funding. The investors included BlueRun Ventures, Formation 8 Partners, Founders...
View ArticleSticking with mid-sized venture bets bring LP rewards: VCJ
Mid-sized venture funds may be fewer in number, but returns haven’t disappeared from some LP’s portfolios. Seven of the top 10 funds in the California State Teachers’ Retirement System’s current...
View ArticleVenture fundraising appears to slow in Q4: VCJ
Venture capital fundraising appears to have slowed in the fourth quarter after a big pick up early in 2014 raised expectations of a banner year. With the end of November approaching, only $2.7 billion...
View ArticleRAY snaps up funding from BRV Lotus
RAY Company has received undisclosed funding from BRV Lotus, the Asia fund of BlueRun Ventures. A former subsidiary of Samsung Electronics, RAY is a producer of imaging systems for the medical and...
View ArticleBanjo attracts $100 mln Series C
Redwood City, California-based social discovery app Banjo has raised $100 million in Series C funding, the company announced on its site. SoftBank led the round alongside BlueRun Ventures. To read the...
View ArticleBetterCompany nabs $6 mln Series A
San Francisco-based employee engagement platform provider BetterCompany has received $6 million in Series A funding. BlueRun Ventures led the round. In addition to the funding, Jeff Tannenbaum of...
View ArticleFounders Fund leads $50 mln round in Radius
San Francisco-based Radius, a provider of business-to-business predictive marketing software, announced it has raised a $50 million round led by Founders Fund. Formation 8, Glynn Capital Management,...
View ArticleCabot Microelectronics Corp to acquire VC-backed NexPlanar Corp
Cabot Microelectronics Corp has agreed to buy NexPlanar Corp for about $142 million. The deal is expected to close within 30 to 45 days. Based in Hillsboro, Oregon, NexPlanar is a maker of advanced CMP...
View ArticleSmall business lender Kabbage rakes in $135 mln
Atlanta-based Kabbage, an online lender for small businesses, has raised $135 million in funding. Reverence Capital Partners, ING, Santander InnoVentures and Scotiabank led the round with participation...
View ArticleBest and worst venture funds of the past decade–VCJ fund performance report
The results are in. And the winners are a veritable cornucopia of venture’s top names: Union Square Ventures, Spark Capital, Emergence Capital, Foundry Group, BlueRun Ventures. The losers include some...
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