Mark Boslet

Sequoia Capital‘s China team and Chinese angel fund Zhenfund have joined forces to start a new $30 million seed fund, according to TechNode news site in China. The fund has a 50/50 split in dollars and the Renmindi to enable it to invest in Chinese registered and variable interest entity companies. Sequoia did not issue […]

HealthTap said it raised $11.5 million in Series A funding led by Mayfield Fund, Mohr Davidow Ventures and Eric Schmidt’s Innovation Endeavors. The Palo Alto, Calif., company will use the money to increase growth, recruit talent and attract more physicians to its site. PRESS RELEASE HealthTap Secures $11.5M in Series A Funding from Mayfield Fund, […]

Power2Switch said it raised $1.3 million in a round led by OCA Ventures. Hyde Park Angels, New World Ventures, I2A and several private investors participated in the investment. Power2Switch of Chicago will use the financing to hire additional employees, accelerate sales and marketing, and expand the business into other deregulated states. PRESS RELEASE POWER2SWITCH RAISES […]

Siemens Industry, Inc. said it agreed to acquire all of the stock of eMeter Corporation. The deal for the San Mateo, Calif., company is expect to close in December 2011. EMeter is backed by Sequoia Capital, Northgate Capital and Foundation Capital. No terms were disclosed. PRESS RELEASE Siemens to Acquire eMeter to Enhance Smart Grid […]

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers on Thursday added its third senior partner in three years, hiring former Twitter engineer Michael Abbott to help with social, mobile and cloud investing. Abbott left Twitter less than two months ago to become an entrepreneur in residence at Benchmark Capital. In press reports, Abbott said he was jazzed by […]

Unbounce said it raised $850,000 from a syndicate led by Real Ventures of Montreal. The group includes Founder Co-Op of Seattle, Atlas Ventures of Boston, Social Leverage, 500Startups and Point Nine Capital. Also participating are angels Boris Wertz, Mike Edwards, Rapleaf CEO Auren Hoffman and Articulate CEO Adam Schwartz. BLOG POST Unbounce Raises $850k to […]

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers said it hired Mike Abbott, a former vice president of engineering at Twitter, as a partner on its digital team. Mike Abbott is just the third senior partner added in three years, following Bing Gordon and Mary Meeker. He has a deep background in social and mobile applications and infrastructure […]

Miso said it raised $4 million in a round led by new investor Khosla Ventures and joined by Google Ventures and Hearst Interactive Media. The startup developing technology around television viewing to date has raised $6M. BLOG POST Khosla Invests in Miso to Lead TV 2.0 It’s hard to believe how far we’ve come since January. […]

NewsCred said it raised a $4 million Series A round of funding led by FirstMark Capital and joined by Lerer Ventures, AOL Ventures and Advancit Capital. The company said the funding closed last month. It also said that last September it raised a $750,000 seed round from FLOODGATE, IA Ventures and Naval Ravikant, all of […]

Retroficiency said it raised  $3.32 million in an initial round of financing led by Point Judith Capital and angel investors. Retroficiency also said it is acquiring the energy efficiency division of Nexamp, known as Clean Energy Solutions. Retroficiency is a Boston-based company developing products for the buildings energy efficiency market. PRESS RELEASE Retroficiency Closes $3.32M […]