Mark Boslet
Clean Power Finance said it raised $25 million from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Google Ventures, Claremont Creek Ventures, Clean Pacific Ventures and Sand Hill Angels. The solar startup also appointed Robert “Nat” Kreamer, a co-founder of competitor SunRun, its new CEO. It was unclear when the financing round closed. News reports said money from […]
Clean Power Finance has raised $19 million in venture financing, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The filings lists Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Partner Ben Kortlang and Claremont Creek Ventures Managing Director Nat Goldhaber as company directors, but offers no detail on which firms supported the financing. Greentech Media reported […]
Danotek said it raised $15 million in a Series B funding led by Khosla Ventures, CMEA Capital, GE Energy Financial Services and Statoil Technology. The company makes magnet generators for use at wind farms and will use the money to kickoff production as well as expand research and development. PRESS RELEASE Khosla Ventures, CMEA Capital, […]
Medify said it raised $1.8 million in Series A funding from angel investors and Voyager Capital. The Seattle consumer health services company also announced its launch from stealth. PRESS RELEASE THE PROGNOSIS IS GOOD: MEDIFY LAUNCHES CONSUMER HEALTH SERVICE THAT EMPOWERS PATIENTS TO TRANSFORM MEDICAL INSIGHT INTO ACTION Company Backed by Series A Funding from […]
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, chief executive of Stephens Inc.; and the UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund participated in the round. Also part of the round were several individuals, including […]
Carnegie Mellon University said it will launch an entrepreneurship program at its Silicon Valley campus aimed at encouraging students to germinate their own startup projects. The accelerated one-year program will offer students a master of science degree in software management and teach management, metrics, product definition and strategy. The first program is to begin Aug. […]
Nettle, Inc. said it closed a seed round of $500,000 led by Google Ventures and joined by Advancit Capital, 500 Startups, and angel investors including former executives of eBay and Qualcomm. The La Jolla company is building social and mobile apps and expects to launch its service next month. PRESS RELEASE Nettle, Inc. Raises $500,000 […]
AppFog said it raised an $8 million Series B round led by Ignition Partners. The cloud-based hosting service from Portland that was formerly called PHP Fog said the round saw participation from new investors Simon Crosby and Matt Ocko, and from previous investors Madrona Venture Group, First Round Capital and Founders Co-Op. PRESS RELEASE AppFog […]
ChallengePost said it secured $4.1 million in a Series A round of venture funding led by Opus Capital. The round was joined by Betaworks, Richmond Park Partners and a number of angel investors, including Esther Dyson, Joshua Schachter, Irwin Jacobs, and Jason Calacanis. PRESS RELEASE ChallengePost Secures $4.1 Million Series A Round of Venture Funding […]
HotLink Corp. said it secured $10 million in Series A financing in a deal led by Foundation Capital and joined by Leapfrog Ventures. The Sunnyvale, Calif., company used the occasion to emerge from stealth with its SuperVISOR technology platform designed to let data centers mix and match hypervisors. PRESS RELEASE HotLink Emerges With $10M Series […]