Mark Boslet

Foley & Lardner LLP said Wednesday that it launched Foley Ventures, a $4 million venture capital fund designed to invest in or with Foley clients. PRESS RELEASE Foley launches venture capital fund June 1, 2011 – Foley & Lardner LLP announced today the launch of Foley Ventures, a $4 million venture capital fund exclusively to […]

PunchTab, Inc. said it secured $850,000 in seed funds from Mohr Davidow Ventures, Embarcadero Ventures, and angels Venky Harinarayan, Anand Rajaraman, and Nick Sturiale. The consumer loyalty sites says businesses can use its service to immediately reward users for social sharing and ongoing engagement with customized rewards from leading brands. PRESS RELEASE PunchTab Raises $850,000 […]

Milyoni said Wednesday that it secured $3 million in Series A financing from returning seed investors ATA Ventures and Thomvest Ventures. The Pleasanton, Calif., company will use the funding to extend its social commerce platforms and applications that companies use to sell both real and digital goods. PRESS RELEASE Leading F-Commerce Provider Milyoni Secures $3 […]

GigaOM announced Wednesday that it raised $6 million in expansion funding. Reed Elsevier Ventures led the round for the news and conferences business, with existing investors Alloy Ventures and True Ventures also participating. PRESS RELEASE GigaOM Raises $6 Million in Funding Leading business and technology media company will use funding to expand its rapidly growing […]

Rent the Runway said Monday it raised $15 million in venture capital from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. The investment in the New York dress rental business bring capital raised to more than $31 million, with prior financing of more than $16 million from Bain Capital Ventures and Highland Capital. The startup had pre-launch seed […]

Open Road Integrated Media said it received $8 million in Series B equity financing in a round led by Azure Capital and joined by Golden Seeds and current investor Kohlberg Ventures. Open Road, a digital published based in New York, will use the financing to expand.

Covington & Burling LLP said Monday it added four partners to its life sciences team in London. The new attorneys – Paul Claydon, Natalie Diep, James Gubbins and James Halstead – will work on M&A, private equity and venture transactions. PRESS RELEASE Covington Adds Four Partners To Life Sciences Team LONDON, May 16, 2011 — […]

The law firm Cooley LLP said Thursday it has filed an application with the Ministry of Justice of the People’s Republic of China to open a representative office in Shanghai. PRESS RELEASE p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 19.0px ‘Times New Roman’} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 16.0px […]

Clearspring Technologies, Inc. said Tuesday it closed a $20 million Series D round of funding led by Institutional Venture Partners. The McLean, Virg., company, which owns the content tracking service AddThis for social media content, said existing investors joined the round. Its existing investors include New Enterprise Associates, Novak Biddle Venture Partners, former AOL President Ted […]

Matrix Partners said Friday it close of two new funds, the Matrix Partners China II at $350 million and Matrix Partners India II at $300 million. The fundraising brings total international assets under management to $650 million in China and $600 million in India. PRESS RELEASE Matrix Partners China Closes $350 Million Fund II and […]