Over the weekend, news broke that Telefonica was killing Jajah. While the news created a lot of consternation, the reality is that both parties got what they needed from the $207 million deal. Investors made money and Telefonica got something else.…
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Sequoia not shy about investing in energy, transportation startups
Innovation in energy and transportation is still emerging from the startup world, it's just quieter and mostly not coming from the VC community.…
Read MoreThousandEyes sniffs out performance problems on-site, off-site wherever
Startup says it can keep an eye on both your internal IT and your SaaS providers to pinpoint problems fast.…
Read MoreMadeiraCloud nets $1.5M to paint a pretty picture of your Amazon cloud
Startup says its visualization tool is an easier way to see all AWS resources associated with a given application and will use its new money to advertise that feature.…
Read MoreSequoia Capital’s Doug Leone: on YCombinator, Instagram & Other VCs
We have co-opted seed funds. You know, Y Combinator, that was completely our money. We have secret handshakes with a whole bunch of…
Read MoreOkta gets $25M more to take on cloud identity management
The enterprise IT market is undergoing a radical shift thanks to cloud computing. On-demand computing has added agility but also increased complexity, and Okta, a startup that helps track who can access what corporate assets, has raised $25 million to bring identity management into the future.…
Read MoreEmbattled video startup Color says it won’t fade to black (for now)
UPDATED: Color is not shutting down, said a company spokesman, contrary to a report earlier today that Color was "winding down" its business. Color has gotten its share of criticism after a failed launch and $41 million in funding.…
Read MoreiPad publisher Inkling expands to iPhone
In a move aimed primarily at users of its textbooks, iPad publisher Inkling is making all of its titles available for the iPhone. The company's interactive ebook publishing platform, Habitat, now works for iPhone as well.…
Read MoreSongkick’s Tourbox is a one-stop shop for live bands
Gig listings startup Songkick has started its expansion into broader music services, with a new feature called Tourbox that lets bands manage and promote their live dates across the web, through integrations with the likes of YouTube, Spotify, SoundCloud and Bandcamp.…
Read MoreSunrun raises $60M for residential solar service
Investors may not be so keen to put money into solar manufacturing these days, but they are pumping quite a bit of money into the solar retail sector. Sunrun is benefitting from this investor sentiment and announced Wednesday that it’s raised a $60 million in equity.…
Read MoreSuper VC Mike Moritz diagnosed with rare medical condition, steps back
Mike Moritz, arguably one of the few super VCs has been diagnosed with a rare, incurable medical condition and has decided to take a step back from active daily duties at Sequoia Capital. He still intends to continue making investments and work with younger partners.…
Read MoreAnother $40 million for Jawbone from Kleiner Perkins, Deutsche Telekom
Jawbone, a San Francisco-based company that makes mobile lifestyle accessories such as Jambox and Up, a personal health device has raised another $40 million in new funds from Deutsche Telekom, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, private investor Yuri Milner and J.P. Morgan Asset Management.…
Read MoreMichael Moritz: Easy to start, tough to keep a company going
It's easier than ever to start a company, according to Sequoia Capital General Partner Michael Moritz, but there's still the question of how companies will stand the test of time. That was one takeaway from his chat with Om Malik at GigaOM RoadMap on Thursday.…
Read MoreSuper VC Michael Moritz headlines GigaOM RoadMap
Michael Moritz, general partner at white shoe venture firm, Sequoia Capital is going to be a headline speaker at our GigaOM RoadMap conference, on November 10 in San Francisco. Moritz, along with other tech luminaries will help us figure out how connectedness will change our future.…
Read MoreiPad Textbook Publisher Inkling Raises $17 Million
Just in time for the back-to-school season, iPad interactive textbook publisher Inkling has secured $17 million in Series B funding from inv……
Read MoreNow Evernote wants to become a productivity platform
Fresh off its $50 million in funding, note-taking and memory service Evernote is preparing for its first-ever developer conference next month, where it will outline its broader strategy and how it plans on becoming a 100-year company by building a productivity platform.…
Read MoreTake Note: New $50 Million Funding Round For Evernote
With more and more people accessing the Internet from multiple devices, central storage services that tie those devices together are becomin……
Read MoreSequoia hires — and kicks tires — with Talenthouse deal
Sequoia will be crowdsourcing its job application process through Talenthouse, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based startup that allows companies and artists to hold design contests for things like album art and logos. Sequoia isn't an investor in Talenthouse-- yet. Could this essentially be a public tire-kicking session?…
Read MoreTaykey launches out of stealth mode with $11M VC
Online advertising platform startup Taykey officially launched out of stealth mode Thursday with the announcement of a $9 million funding round led by Sequoia Capital. The round officially serves as the two-year-old company's series B funding and brings Taykey's total investment to $11 million.…
Read MoreSequoia’s Moritz Thinks Digital Investors Have Gone Cuckoo
So, is there a new tech bubble? One man who may know is Michael Moritz, the celebrated veteran Sequoia partner who invested in companies lik……
Read MoreSugar Raises $15 Million In Part For More Acquisitions
Female-focused online media company Sugar has raised $15 million in a new round of funding led by Institutional Venture Partners; existing b……
Read MoreMoney Flows To Mobile Startups: Appia, Apperian, Bubble Motion, And Others
It may not be $41 million, but there are still serious funds flowing into the mobile sector at the moment, and the companies taking advantag……
Read MoreWidgetbox Rebrands As Display Platform Flite, Raises $12 Million
Ad tech firm Flite (fka Widgetbox) has raised $12 million third round as it completes its rebranding from a community for widget developers……
Read MoreGoogle Ventures, Sequoia Capital and Salesforce Back HubSpot
Three huge Silicon Valley names -- Sequoia Capital, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Ventures, and Salesforce.com -- are investing in HubSpot, as part of……
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