Redpoint to grow startup garden with new $400M fund

Redpoint Ventures announced the closing of its fifth fund, $400 million dedicated to supporting early stage entrepreneurs, startups, and the technology they create.

Hobbit game publisher Kabam raises funds from Warner Bros. and MGM

Kabam is continuing its success with a second game based on the fantasy trilogy.

Electric Imp unveils cloud-based home automation: now you can burn your toast from Tokyo

Home automation is a hot category that just got even hotter. And possibly, just a bit easier. Today Electric Imp is announcing the Imp, a cloud-based approach to monitoring and managing everything you own.

The venture-backed startup in Los Altos, …

Path raising $30M round led by Redpoint. No, it won’t be the next Instagram. (updated)

Updated 4:52 pm with confirmed funding amount, full list of investors, and quote from Satish Dharmaraj.

Rumors about Path’s new round of funding have circulated for some time, but they are now being reported as hard numbers. Path confirmed to …

Funding daily: crowdfunding, outsourcing, and social gaming

At VentureBeat, we come across a lot of funding news every day. In order to bring you the most information possible, we’re rounding up the quick-and-dirty details about the funding deals of the day and serving them up here in …

Path may have just sealed a new $20M funding deal

We’re hearing loud rumors this morning that hot-as-molten-lava startup Path may have just closed a $20 million round of funding.

The round was reportedly led by Redpoint Ventures and pegged Path at a $250 million valuation.

While Business Insider is …

Redpoint eVentures launches to help budding Brazilian tech industry

Redpoint Ventures and BV Capital eVentures announced today that they are teaming up to launch the oh-so-cleverly named Redpoint eVentures, a new venture capital fund for Brazil’s tech industry.

The firm is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil and will back …

Pinweel: Caterina Fake ‘interested’ in buying our trademark (exclusive)

When Flickr co-founder Caterina Fake announced her new travel-note app Pinwheel earlier this month, the folks over at photo-sharing app Pinweel (no “h”) weren’t happy. In fact, the company even asked that she “cease any further or intended use of …

Flickr co-founder announces newest startup & newest funding

Caterina Fake (pictured), who previously co-founded photo-sharing megalith Flickr, has just taken the wraps off Pinwheel, her brand-new app.

Pinwheel is currently in private beta; Fake says it’s a way to “find and leave notes all over the world… A …

Extole turns regular customers into brand ambassadors, raises $10M

Nearly every company has a social presence these days, but personal recommendations are often a more powerful way to boost sales. If you’ve never heard about a company before, but your friend has, you’ll likely trust her opinion over that …

Cloud enterprise app maker Tidemark grabs $24M from Redpoint, Greylock, Andreessen Horowitz

Enterprise performance management company Tidemark has raised $24 million in its third round of funding. The company makes cloud-based apps that help businesses interpret and act on real-time data.

Tidemark made our list of 10 disruptive cloud companies we’re exited …

BetterWorks lands $8M for revolutionary employee perks platform

BetterWorks, a startup with a platform for engaging and rewarding employees at small and medium-size business, has sealed an $8 million first institutional round of funding.

The BetterWorks platform is all about perks: the employee rewards that lie beyond salary …