Jawbone, the maker of Bluetooth headsets for cell phones and other cool hardware, announced today that it has raised $40 million.
That amount is one of the biggest raised by a mobile hardware company, but San Francisco-based Jawbone has always …
A handful of big-name venture firms have lobbed a sizable chunk of change at Klarna, a Swedish startup that’s taking on Paypal in the mobile and online payments arena.
This is the startup’s third round of venture capital funding; previously, …
[Editor's note: Updated with quotes from Xoom's chief executive John Kunze.]
Money transfer company Xoom received a $25 million round of funding today, according to a Form D filed with the SEC. The round comes from existing investors, including Sequoia …
Virident is announcing today that is has raised $21 million to launch its next-generation flash memory for enterprises.
The funding is a rare one for a chip maker, but Virident is playing in one of the hottest parts of the …
Sencha, provider of HTML 5 tools for web and mobile developers, received $15 million in a second round of funding led by Jafco Ventures.
HTML 5 applications can make beautiful, interactive experiences on PCs and mobile devices. But there are …
We’re thrilled to announce that all 10 finalists in the CloudBeat 2011 Innovation Showdown will be invited to attend a special Bootcamp session hosted by Sequoia Capital. The session will take place at Sequoia’s offices in Menlo Park on November …
Achievers has raised $24.5 million for its business of motivating employees by inspiring them with rewards and social network.
That seems like something every company should do. But Achievers gives them a helping hand, and the company has grown 105 …
Sequoia Capital has turned its eyes toward lead generation in its latest investment, Mintigo, a company focused on streamlining the customer acquisition process. The second round of funding was announced today and was capped off at $9 million.
Mintigo describes …
A few lucky people got a peek at the future of online advertising recently, thanks to a Y Combinator event.
Close to 200 entrepreneurs, marketers, publishers, and venture capitalists packed Y Combinator headquarters in Mountain View on Sept. 14 for …
Sequoia Capital made a $30 million investment in MeLLmo Inc.’s first round of funding today, not long after it extended its Roambi product reach outside of San Diego to Boston, New York City, San Francisco, London and Shanghai.
MeLLmo is …
Cloud phone service RingCentral has raised an additional $10 million in funding, with a goal of expanding its size and scope.
RingCentral offers cloud computing-based business phone systems to more than 200,000 customers. The service essentially makes small businesses appear …
Video advertising platform Innovid has raised a new $9.5 million round of funding, the company announced Wednesday.
Innovid’s iRoll ad service embeds interactive elements in pre-roll video ads to make them dynamic and engaging to an audience. The company also …
One of the most popular apps for Android, MoboTap’s Dolphin Browser, landed in Apple’s App Store late last night.
Dolphin first gained recognition as an early alternative to the pre-installed Android browser, and for a long time it was faster …
Get ready for a ride on the Global Internet Speedup Initiative. It’s an alliance of companies who want to make the internet faster by shortening the distance that data has to travel when someone is requesting it.
With the new …
Storied venture capital firm Sequoia Capital is in the process of raising a new growth fund and principals fund, the firm has confirmed with VentureBeat.
Sequoia would not disclose any new details about the funds when contacted by VentureBeat. A …
Note-taking service Evernote has secured a $50 million funding round, the company announced Wednesday.
The Mountain View, California-based startup said it plans to use the new funds to aggressively expand its operations and acquire companies that will increase growth of …
Who doesn’t love to entertain venture capitalists? They have insight, they have an innovative eyes, they have lots of money… So we grabbed two of the best dressed (plaid blazers anyone?) to join us on stage at MobileBeat 2011 today …
Voice and text messaging provider Bubble Motion today announced it has pulled in $10 million in a second round of funding, as the company attempts to work on new tools for 800 million available mobile users.
The Palo Alto, Calif.-based …
Appirio, a startup that integrates online business applications and platforms, has raised $10 million in a third round of funding.
The San Mateo, Calif. company developed three of the seven bestselling applications in Salesforce.com‘s AppExchange, including the No. 1 app, …
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Appirio, an online software startup whose most popular offerings sync data between Salesforce.com and Google products, has raised a $5.6 million second round of funding led by Sequoia Capital.
The startup has close ties to Salesforce.com — the customer …
