Dave Duffield’s business app company Workday raises $75M
It looks like the era of humongous funding rounds isn’t completely over. Workday , a startup that provides online software to help companies manage things like human resources and finances, has raised $75 million in a fifth round of funding.
The Pleasanton, Calif. company was co-founded… Continue Reading
Service software maker Astadia bags $7M to diversify products
Software-as-a-service company Astadia Inc. announced yesterday that it brought in $7 million in second round financing from new investor North Atlantic Capital and existing investor Kodiak Venture Partners, VentureWire reports.
The Dallas-based company and major SalesForce.com partner develops a variety of management consulting software to streamline… Continue Reading
MySpace founders shortchanged, Yahoo’s binge over, Timebridge, Mashery, FON, Workday
The round-up of crucial stuff in Silicon Valley:
Did MySpace’s Chris DeWolfe and Tom Anderson get shortchanged? — VentureBeat has heard that MySpace, the biggest success of the Web 2.0 wave so far, in terms of users, wasn’t such a great a hit for the co-founders. Word… Continue Reading
Dave Duffield launches back-office software co. Workday with $15M
See our story here. Duffieldand and Greylock Partners invested $15 million into the company in 2005. They plan to kick in an additional $20 million next year, the Merc reports.