Accel adds venture partner Richard Yanowitch
Accel Partners has added Richard Yanowitch as a venture partner to its Palo Alto office, in news first reported by VentureWire (sub required).
Yanowitch announced his resignation from NDS Group PLC yesterday. Previously, he has served as executive vice president of VeriSign, and vice president of corporate marketing for Sybase (see his resume at Accel’s site; you’ll have to click on his link)
As a venture partner, Yanowitch will focus on deals in digital media, social networking,… Continue Reading
Zimbra’s rocking email service
Updated
Zimbra, the open source messaging software company, has just announced that it has sold four million Zimbra mailboxes, an impressive milestone for the three year old San Mateo company.
Zimbra, you’ll recall, gives you an email platform that implements the latest AJAX majic. It started last year by letting you do things like pull up Google maps by scrolling your mouse over an address written in the e-mail, or pop up your calendar when you mouse… Continue Reading
Rapt, Accel & Levensohn settle with co-founders in ten days
Just ten days after two co-founders of San Francisco pricing software company Rapt sued its venture backers, the case has been settled.
We thought it would be quick (see our original story here), because high-profile venture firm Accel Partners, and another valley firm, Levensohn Venture Partners, likely wanted to get it over with. But terms of the settlement were undisclosed, according to PE Week, which covered the suit and first reported the settlement Friday.
The two co-founders… Continue Reading