Serious Materials puts together $60M for green building supplies

Serious Materials puts together $60M for green building supplies

Serious Materials, a developer and manufacturer of green building materials like windows and drywall, announced today that it has brought in $60 million in a third round of venture funding. The Sunnyvale, Calif. company didn’t say how it plans to use the money, though it has been building up its sales staff in recent months.

One of the highest-profile green buildings companies in the Silicon Valley, Serious Materials has now raised $120 million in financing…. Continue Reading

Roundup: Yahoo’s Euro head out, e-commerce down, and more

Roundup: Yahoo’s Euro head out, e-commerce down, and more

Hope you had a delicious Thanksgiving. Here’s proof the news machine never stops:

Yahoo’s European head says arrivederce – Toby Coppel, in charge of Yahoo’s Western European market, is out, according to All Things D.

But Icahn is buying — Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is circling the bleeding hulk that is Yahoo like a shark, having just bought up about $67 million more in company shares. He now holds about 5.5 percent of Yahoo.

E-commerce shrinks — Online sales need… Continue Reading