How we raised venture capital — and kept our sanity in check
Guest Post We have been fortunate to have raised great rounds, from amazing investors -- but fundraising was one of the most stressful events of my life. Here's what we learned.
Hot messaging app MessageMe already has over 1M users, nabs $1.9M in funding
March 19, 2013 8:21 AM
Sean Ludwig
MessageMe has been busy since its launch a week and a half ago. The messaging application has been cut off from Facebook’s Open Graph, raised $1.9 million in seed funding, and attracted more than 1 million users
Dave McClure predicts startups will ‘f***ing fail’ 24 hours before demo day
February 5, 2013 12:31 PM
Rebecca Grant
Editor's Pick At Startup Grind in Mountain View, Dave McClure drops pearls of wisdom (and profanity) about what it takes to build a successful startup.
Why it’s too risky to take seed funding from friends and family this Christmas
December 20, 2012 11:12 AM
Christina Farr
CBInsights research indicates that 1,000 recently-funded seed companies will be orphaned, meaning they are unable to raise follow-on financing.
Tylr Mobile nabs $500K from Citrix Accelerator, Alchemist and more (exclusive)
December 12, 2012 11:00 AM
Christina Farr
Tylr Mobile, a startup in stealth mode that is building a better way for business users to work on a smartphone or tablet device, has been selected by two accelerators, and has received investment from private individuals at companies like SAP, Salesforce.com and Oracle.
Former Facebookers’ new startup dives deep into the data of e-commerce
June 26, 2012 4:00 AM
Rebecca Grant
Freshplum, a startup that provides revenue analytics for e-commerce companies, announced it raised $1.4 million in seed funding today.
The round was led by New Enterprise Associates with participation Greylock Partners, Google Ventures, and Charles River Ventures.
The information Freshplum …
YC startup SendHub secures $2M for serious SMS (exclusive)
April 26, 2012 9:55 AM
Jennifer Van Grove
SMS messages sent for practical, group communication rather than just LOLs is serious enough business that investors have handed SendHub a $2 million check.
Recent Y Combinator graduate SendHub, which bills itself as SMS for organizations, is in the business …
Seed funding grew from 2010 to 2011, survey says
March 22, 2012 1:48 PM
Sarah Mitroff
Seed funding, the backbone of startups looking to get off the ground, grew last year according to the 2011 Internet/Digital Media and Software Industries Seed Financing Survey from Silicon Valley law firm Fenwick & West.
The firm released its second …
Accel Partners announces $155M India fund for mobile, enterprise, and more
November 16, 2011 5:59 AM
Devindra Hardawar
Showing that there’s plenty of untapped potential in the Indian startup scene, Silicon Valley venture capital firm Accel Partners announced its $155 million Accel India III fund today for seed and early-stage investments in the country.
Accel, which already has …
Zendesk opens new Denmark office, teams up with startup incubators
August 25, 2011 10:01 AM
Matthew Lynley
Customer help desk management provider Zendesk today announced that it is opening a new office in Denmark and is teaming up with nearly a dozen startup incubators around the world to give its customer support software.
The company is working …
What seed-stage star Christine Herron's move to Intel Capital means
Well-connected early-stage investor Christine Herron is leaving seed-stage venture-capital firm First Round Capital to join Intel Capital, the chipmaker’s corporate venture arm. The move adds another voice to the ongoing controversy over whether there is a bubble in early-stage investing …
Angel investors flee as seed and startup bubble begins to deflate
New data released today by the University of New Hampshire’s Center for Venture Research found that angel investors put much less money into startup deals during the first half of 2010 than they did in 2009, a direct refutation …
Greylock Partners announces new $20M seed fund for micro-financing fresh startups
Reid Hoffman (pictured left), a founder of LinkedIn, prominent angel investor, and partner with venture capital firm Greylock Partners, announced a new $20 million seed fund affiliated with Greylock for small-scale investments into startups.
The seed project, announced by Hoffman …
How much should you look for in your seed round?
Guest Post
(Editor’s note: Will Herman is an entrepreneur who has founded or held senior roles in several tech companies.This story originally appeared on his blog.)
I often run across early stage companies in a real quandary about how much money to …
