Mazel tov, Israeli startups: Sequoia Capital raised $200M to fund you

The fund is part of a larger effort by the venture firm to raise $1 billion for a number of new funds that stretch across many continents.

6 secrets of raising money from Indiegogo’s Adam Chapnick

Indiegogo founder and chief executive Adam Chapnick shared six secrets of success for raising money at GROW 2012. And they work, he says, whether you're crowdsourcing or dealing with venture capitalists.

Funding Daily: Shout it from the mountaintops

It all started from the concept of a slippery slope. Combine the snowball effect online shopping can have on susceptible consumers (present company included), a company founded in the Swiss Alps, and an iPad app vaguely reminiscent of snow, and …

Funding Daily: Soup’s on!

The water is coming to a slow boil this Monday, as investors add their money into startup pots and hope that the end result will be something delicious, and more importantly, lucrative. Let’s see what’s cooking today.

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In a valley of VC clones, Google Ventures does more than just write checks

Aside from the Google connection, Google Ventures and its partners are obviously different from anything else in their league in a few major ways -- how they pick startups, how they help build businesses, and how they manage risk.

Funding Daily: Calm winds and quiet seas

Over the past couple days, funding news has been coming in at a leisurely pace, a summertime pace, if you will. Just a handful of companies made investment announcements, so I have taken the liberty of wrapping them all up …

Zack Bogue and Matt Ocko launch Big Data-focused venture fund

Big Data, a mega-trend that is showing no signs of slowing down, now has its own dedicated venture fund. “Data Collective” launches today, and is head up by storied investors, Zachary Bogue and Matt Ocko.

The fund’s cofounders plan to …

Funding Daily: A big dose of the warm and fuzzies

Today’s investment news is filled with good vibes. Anyone who claims that the world of technology is cold, hard, and emotionless should take a look at the stories below. We’ve got companies promoting family values, technology that puts people in …

Funding Daily: cash, money, cars, clothes, venture capital

Today’s funding news is best read to a bass line. Investors may choose to put their money towards businesses rather than bling, but there is no shortage of hustle and grind or gold diggin’ in the startup world. Yeaahhhhh boy.…

Funding Daily: sugar magnolia, funding blooming

Yesterday, I masqueraded as a sci-fi nerd. Today, I’m letting my true [tie-dye] colors fly as I raise my hippie flag and incorporate social responsibility, sunshine, rainbows, and yes, even a hint of marijuana into the funding news.

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Funding Daily: Batman forsakes Gotham City for Silicon Valley

After seeing the Dark Knight Rises last night, I felt compelled to test a theory that everything can somehow be framed within the Batman context. One way or another, I managed to find a Batman angle for all of today’s …

Vive le web! European consumer tech startups fuel VC growth

With all the doom and gloom about the European debt crisis, it’s easy to underestimate the impact of early-stage tech companies, sprouting up in hubs like London and Berlin. These startups have fueled a 14 percent increase in venture capital …

Funding Daily: It’s like a kiddie cup of ice cream — short and sweet

Funding news was slow like molasses today. And so to continue this week’s theme of presenting funding news with a dusting of sugar, here is today’s kiddie cup of investment. We’ve got Fab McFlurry and a pint of Phish Food …