Posts Tagged ‘ venture ’

Twitter acquires big data analysis company Lucky Sort for its revenue engineering department

May 13, 2013
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Twitter acquires big data analysis company Lucky Sort for its revenue engineering department

Twitter has acquired data analysis firm Lucky Sort, which will be shutting down in the coming months, said the company on its website. Lucky Sort is a visualization and navigation service that allows people to break apart topics on news and social media in a visual manner. Lucky Sort CEO Noah Pepper says that several…

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Skytree raises $18M from US Venture Partners and UPS to take on the big data analytics market

April 30, 2013
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Skytree raises $18M from US Venture Partners and UPS to take on the big data analytics market

Skytree, a San Jose-based startup focused on helping businesses understand big data, has raised an $18 million series A round led by U.S. Venture Partners (USVP), UPS and former Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy. These funds will be used to “fuel an aggressive growth strategy,” with hopes of “disrupting the Big Data Analytics market with enterprise-ready Machine Learning.” Jargon and buzzword-filled goals aside,…

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Website traffic monetization firm Dynamic Yield lands $2m from The New York Times and others

April 24, 2013
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Website traffic monetization firm Dynamic Yield lands $2m from The New York Times and others

Dynamic Yield, which develops audience personalization software that helps online publishers and e-retailers increase revenue yield and measure key engagement metrics, has raised $2 million in funding. Founded in 2012, Dynamic Yield’s Series A round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with The New York Times Company and Google chairman Eric Schmidt-backed investment firm Innovation…

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Western Wind gibt Einreichung von Formular 15F bekannt, um seine Berichtspflichten gegenüber der SEC zu beenden

April 9, 2013
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Western Wind gibt Einreichung von Formular 15F bekannt, um seine Berichtspflichten gegenüber der SEC zu beenden

09.04.2013 | 23:42 Western Wind gibt Einreichung von Formular 15F bekannt, um seine Berichtspflichten gegenber der SEC zu beenden Vancouver, British Columbia (ots/PRNewswire) - Krzel TSX.V: "WND" Krzel OTCQX: "WNDEF" Ausgegebene und umlaufende Aktien: 73.272.748 Western Wind Energy Corp. (das "Unternehmen" oder "Western Wind") (TSX Venture Exchange ?' "WND") (OTCQX ?' "WNDEF") gab bekannt, dass…

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MuleSoft debuts ‘integration 2.0′ platform Anypoint; lands $37m from Salesforce and others

April 3, 2013
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MuleSoft debuts ‘integration 2.0′ platform Anypoint; lands $37m from Salesforce and others

Integration software company MuleSoft is today announcing that it is bundling a set of new and existing products in a single offering dubbed the ‘Anypoint Platform’. In addition, the company is announcing that it has raised $37 million in new funding from prior and first-time backers like NEA and Salesforce.com. Anypoint With its new Anypoint…

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Readying For An IPO, Enterprise SaaS Integration Platform Mulesoft Raises $37M From NEA, Salesforce And Others

April 3, 2013
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MuleSoft, an integration platform for connecting SaaS and enterprise applications in the cloud and on-premise, has raised $37 million led by NEA, with Salesforce.com and returning investors Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Morgenthaler Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, SAP Ventures and Bay Partners all participating. This bring the company’s total funding to $81 million. MuleSoft lets organizations…

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Lagoa Debuts ‘Industry First’ Cloud Based 3D Design Platform, Raises $1.6M From 500 Startups, Atlas

April 2, 2013
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From physical to digital rendering, 3D is being hailed by many as the future, and today, Lagoa, one of software startups in this space, is unveiling a new product, called Lagoa, that’s helping 3D enter a new dimension: a full 3D rendering and collaboration platform based entirely in the cloud. To mark the launch, Lagoa…

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Enterprise-Focused Emergence Capital Takes On Alison Berkley Wagonfeld As Operating Partner

March 18, 2013
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Emergence Capital Partners, an enterprise-focused venture firm that has backed Salesforce.com, Yammer and Box, just took on a new operating partner with the hiring of Alison Berkley Wagonfeld. She comes from Harvard Business School’s California Research Center down in Menlo Park. Before that, she co-created QuickenLoans at Intuit, which eventually became one of the biggest…

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500 Startups-backed Blackbird Ventures takes flight with $30m fund for Australian startups

March 14, 2013
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500 Startups-backed Blackbird Ventures takes flight with $30m fund for Australian startups

Australia tech founders have a good reason for excitement today. Sydney-based VC firm Blackbird Ventures has officially launched, announcing its AU$30 million (US$31 million) fund — with close links to the US — that is dedicated to supporting startups and helping them grow overseas. Blackbird first got together last August, and since then it has already…

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Jared Fliesler, Square’s VP Overseeing Growth, Joins Matrix As General Partner

March 7, 2013
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Jared Fliesler, who oversaw growth and user acquisition at Square, is crossing over to the venture side from the startup world and joining Matrix Partners as a general partner. A firm that has been around for more than 30 years, Matrix does Series A rounds in the enterprise and consumer space. It’s bi-coastal with offices…

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