| Date | Title | Description |
| 30.01.2025 | Beanstack: $1.5 Million Raised To Help School Libraries Facilitate Reading Challenges | Beanstack announced they have raised $1.5 million in capital led by Riverside Acceleration Capital and Evoce Capital with additional investment from Mark Cuban, Kapor Capital, Militello Capital, and the founders and their family as a strate... |
| 22.01.2025 | Beanstack Raises $1.5M in Growth Round | Beanstack, a Washington, DC-based provider of a solution for motivating people to read, raised $1.5M in funding.
The round was led by Riverside Acceleration Capital and Evoce Capital with additional investment from Mark Cuban, Kapor Capital... |
| 12.08.2024 | European, SWANA startups power through slowdown in Ed-tech funding | After record growth, Ed-tech sector slows down - but not worldwide
Following the pandemic-driven surge in the Ed-tech sector, enthusiasm for education technology has waned. After $20.8 billion was raised in 2021 and $10.6 billion in 2022,... |
| 24.07.2024 | Malaica secures pre-seed funding to expand pregnancy care in Kenya |
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Maternal mortality remains a major health challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa, with the continent accounting for approximately 70% of all global maternal deaths. The maternal mortality ratio (M... |
| 29.04.2024 | Ginkgo Bioworks Announces Nomination of Myrtle Potter and Ross Fubini to Board of Directors | BOSTON, April 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Ginkgo Bioworks (NYSE: DNA), which is building the leading platform for cell programming and biosecurity, announced the nomination of Myrtle Potter and Ross Fubini for election as independent di... |
| 20.10.2023 | Pair Team Secures $9M to Connect Underserved Communities to Care | What You Should Know:
Pair Team, a virtual and community-based primary care solution connecting Medicaid’s highest-risk patients to high-quality care, today announced it has raised $9 million in Series A funding. The financing was led by NE... |
| 25.05.2023 | Health Investors’ Benchmarks Have Moved in Current Fundraising Environment, Exec Says | Fundraising is always difficult, but perhaps especially so in today’s economic climate. In response, health investors are taking their time in their investments.
“Right now, what we’re seeing is the benchmarks have moved for what investors ... |
| 22.03.2023 | One of venture’s most iconic duos wants to have a word with you | Hello, and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines.
This is our Wednesday show and this time we’re niching down to a duo, thinking about their work and un... |
| 13.09.2022 | Kapor Capital Launched $126M Fund III | Kapor Capital, an Oakland, CA-based venture capital firm that invests in early stage startups that close gaps of access for all, launched $126 million Fund III.
Limited partners include Cambridge Associates, Align Impact, Ford Foundation, B... |
| 24.02.2021 | Kapor Capital is raising a $125 million fund | Kapor Capital, the venture firm focused on funding social impact ventures and founders of color, is raising a $125 million fund, called Kapor Capital, Fund III, a source familiar with the situation told TechCrunch.
What’s notable about this... |
| 11.02.2021 | Which Funds Are Funding Black Founders? (And How Can You Get Some?) | Black founder getting funded.getty |
| 22.12.2020 | How To Upend The Building Life Cycle And Crush The Housing Affordability Choke Hold | Blokable at Phoenix Rising in Auburn, Wash.NOAH@NOAHFORBES.COM |
| 15.12.2020 | This VC introduced Palantir’s first business hire to its earliest engineer, then his business took off | You might not know yet of XYZ Venture Capital, a four-year-old, San Francisco-based seed-stage venture firm, but many veterans of Palantir are surely aware of it. XYZ says it has already backed 22 startups whose founders came out of the dat... |
| 10.12.2020 | Elation Health Nabs $40M for Clinical-First Solution to Power Independent Primary Care | What You Should Know:
– Elation Health, which provides an easy-to-use and affordable clinical technology platform for more than 14,000 independent primary care clinicians serving 7 million patients – including an EHR raises $40M in Series C... |
| 09.06.2020 | Major Strategy Change—And New Urgency—For Startup’s Background Checks Of Ex-Offenders | Teresa (r) and Laurin Hodge DANIELLE FINNEY PHOTOGRAPHY, WASHINGTON, DC 2019 |
| 05.06.2020 | Covid-19 is changing the game for health care companies and investors | Even as the health care industry has stepped up with an unprecedented response to the Covid-19 pandemic, health care companies are being undermined by a loss of revenue, splintering of their clinical workforces, and the disintegration of no... |
| 28.04.2020 | Extra Crunch Live: Join Kapor Capital’s Freada Kapor Klein and Mitch Kapor for a Q&A right now | On the heels of a lively conversation with Precursor Ventures partner Charles Hudson last week, we’re gearing up to chat with Kapor Capital’s Freada Kapor Klein and Mitch Kapor in a few hours. Today at 10 a.m. PT, Extra Crunch Live returns ... |
| 21.04.2020 | Extra Crunch Live: Navigating the pandemic with an equitable lens | Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the tech industry has yet again found itself in a vulnerable state.
As we saw in the dot-com era, when the economy takes a hit, so do companies, and they need to make critical decisions — whether it’s laying off ... |
| 01.04.2020 | Could Covid action spur climate action? Packaged food company Planet FWD thinks so. | Countless consumer goods companies are reeling from the impact of Covid-19, as shelter-in-place orders deter customers, supply chains buckle, and workers are sent home or laid off. Companies are being forced to radically rethink strategies ... |
| 12.02.2020 | Investing in Women-Led Edtech Startups Is More Than a Matter of Equity. It’s Also Good Business. | When no female directors were nominated for the “Best Directors” Oscars category this year, Bette Midler called for a new awards ceremony, the Osc-hers.
The entertainment industry is hardly alone in overlooking some of its top talent. Each ... |
| 23.01.2019 | Our First Network-Wide Diversity & Inclusion Survey | Earlier this fall, Lauren Young on our Network Team collaborated with companies across our portfolio network on our first-ever USV Network diversity and inclusion survey.
One of the things we heard through our monthly USV Network diversity... |
| 17.05.2018 | Selected’s recruiting platform matches teachers with schools they’ll love | A “dating app for teachers” is an odd but useful way to describe the startup Selected, which has just closed on $1.2 million in seed funding for its recruiting platform for educators. And, in all fairness, Selected said it first. The startu... |
| 20.04.2018 | Claire McDonnell and Jennifer Kim on Building an Inclusive Company Culture
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Transcript | Claire McDonnell is cofounder and COO of True Link Financial (YC S13). True Link is a financial services firm that offers money management, investment, and insurance products, primarily for retirees.
Jennifer Kim is currently advising star... |
| 19.04.2018 | mSurvey raises $3.5m from TLcom Capital-led Series A round, eyes SA market | Nairobi-based mobile survey platform mSurvey has announced that it raised $3.5-million in Series A round led by venture capital firm TLcom Capital.
mSurvey CEO Kenfield Griffith told Ventureburn the round was concluded in Q1 this year.
Othe... |
| 19.04.2018 | mSurvey raises $3.5m from TLcom Capital-led Series A round, eyes SA market | Nairobi-based mobile survey platform mSurvey has announced that it raised $3.5-million in Series A round led by venture capital firm TLcom Capital.
mSurvey CEO Kenfield Griffith told Ventureburn the round was concluded in Q1 this year.
Ot... |
| 06.02.2018 | Kapor Capital promotes Ulili Onovakpuri to partner | Kapor Capital, the venture arm for the Kapor Center for Social Impact, has promoted Ulili Onovakpuri to a partner role. As partner, Onovakpuri will focus on healthtech and people operations tech, she told me over the phone.
With healthcare,... |
| 21.12.2017 | Ellen Pao on Silicon Valley in 2017: ‘It does take a village for change to happen’ | Silicon Valley is more in check now than it has ever been, and that’s a good thing. With sexual harassment allegations swarming across the tech industry, female VCs coming together to support female founders, and engineers getting fired ove... |
| 21.12.2017 | Ellen Pao on Silicon Valley in 2017: ‘It does take a village for change to happen’ | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Silicon Valley is more in check now than it has e... |
| 08.10.2017 | Why Freada Kapor Klein thinks there’s a moral crisis in Silicon Valley | Andrew Keen Contributor
Andrew Keen is the author of three books: Cult of the Amateur, Digital Vertigo and The Internet Is Not The Answer. He produces Futurecast, and is the host of Keen On.
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| 25.09.2017 | Jopwell raises $7.5 million for diversity-focused job recruitment | Jopwell is trying to increase diversity in the workplace and announced today funding of $7.5 million for its job recruitment platform, which targets black, Latino/hispanic, and Native American students and professionals. Returning investor ... |
| 25.09.2017 | Jopwell raises $7.5 million for diversity-focused job recruitment | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Jopwell is trying to increase diversity in the wo... |
| 05.07.2017 | A template for investor/founder sexual harassment policy | This policy template is a collaborative effort by a group of whistleblowers, investors, founders, and activists, compiled by TechCrunch. The full list of contributors can be found below.
Venture capitalists need to adopt formal policies to ... |
| 01.06.2017 | Ben Jealous is the second candidate for Maryland governor with tech ties | Ben Jealous became the second entrant into the Maryland governor’s race on Wednesday with an announcement outside a West Baltimore flower shop.
The former NAACP president also became the second candidate in the race who has experience in th... |
| 21.03.2017 | When Omada Health was young: the early years | One of the pioneers in digital therapeutics, Omada has largely stayed true to its vision
Editor's note: Our Splash Health, Wellness and Wearables event is coming up on March 23 in San Francisco. We'll have Sean Duffy (Co-Founder & CEO, ... |
| 14.02.2017 | Investing in GoodBusiness | Ted Rheingold Contributor
Ted Rheingold is a profit-from-purpose entrepreneur. He was the founding COO of Tala and founder of the social networks Dogster and Catster.
Since 2001, impact VC firms have raised $13 billion to invest in companie... |
| 11.01.2017 | Term Sheet — Wednesday, January 11 | DOLLARS AND DEALS
Everything besides this news and Donald Trump’s scheduled press conference seems beside the point this morning, so here’s some venture data and private equity macro predictions to distract you. (If the topic of Trump, his ... |
| 11.01.2017 | How Ellen Pao wants to build a more inclusive Silicon Valley | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
If you haven’t heard about the Ellen Pao trial, t... |
| 11.01.2017 | How Ellen Pao wants to build a more inclusive Silicon Valley | If you haven’t heard about the Ellen Pao trial, then you’re probably living in a remote silo somewhere in Antarctica. Her sex discrimination case against venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers went viral in 2015 when the ... |
| 04.12.2016 | How will Silicon Valley respond to Trump? | Andrew Keen Contributor
Andrew Keen is the author of three books: Cult of the Amateur, Digital Vertigo and The Internet Is Not The Answer. He produces Futurecast, and is the host of Keen On.
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| 29.09.2016 | CodeSpark raises $4.1 million for games that teach kids how to code | A Los Angeles startup called codeSpark has raised $4.1 million in seed funding for web and mobile games that teach kids how to code, even before they know how to read and write effectively.
CodeSpark’s games were developed for kids 4 to 9 y... |
| 12.05.2016 | See how Vator Splash Spring played out on Twitter | Thank you to all of those who attended Vator Splash Spring and made it great!
Vator held its Splash Spring event on Thursday, and it couldn't have gone better. Not only were the panelists, and all of our presenting companies great, but so w... |
| 11.05.2016 | Oakland's Top 20 Tech influencers you need to know! | Vator will be holding its Splash Spring event in Oakland, at the Scottish Rite Center, on May 12
Editor's Note: Our annual Vator Splash Spring 2016 conference is around the corner on May 12, 2016 at the historic Scottish Rite Center in Oakl... |
| 10.05.2016 | Diversity, inclusion, and innovation—Oakland style | Mitch Kapor, an early investor in Uber and founder of Kapor Center, will open up Vator Splash Spring
In 1970, African-Americans made up 13.4 percent of San Francisco’s population. As of the 2010 census, that number had dropped to just 6.1 p... |
| 09.05.2016 | Fear and loathing in Silicon Valley? | We will ask the tough questions about the state of the VC landscape at Vator Splash Spring on May 12
Editor's Note: Our annual Vator Splash Spring 2016 conference is around the corner on May 12, 2016 at the historic Scottish Rite Center in ... |
| 23.04.2016 | Meet Brian Dixon, Partner at Kapor Capital | An interview with one of the newest partners at Kapor, an Oakland-based and social-focused firm
There has been a big debate the last few years over whether the Series A crunch is real or not.
What everyone can agree on, though, is that ther... |
| 22.04.2016 | The next new thing: Women VCs | The venture landscape changes fast. Ten years ago, few would have predicted the ubiquity of micro funds or the rise of Andreessen Horowitz or the very existence of a platform like AngelList that enables people with enough connections to bec... |
| 14.04.2016 | Women in tech: What’s the real problem? | June Sugiyama Contributor
June Sugiyama is the director of Vodafone Americas Foundation.
In my 20-plus years in tech, and now in Silicon Valley as part of a tech foundation that supports innovations, I’ve had the opportunity to partner with... |
| 01.04.2016 | ‘Smart’ office startup Managed by Q snags $25 million from GV and Kapor Capital | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Managed by Q announced today that it closed a ser... |
| 01.04.2016 | ‘Smart’ office startup Managed by Q snags $25 million from GV and Kapor Capital | Managed by Q announced today that it closed a series B funding round with $25 million in its pocket.
The office cleaning and managing startup, which has swept away some of the common practices of the freelance economy, was backed by GV (for... |
| 10.03.2016 | Constant Therapy raises $2M Series A to expand applications for stroke rehab app | Cooper said thousands of clinicians use its product as well as people beyond clinical settings.
Cooper noted that a 50 person study to evaluate the Constant Therapy app for people with early onset Alzheimer’s disease is underway at the Vete... |
| 10.03.2016 | Daily funding roundup - March 10, 2016 | Icertis closed $15M Series B; Khosla Ventures invested in Avametric; Constant Therapy raised $2M
On-demand massage service, Soothe closed a $35 million Series B round of funding, led by the company's previous investor, The Riverside Company... |
| 18.02.2016 | Daily funding roundup - February 18, 2016 | Aria Systems raised $50M; Verizon led $57M in Jana; Vera closed $17M Series B funding
Vyopta, provider of video collaboration analytics, closed its very first round of venture capital, netting the company a $5 million Series A led by AVX Pa... |
| 10.02.2016 | Daily funding roundup - February 10, 2016 | Latch picked up $10.5M; Hexadite raised $8M; SchoolMint secured $5.6M funding
Hexadite, an Israel-based company that focuses on automated cybersecurity incident response, raised an $8 million Series A funding round from new investors Hewlet... |
| 21.01.2016 | Kapor Capital Will Start Requiring New Portfolio Startups To Invest In Diversity And Inclusion | Kapor Capital wants its portfolio companies to progress in the areas of diversity and inclusion, which is why it’s launching the “Founders’ Commitment,” a four-part roadmap for startups to foster diverse and inclusive cultures early on.
“Ba... |
| 20.01.2016 | Daily funding roundup - January 20, 2016 | Khazanah Nasional invested $160M in WeLab; LendUp raised $150M; Maluuba secured $6.2M funding
Maluuba, a machine learning company that offers a Siri-like experience for Android devices, today announced that it has secured $9 million CAD (ab... |
| 16.12.2015 | Daily funding roundup - December 16, 2015 | Slack revealed $80M fund; Digital Guardian bagged $66M; Springboard raised $1.7M
Education technology company Springboard (formerly known as SlideRule) today announced that it has raised $1.7 million in seed funding from a long list of inve... |
| 13.11.2015 | Daily funding roundup - November 13, 2015 | White Star Capital closed $70M funding; GetYourGuide bagged $50M; Zola raised $10M
WriteLab, a browser-based tool that provides feedback on writing, has raised $2 million in a series A round led by Reach Capital with participation from Kapo... |
| 12.11.2015 | INNOVATE2016: Ben Jealous On DC’s Closed Doors And The Democrats’ Sharing Economy Problem | Andrew Keen Contributor
Andrew Keen is the author of three books: Cult of the Amateur, Digital Vertigo and The Internet Is Not The Answer. He produces Futurecast, and is the host of Keen On.
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| 08.09.2015 | Today's Entrepreneur: Grant Hosford | No. 1 Mistake: Not testing carefully for who your early adopter customer will be
Today's Entrepreneur is Grant Hosford, Co-founder and CEO at codeSpark. codeSpark’s mission is to ignite curiosity about computer science and turn programming ... |
| 07.08.2015 | Can the White House Fix the Leaky Entrepreneurship Pipeline? | The word “diversity” often does not apply to the world of technology and startups. Just three percent of America’s venture capital-backed startups are led by women, and only around one percent are led by African-Americans. Companies like Go... |
| 22.05.2015 | When will tech look like America? | At Splash Oakland, Oakland's Mayor talks to diversity leaders from Google, Kapor, Pandora
The US has a racially and ethnically diverse population and there are more women than men, yet the tech world doesn't mirror this. Talk about diversit... |
| 20.05.2015 | Congressional Black Caucus launches ‘diversity in tech’ initiative | The Congressional Black Caucus is launching the CBC Tech 2020 initiative, which aims to increase the representation of African-Americans in the technology sector.
“Many of the technology companies have African-Americans as very loyal custom... |
| 02.04.2015 | What The Kapors Have Learned From Years Of Working On Diversity in Tech | Almost one year ago, Google released its diversity data, kicking off a wide-ranging industry conversation about why tech companies and venture capital firms are so unrepresentative of the racial and gender make-up of the rest of the U.S.
Do... |
| 26.02.2015 | Founders on a Mission | I’ve often repeated that the definition of entrepreneurship is “Insane perseverance in the face of complete resistance” (something I learned from my professor and mentor the late Jack Thorne). Put differently, there are some founders for wh... |
| 05.02.2015 | Velano Vascular Closes $5M Series A Financing | Velano Vascular, a Philadelphia, PA and San Francisco, CA-based medical technology company, closed a $5m Series A financing.
Backers included First Round Capital, White Owl Capital, Kapor Capital, and Safeguard Scientifics (NYSE: SFE), in a... |
| 31.01.2015 | How to build a world-saving startup | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Here’s a depressing fact — most startups fail. Th... |
| 31.01.2015 | How to build a world-saving startup | Here’s a depressing fact — most startups fail. That’s not just for web startups, but all startup businesses of any kind.
If you’re a do-gooder, it’s even harder.
Social good startups have the odds stacked against them. Most companies focus ... |
| 23.12.2014 | 2014 US Edtech Funding Hits $1.36B | US edtech companies hit paydirt in 2014, raising $1.36B in 201 rounds from more than 386 unique investors, according to analysis by EdSurge.
Yes, you read that right. Billion. With a “B.”
How does $1.36B compare to edtech funding in years p... |
| 30.06.2014 | Strong (Math) Foundations | When I was an undergraduate at Carnegie Mellon, I took a class in Linear Algebra. The class was taught by a visiting graduate student, not by a Carnegie Mellon professor. The instructor of this class was *so* bad that ever since taking that... |
| 01.05.2014 | It’s Time To Talk About Race | This education conference was different--from who took the stage, to mix of conference goers, to the themes that dominated the day. At the heart of that difference was a clear-eyed recognition that race, poverty, and justice are imperative ... |
| 27.02.2014 | How a homeless person moved an audience of tech workers to tears at Launch conference | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Launch is your typical startup conference: Entrep... |
| 27.02.2014 | How a homeless person moved an audience of tech workers to tears at Launch conference | Launch is your typical startup conference: Entrepreneurs pitch their startups to a group of judges, primarily investors and tech press.
But this year, something special happened.
Midway through the conference, which took place earlier this ... |
| 11.10.2013 | Newsela Raises $1.2M in Seed Funding | Newsela, a NYC-based online platform to help students master reading and critical thinking, raised $1.2m in seed funding.
The round was led by New Schools Venture Fund and Kapor Capital, with participation from Kaplan Ventures, Silicon Badi... |
| 11.10.2013 | Newsela gets $1.2M to bring daily news & personalized learning to kids | Newsela is a website with hundreds of news articles targeted to schoolchildren, and it has raised $1.2 million in venture financing to bring even more information to kids.
Remember when you were at school and learning to read or master a ne... |
| 27.09.2013 | A Call To Educators and Edtech - Get Connected | Being “connected” gets tossed around a lot these days, usually referring to educators connecting to other educators through social media. But “connection” isn’t just about educator-to-educator development. Another imperative connection must... |
| 22.08.2013 | 9 of the Hottest AngelList and Silicon Valley Angel Investors | Is it any surprise that Silicon Valley, a paradise for tech startups, is home to some of the most active and influential angel investors in the world? Angels are, after all, the people who invest the high-risk capital in the early part of a... |
| 11.06.2013 | InternMatch Lands $4 Million Series A To Build Its Data-Based Job Search Platform | InternMatch has raised a $4 million Series A funding round led by ARTIS Ventures and Subtraction Capital, as well as follow-on investors including Kapor Capital and 500 Startups. The company will use the money to expand its engineering and ... |
| 11.06.2013 | InternMatch Raises $4 Million Series A, Wrangles Big Data for Hiring | InternMatch, an online platform that helps students find internships and companies hire talented students, today announced a new $4 million Series A round of funding led by Artis Ventures and Subtraction Capital, including new investments f... |
| 13.05.2013 | Zoobean Raises $500K in Seed Funding | Zoobean, a Washington, D.C.-based online store for children’s books, raised $500k in seed funding.
The round was led by Kapor Capital, with participation from unnamed private investors.
The company will be used for strategic marketing initi... |
| 13.11.2012 | Kapor Capital’s Ross Fubini Joins Canaan Partners, Plans To Back Enterprise Consumerization Startups | Ross Fubini, formerly of Kapor Capital, has joined Canaan Partners as a venture partner.
At Kapor, Fubini led investments in Piazza, CitrusLane, GingerIO, KarmaLoop, and others. His resume also includes positions at a number of startups tha... |
| 02.07.2012 | Gojee Raises $2.8M From InterWest For Beautiful Recipe Aggregation | Gojee, an aesthetically pleasing recipe-sharing site, has raised a first venture round of $2.8 million from InterWest Partners. The New York startup has pivoted its way into a growing site with more than 500,000 registered users — and it’s ... |
| 28.06.2012 | Education is undergoing a startling revolution: Let’s support it! | Above: Rob Nail, CEO Singularity University
Education is undergoing an incredible and exciting transformation, but I can’t help but wonder if the “experts” can’t see the forest for the trees. We are continuing to see roiling debates from th... |
| 21.05.2012 | Saygent Launches In-App Voice Feedback System: Lets Customers Vent To Apps, Not On Twitter | Apple’s Siri has been transforming how people interact with their phones. It taught us that it’s not just OK to talk to our phones, but that, in many cases, it’s actually a more useful way to get things done. Along those same lines, a compa... |
| 27.04.2012 | SendHub (YC W12) secures $2M seed funding from Kapor Capital, 500 Startups, Menlo Ventures, angels | Recent Y Combinator graduate SendHub, which bills itself as SMS for organizations, is in the business of replacing the email blast with an SMS message and aims to solve a myriad of real-world consumer, business, and enterprise one-to-many c... |
| 26.04.2012 | YC startup SendHub secures $2M for serious SMS (exclusive) | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
SMS messages sent for practical, group communicat... |
| 14.02.2012 | Social entrepreneurs use startups to change the world | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Above: Leila Janah, cofounder of Samasource. (Pho... |
| 14.02.2012 | Social entrepreneurs use startups to change the world | Above: Leila Janah, cofounder of Samasource. (Photo:Ved Chirayath)
Muhammed Yunus, a 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner and founder of Grameen Bank, sparked a movement with the simple question: “If you are a socially conscious person, why don’t ... |
| 06.01.2012 | Piazza Raises $6M in Series A Funding | Piazza, a Palo Alto, CA-based social learning network for students and instructors, has raised $6m in Series A funding.
Backers include Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP), Kapor Capital and Felicis Ventures.
The company intends to use the fund... |
| 08.11.2011 | Classroom interface Piazza launches free mobile app | Free Piazza mobile app for Android and iOS takes college classrooms to the cloud
Piazza, the online Q&A interface for college students and instructors, released Tuesday a mobile app for Android and iOS. Founded in 2009, Piazza offers a ... |
| 07.11.2011 | Chatty To-Do List App Orchestra Banks $5M From SV Angel And CRV For “Texting With A Purpose” | Sleek real-time chat + to do list app Orchestra is announcing its funding this morning, with a just closed $5 million Series A round from Charles River Ventures and SV Angel, in addition to an earlier $500K in seed funding from Kapor Capita... |
| 20.10.2011 | Visual.ly Raises $2 Million To Make Even More Infographics | Visual.ly, the team built from the infographics team behind Mint’s spectacular infographics, has raised $2 million in seed funding, led by Crosslink Capital, SoftTech and 500 Startups as well as angels Kapor Capital, Giza Ventures, Naval Ra... |
| 20.10.2011 | Infographics platform Visual.ly raises $2M | The seed round is led by Crosslink, SoftTech, and 500 Startups
Infographics platform Visual.ly announced Thursday that it has raised $2 million in a seed round led by Crosslink Capital, SoftTech, and 500 Startups, with help from some notewo... |
| 28.09.2011 | What you need to know - 9/28/2011 | SlideShare dumps Flash; Klum most dangerous celebs on the web; Amazon launches Kindle Fire
Amazon announced Wednesday morning the launch of the new Kindle Fire 7-inch Tablet at a live event in New York City. And that is all CEO Jeff Bezos h... |
| 27.09.2011 | Mark Goines' first investment as a VC: Fundly | Non-profit fundraising platform Fundly raises $5M from Morgenthaler and other firms
When Mark Goines invests in a company, you know it’s one to watch. The angel-turned-VC has just made his first investment as a partner at Morgenthaler Ventu... |
| 09.09.2011 | Rumors & Acquisitions: The Sleepy-Eyed Leading the Blind | E-COMMERCE COMPANY MOVES IN ON CONCRETE JUNGLE. Amazon is building a new team in New York, Betabeat is hearing. Details are vague, but recruiters are reaching out to developers via emails with spelling mistakes.
No, wait! Didn’t Jeff Bezos ... |
| 25.08.2011 | Ed. network Piazza sees 100% growth in one month | The educational social network sees explosive growth in one month over the last six months
In a Wednesday morning post about education-focused social network Edmodo, I noted that teachers everywhere can attest to the usefulness of social me... |
| 24.07.2011 | Rebuttal: Make Room In the Bubble For Everyone | Editor’s note: Guest author Freada Kapor Klein, Ph.D. is a Venture Partner at Kapor Capital and the Founder of the Level Playing Field Institute. Her entire professional career has been devoted to understanding and removing hurdles to creat... |
| 05.07.2011 | Piazza gets $1.5M infusion for student Q&A forum | The online community is backed by Sequoia, Felicis, Kapor, and SV Angel
As a college student, you walk a fine line. On the one hand, you want to fully assimilate the material so that your knowledge of the subject, quick thinking, and charmi... |
| 19.05.2011 | Voice Sentiment Analysis Startup Saygent Raises $1 Million | Saygent, a SaaS startup that helps companies figure out the sentiment behind customer voice responses, has raised $1 million in seed funding from 500 Startups, Innovation Endeavors, Juvo Capital, Kapor Capital, Kima Ventures, Orefa Investme... |
| 19.05.2011 | Saygent raises $1M to analyze customer emotions | Saygent, a company the uses voice response and analysis to figure out customers emotions, today announced it has secured a first round of funding for $1 million. The funding will be used to hire engineers and secure new customers.
The compa... |
