| Date | Title | Description |
| 16.10.2020 | Need startup funding? Here are 75+ venture capital firms in the Baltimore-DC region | If you’re located in New York City or the Silicon Valley, venture capital firms are abundant and well covered by the media — you can’t escape them. But entrepreneurs in the Baltimore-D.C. region don’t need to go so far to find a firm that c... |
| 13.10.2020 | Need startup funding? Here are 75+ venture capital firms in the DMV region | If you’re located in New York City or the Silicon Valley, venture capital firms are abundant and well covered by the media — you can’t escape them. But entrepreneurs in the DMV region don’t need to go so far to find a firm that could propel... |
| 06.09.2017 | Hooks Johnston, DC-area venture capitalist and executive, dies at 55 | Hooks Johnston, a venture capitalist, tech executive and philanthropist in the D.C. area, passed away Monday, Sept. 3, the Washington Business Journal reported. He was 55.
“He kept me grounded and he was the kindest, most giving person,” hi... |
| 31.07.2017 | This fall, Inova Health will launch its Personalized Health Accelerator | It figures a personalized health accelerator would want to personalize the experience for its companies.
When Virginia health system Inova Health closed on the 117-acre former Exxon-Mobil campus in Fairfax back in 2015, it was clear there w... |
| 23.12.2015 | These DC Venture Capitalists Just Scooped a Massive Payday | On Tuesday, Colorado-based SolidFire, an all-flash storage system company that sells cloud data infrastructure like servers along with a myriad of software services, was acquired by NetApp (NTAP) in a $870 million cash deal. To date, SolidF... |
| 20.07.2015 | Daily funding roundup - July 20, 2015 | Fidelity Growth Partners secured $150M; Survata landed $6M; Vroom announced $54M
Vroom, an online pre-owned car retailer that seeks to tack the hassle out of the experience by increasing transparency, announced a $54 million Series B round ... |
| 12.03.2015 | 24 VC Firms in Northern Virginia You Should Know About | While it's true that some of the best sources of venture capital can be found in Northern California, venture funding is increasingly developing in other parts of the country, with some surprising cities chasing at the heels on the amount o... |
| 14.05.2014 | Shareablee Raises $6M in Series A Funding | Shareablee, a NYC-based provider of a social business intelligence platform, secured $6m in Series A funding.
Backers included SoftBank Capital and Valhalla Partners.
The company intends to use the funds to expand their market presence inte... |
| 25.07.2013 | High-end SSD Developer SolidFire Closes $31M C Round Led by Samsung | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
SolidFire, a developer of solid-state drive data storage technology, announced today that it has closed a $31 million Series C round. The investment brings the total of ventur... |
| 28.05.2013 | Videology Completes $60M Series D Financing | Videology, a Baltimore, MD-based provider of a video technology platform for advertising and media companies, completed a $60m Series D financing.
The round was led by Catalyst Investors, with participation from existing investors New Enter... |
| 07.05.2013 | PlaceIQ Raises $6.75M in Series B Financing | PlaceIQ, a New York, NY-based provider of location intelligence solutions for marketers, raised $6.75m in Series B financing.
The round was led by U.S. Venture Partners (USVP), with participation from IA Ventures, Valhalla Partners, kbs+ Ve... |
| 18.04.2013 | Zonoff Raises $3.8M in Series A Venture Capital Funding | Zonoff, Inc., a Malvern, PA-based developer of a connected home platform, raised $3.8m in Series A venture capital funding.
The round was led by Valhalla Partners and Grotech Ventures.
The company intends to use the capital to scale its tec... |
| 06.03.2013 | Vistar Media Closes $1.5M Seed Funding | Vistar Media, a NYC place-based media ad serving technology, closed a $1.5m seed funding.
The round was led by Valhalla Partners, with participation from Mercury Fund, ENIAC Ventures, Ben Franklin Technology Partners, etc.
Co-founded by Jer... |
| 20.11.2012 | Funding Daily: Data pie | 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!
Data is a many splendored thing. There are so man... |
| 20.11.2012 | Qumulo Raises $24.5M in Series A Funding | Qumulo, a Seattle, WA-based enterprise data storage company, has raised $24.5m in Series A funding.
The round was led by Highland Capital Partners, with participation from Madrona Venture Group and Valhalla Partners, which provided seed fun... |
| 20.11.2012 | Shrinking Big Data Challenges: Enterprise Storage Startup, Qumulo, Raises $24.5M Series A Led By Highland Capital Partners | Seattle-based enterprise data storage startup Qumulo, which was only founded back in March and has been in a quasi-stealthy state ever since, has raised its voice to announce a $24.5 million Series A financing round today, led by Highland C... |
| 20.11.2012 | With the enterprise storage market heating up, Qumulo nets $24.5 million | 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!
The enterprise storage space is red hot.
Qumulo, ... |
| 06.04.2012 | Ex-Isilon, Amazon engineers start stealthy Qumulo | Peter Godman
Isilon System is one of the biggest startup success stories of the past 10 years, with the Seattle storage company rebounding from tough times to sell for a whopping $2.25 billion to EMC in late 2010. The company has continued ... |
| 24.03.2011 | Legolas Media Closes $5M in Series B Venture Capital Funding | Legolas Media, a New York, NY-based next generation audience marketplace, closed $5m in Series B venture capital funding.
The round was led by Valhalla Partners, with participation from existing investors Greylock Partners and Blumberg Capi... |
| 21.10.2010 | ShopSocially raises $1.1M in Series A | The social e-commerce site is backed by Valhalla Partners and angels
ShopSocially, a (you guessed it) social shopping site that lets users post shopping-related questions and share recent purchases on a Twitter-like feed, announced Thursday... |
| 21.10.2010 | Social buying funding heats up as ShopSocially, Groupalia snag millions | Investors interested in grabbing a piece of the white-hot social buying sector threw more money into the space today, as shopping recommendation site ShopSocially announced $1.1 million in first round financing, and Spanish coupon site Grou... |
| 23.02.2010 | Never Mind the Valley: Here’s Washington DC | The words “fat cats in Washington” have been uttered in every corner of the nation from Texas to the Bay, yet DC’s tech scene is anything but sluggish. Companies like AOL, Nextel, MCI and Uunet found early success in the region and since th... |
| 14.12.2009 | Flat World Knowledge adds funding, launches open-source textbooks for the blind | Flat World Knowledge, provider of free, open-source textbooks intended to lower mounting book prices for college students, has come out with two pieces of news. First, it added about $2.5 million in funding last month, bringing its total ra... |
| 20.08.2009 | Open-source textbook co. Flat World goes back to school with 40,000 new customers | 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!
Flat World Knowledge, publisher of free, open-sou... |
| 20.08.2009 | Open-source textbook co. Flat World goes back to school with 40,000 new customers | Flat World Knowledge, publisher of free, open-source online college textbooks, says it has expanded its customer-base exponentially in the last year from 1,000 students at 30 universities to 40,000 at 400 universities headed into this fall ... |
| 24.03.2009 | Flat World Knowledge lands $8M for online college textbooks | Flat World Knowledge, a publisher of free, open-source online college textbooks, says it has raised $8 million in a first round of funding, offering technology that some say could fundamentally change the way students acquire and read books... |
| 11.02.2009 | A-Team Update: Series A Funding Growth Is Strong | We first reported on VC Series A deals in the web-tech sector in October 2008, following the financial meltdown, and we updated our coverage in November, reporting some improvement. Now it is time for the good news from December and January... |
| 07.05.2008 | Parature raises $16M for customer service software | After years dominated by lumbering giants like Peregrine Systems and BMC Remedy, the customer service market is ripe for innovation, say executives at a startup called Parature. The company bootstrapped itself for several years, but chief e... |
| 25.03.2008 | IBM backs database company EnterpriseDB, squares off against Sun | updated
IBM has invested in open-source database company EnterpriseDB, part of the giant company’s effort to hold its own in the fast growing Web application services market.
IBM typically does not invest in start-ups, but it has watched on... |