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| May 4, 2020 | Japan’s JAFCO closes debut Taiwan venture fund at $67m | Premium
Japanese venture capital firm JAFCO has made the final close of its debut Taiwan venture fund at NT$2 billion ($67.1 million), according to a statement last week.
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| Mar 11, 2020 | Japanese VC firm JAFCO closes sixth flagship fund at $760m | Premium
Japanese venture capital firm JAFCO has reached the final close for its JAFCO SV6 Fund Series at 80 billion yen ($760 million), according to an announcement.
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| Nov 6, 2018 | JAFCO’s In My Shoes Luncheon Raises $200,000 for The Children’s Ability Center | Funds benefit children with developmental disabilities
JAFCO’s 8th annual In My Shoes Luncheon raised $200,000 to benefit the JAFCO Children’s Ability Center. The JAFCO Children’s Ability Center provides a wide array of programs and service... |
| Nov 6, 2018 | JAFCO’s In My Shoes Luncheon Raises $200,000 for The Children’s Ability Center | Funds benefit children with developmental disabilities
JAFCO’s 8th annual In My Shoes Luncheon raised $200,000 to benefit the JAFCO Children’s Ability Center. The JAFCO Children’s Ability Center provides a wide array of programs and service... |
| Jul 6, 2018 | Japan’s JAFCO leads $11m funding in US cybersecurity firm Trillium | Premium
JAFCO, Japan’s oldest and largest venture capital firm, has led an $11-million Series A2 funding round for California-based Trillium Secure Inc, a cybersecurity and secure data management firm for vehicles and fleets.
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| Jan 26, 2015 | Jafco Ventures becomes Icon Ventures, now that Icon Venture Partners is called Rally Ventures | 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!
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| Oct 23, 2014 | Playstudios Secures $20M in Series C Financing | Playstudios, a Burlingame, Calif.-based social casino developer, secured $20m in Series C financing.
The round was led by Jafco Ventures, with participation from its existing strategic and institutional investors.
The company intends to use... |
| Oct 22, 2014 | Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding stories, in one place | 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!
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| Oct 22, 2014 | Playstudios raises $20M for social casino games with free Vegas 'comp' rewards | Playstudios has set itself apart in the crowded market for social casino games by offering rewards, or “comps” to stay in Las Vegas hotels, to its MyVegas gamers. And now it’s getting its own reward. The company is announcing today that it ... |
| Oct 22, 2014 | Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding stories, in one place | Here’s a list of today’s biggest funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share. SoftBank & Sequoia invest $100M in Indonesian e-commerce site Tokopedia
E-commerce site Tokopedia has landed a $100 m... |
| Oct 22, 2014 | Playstudios raises $20M for social casino games with free Vegas 'comp' rewards | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Playstudios has set itself apart in the crowded market for social casino games by offering rewards, or “comps” to stay in Las Vegas hot... |
| Sep 23, 2014 | Teladoc will move into telepsychiatry, teledermatology by Q2 2015, CEO says | Referencing its deal with Castlight Health inked earlier this year, Gorevic remarked on the synergy between Castlight’s service providing consumers with information to make informed decisions on care based on price and value and its own tel... |
| Sep 6, 2014 | So Many Platforms, So Few Developers | As I walked around the TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon today, I talked to a lot of vendors who decided to set up tables at the event for one reason: to lure developers to use their APIs and build applications on top of their platforms.
In fact... |
| Jun 23, 2014 | 10 of the fastest movers in the $38B mobile apps and ads market | The past year in mobile has been characterized by downmarket phones, lagging mobile bandwidth capacity, a move toward single-purpose apps, in-app sales, and lots of energy around the burgeoning mobile advertising space. But the bigger pictu... |
| Apr 11, 2014 | Jafco Ventures Closes Fifth Fund at $260M | Palo Alto, CA-based technology venture capital firm Jafco Ventures closed its fifth fund at $260m.
Jafco Technology Partners V has received support from over 20 limited partners consisting of institutional investors, endowments, foundations... |
| Apr 11, 2014 | Jafco Ventures raises $260M in fifth global VC fund | Jafco Ventures, a technology venture capital firm, has raised its fifth and largest fund to date with a corpus of $260 million.
Christened Jafco Technology Partners V, the fund has roped in new Limited Partners (LPs) compared with its previ... |
| Apr 10, 2014 | Jafco Ventures raises $260M for fifth fund — its first with outside money | Jafco Ventures has closed its fifth fund — its biggest yet.
The tech-focused venture capital firm cobbled together $260 million for its latest investment fund, Jafco Technology Partners V, the firm announced today.
More than 20 new limited ... |
| Apr 10, 2014 | Jafco Ventures raises $260M for fifth fund — its first with outside money | 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!
Jafco Ventures has closed its fifth fund — its bi... |
| Apr 10, 2014 | Jafco Ventures raises $260m for biggest ever fund thanks to new LP blood | Technology-focused early stage investment firm Jafco Ventures has raised $260m for its largest fund to date after a stri |
| Apr 10, 2014 | Funding Daily: April 10, 2014 | 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 today’s heap of funding news. Jafco raises... |
| Apr 10, 2014 | Jafco Ventures raises $260 million for fifth fund | The firm has seen over 20 exits, with companies valued at over $23 billion
Venture capital firm Jafco Ventures, which specialized in mid-stage investments, has raised a new $260 million fund, it was announced on Thursday. This is Jafco'... |
| Apr 10, 2014 | Funding Daily: April 10, 2014 | Here’s today’s heap of funding news. Jafco raises a new $260M fund
Jafco Ventures has closed a fifth fund — its biggest yet. The tech-focused venture capital firm cobbled together $260 million for its latest investment fund, Jafco Technolog... |
| Feb 20, 2014 | Ionic Security Secures $25.5M in Venture Funding | Ionic Security Inc., an Atlanta, Georgia-based provider of a distributed data security platform for the enterprise, secured $25.5m in venture funding.
The round was co-led by Google Ventures and Jafco Ventures with participation from the We... |
| Jan 30, 2014 | Origami Logic Closes $15M in Series B |
MENLO PARK, CA, Developer of marketing intelligence solutions, today announced that it raised $15 million in Series B financing, bringing total investment in the company to $24.3 million.
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| Jan 29, 2014 | Origami Logic Raises $15M in Series B Financing | Origami Logic, a Menlo Park, Calif.-based developer of marketing intelligence solutions, raised $15m in Series B financing.
The round was led by Jafco Ventures, with participation from existing investors Accel Partners and Lightspeed Ventur... |
| Jan 8, 2014 | Zephyr Health Raises $15M in Funding | Zephyr Health, a San Francisco, CA-based big data analytics platform for companies in the life sciences industry, raised $15m in funding.
The round was co-led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Jafco Ventures. In conjunction with t... |
| May 29, 2013 | Online radio startup TuneIn closes $25M round of funding | 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!
TuneIn, the terrestrial streaming radio service, ... |
| Mar 27, 2013 | Moovweb Raises $16M To Help Businesses Bring Their Web Content To Mobile | Moovweb, a startup that offers technology for companies to build and maintain their mobile presence, just announced that it has raised $16 million in its first round of institutional funding.
The funding came from Jafco Ventures, Trinity Ve... |
| Mar 7, 2013 | Pertino Raises $20M Series B |
LOS GATOS, CA, Company reinventing networking for the cloud era, today announced it has raised $20 million in Series B funding.
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| Mar 7, 2013 | Pertino Raises $20M in Series B Funding | Pertino, a Los Gatos, Calif.-based provider of cloud networking solutions, raised $20m in Series B funding.
The round was led by new investor Jafco Ventures, with participation from existing investors Norwest Venture Partners and Lightspeed... |
| Feb 28, 2013 | ‘Dumb’ radio gets smart: TuneIn adds recommendation features for live shows across 70K radio stations | With some brand-new features from radio-station aggregator TuneIn, traditional radio stations don’t have to be “dumb” anymore.
TuneIn aggregates over 70,000 live global radio stations (those that are streaming online) and 2 million on-deman... |
| Feb 28, 2013 | ‘Dumb’ radio gets smart: TuneIn adds recommendation features for live shows across 70K radio stations | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
With some brand-new features from radio-station aggregator TuneIn, traditional radio stations don’t have to be “dumb” anymore.
TuneIn a... |
| Jan 24, 2013 | Confirmed: Ignition Partners Scaling Down With New $150M Fund | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
[Updated 5:30 pm Pacific] One of the Northwest’s leading venture firms is scaling back, looking at raising a smaller fifth fund with fewer active partners.
A source familiar w... |
| Jan 24, 2013 | Ignition changing course as it seeks to raise new fund | Frank Artale
Ignition Partners has experienced a number of transformations over the years, launching a fund in China and debuting a fund just for later-stage deals. Now, the Bellevue venture capital firm — a backer of Splunk, Hipmunk, DocuS... |
| Nov 15, 2012 | Vuclip Raises $13M in Series D Funding | Vuclip, a Milpitas, Calif.-based mobile video and media company, has raised $13m in Series D funding.
The round was led by SingTel Innov8, with participation from existing investors New Enterprise Associates and Jafco Ventures.
The company ... |
| Oct 31, 2012 | Lumi Raises $20M in Funding | Lumi, a provider of nutritional beauty products in China, has raised $20m (RMB120m) in funding.
The round was led by ClearVue Partners, with participation from Fidelity Growth Partners Asia, JAFCO Ventures and Capvent and existing sharehold... |
| Sep 20, 2012 | MoPub Raises $12M in Series B Funding | MoPub, a San Francisco, CA- and New York City-based ad server and exchange for smartphone app publishers, has raised $12m in Series B funding.
The round was led by Jafco Ventures, with participation from existing investors Accel Partners an... |
| Aug 23, 2012 | Pop open the bubbly! Voice-messaging company Bubble Motion raises $5M | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
It may not be as much fun or sparkly as champagne, but Bubble Motion announced today that it took in $5 million in investment to spread... |
| Aug 6, 2012 | Funding Daily: cash, money, cars, clothes, venture 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!
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| Aug 6, 2012 | TuneIn grabs $16M from General Catalyst, Google Ventures, others to dominate radio apps | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Popular radio app startup TuneIn has raised $16 million in new funding to help grow its programming and expand its user base of 40 mill... |
| Aug 6, 2012 | Online Radio Service TuneIn Raises $16M From Sequoia, General Catalyst And More, Hits 40M Monthly Active Listeners | TuneIn, the popular online radio service, just announced that it has raised a $16 million funding round led by General Catalyst Partners. Other participants in this round include Jafco Ventures, Google Ventures and Sequoia Capital. Sequoia ... |
| Nov 16, 2011 | RedSeal Networks Secures $10M in Funding | RedSeal Networks, a Santa Clara, CA-based provider of proactive security intelligence solutions to Fortune 1000 customers, government organizations and large global multinationals, has secured $10m in funding.
Backers include existing inves... |
| Oct 25, 2011 | Sencha launches HTML 5 cloud service, receives $15M | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Sencha, provider of HTML 5 tools for web and mobile developers, received $15 million in a second round of funding led by Jafco Ventures... |
| Sep 16, 2011 | Back To Our Regularly Scheduled Program: Posterous Raises $5 Million | Um, oh hey guys, what’s up? Nothing much over on my side, except that I’d really like a Diet Coke. Also, I’m hearing that nascent photo sharing app née blogging platform Posterous is raising some money. So yeah that’s what’s up over here in... |
| Aug 4, 2011 | Kixeye secures $18M for next generation gaming | The social game developer gets support from Jafco Ventures
Last week, social game developer Kixeye (formerly Casual Collective), got a pretty nice pat on the back from Norwest partner Tim Chang at the Casual Connect gaming conference in Sea... |
| Aug 3, 2011 | Tenaya Capital leads $17M Series B for Inkling | The digital textbook platform gets support from new and returning investors, including Sequoia
And the textbook wars rage on… Digital textbook platform Inkling—easily the most formidable digital textbook platform on the market—on Wednesday ... |
| May 23, 2011 | iTegris Raises $4.6M | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
iTegris, a stealth-mode Bellevue, WA-area startup headed by former Ignition Partners entrepreneur-in-residence Kurt Kolb, has raised about $4.6 million in equity financing acc... |
| May 21, 2011 | Vuclip Raises $8M in Series C Funding | Vuclip a Milpitas, California-based mobile video sharing platform, has raised $8m in Series C funding.
The round was led by New Enterprise Associates and Jafco Ventures.
The funds will enable the company to expand worldwide and increase its... |
| Mar 22, 2011 | SocialVibe ropes $20M for opt-in digital ads | The company is backed by Norwest Venture Partners
Digital advertising company SocialVibe announced Tuesday a $20 million round of equity financing led by Norwest Venture Partners, with help from previous investors Redpoint Ventures, Jafco V... |
| Feb 9, 2011 | Jafco Asia Raises $100M Fund; Nears 2 Deals In India | Tokyo-based technology-focussed venture capital fund Jafco Asia has closed its $100-million fifth fund, Jafco Asia Technology Fund V, which will invest in tech companies in South Asian countries, including India.
“We have closed our fifth f... |
| May 19, 2010 | Clicker launches Internet video guide based on HTML5 at Google I/O | 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!
Clicker, a television guide for the Web, announce... |
| May 19, 2010 | Clicker launches Internet video guide based on HTML5 at Google I/O | Clicker, a television guide for the Web, announced today at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco the launch of Clicker.tv, a Web-based application that gives users a way to more easily find and watch the videos they are looking for on... |
| Apr 16, 2010 | Jafco raises $100m for technology investments, hires new partner | The firm received the capital from Japan-based parent company Jafco Co to kick off investment in its fourth found, JTP I |
| Apr 15, 2010 | JAFCO Ventures Raises $100M For Its Fourth Fund | Jafco Ventures, which has made several investments in India, has raised $100 million from Japanese parent company Jafco Co. Ltd to capitalize its fourth fund, said a company statement.
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The Palo Alto-based firm has also hired Paul Sallaber... |
| Apr 13, 2010 | Jafco Ventures Raises New Fund and Adds Paul Sallaberry as Venture Partner | Jafco Ventures, a Palo Alto, CA-based technology venture capital firm, said that it received an additional $100m of new capital to start its latest fund.
According to Joe Horowitz, Managing General Partner of Jafco Ventures, the fresh capit... |
| Feb 18, 2010 | Clicker, a TV guide for the web, raises a pre-emptive $11 million round | Clicker, a TV Guide-styled search engine for online video, raised $11 million in a second round of funding led by JAFCO Ventures. Earlier investors Benchmark Capital and Redpoint Ventures also joined this round.
“This was not a need-based r... |
| Feb 1, 2010 | Yodle bags another $10m for local online advertising | 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!
Yodle, a company that helps local businesses adve... |
| Feb 1, 2010 | Yodle bags another $10m for local online advertising | Yodle, a company that helps local businesses advertise online, today announced it has landed round four financing of $10 million, bringing its funding total to $38 million.
According to a company spokesperson, the new round will be used to ... |
| Sep 9, 2009 | Hara lands $14M to track environmental ‘metabolisms’ | Hara, maker of environmental and energy management software, has raised $14 million in a second round of funding only three months after its launch. Backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, the company is unique in its ability to tra... |
| Sep 9, 2009 | Hara lands $14M to track environmental ‘metabolisms’ | 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!
Hara, maker of environmental and energy managemen... |
| Aug 10, 2009 | Aperto nails down $569K for WiMax base stations | WiMax equipment provider Aperto Networks has raised $569,000 in equity, reports VentureWire. Before now, the Milpitas, Calif., company had raised $159 million from Alliance Venture, Canaan Partners, GunnAllen Venture Partners, Innovacom, JA... |
| Jul 23, 2009 | Semiconductor co. GTronix raises $5.5M | Fremont, Calif.-based fabless semiconductor maker GTronix has brought in $5.5 million of an anticipated $7 million round of equity, reports VentureWire. The company previously raised $23 million from Jafco Ventures and Menlo Ventures.
GTron... |
| Jun 11, 2009 | WiMax vendor Aperto adds $170K after raising millions | WiMax equipment provider Aperto Networks has raised $170,000 in debt financing from undisclosed investors. Based in Milpitas, Calif., the company is actually one of the wealthiest in the space, having raised $159 million from Alliance Ventu... |
| Jun 11, 2009 | Dilithium ropes $8M for wireless multmedia systems | Dilithium Networks, provider of converged video services for wireless internet and mobile applications, has opened a round of funding targeted at $8 million. It last raised $18 million in 2005, bringing in $33 million total over three round... |
| Jun 4, 2009 | Mimosa raises $3M for data archiving | Mimosa Systems, a Santa Clara, Calif.-based company that provides software for data archiving, has brought in $3 million in debt, rights and securities, according to VentureWire. While the investors in the round were not disclosed, the comp... |
| Apr 7, 2009 | Turner Broadcasting taps Attributor for video tracking | Turner Broadcasting System, the corporation behind networks like CNN, TBS, and Cartoon Network, has announced a partnership with Attributor, an online content tracking and analytics company. The partnership would allow Turner to track and s... |
| Feb 25, 2009 | Ocarina Networks lands $20M for content compression | Ocarina Networks, maker of software that compresses content to reduce online storage demands, announced today that it has brought in $20 million in a second round of funding to beef up its sales force, refine its technology and forge more p... |
| Jan 14, 2009 | SocialVibe raises $8M to turn online profiles into charity money makers | SocialVibe is a Los Angeles-based company that lets social network users raise money for their favorite causes by posting badges that advertise certain brands to their online profiles. It just brought in $8 million in second-round funding t... |
| Jan 14, 2009 | Singulex lands $19M for diagnostic systems | Singulex, an Alameda, Calif.-based biotech firm, just raised $19 million in fifth-round funding to commercialize technology that uses protein biomarkers to diagnose cardiovascular and other disorders. Already in clinical trials, its system ... |
| Jan 13, 2009 | Aster Data raises $12M for cheap warehousing | Aster Data Systems, which stores data for social networking site MySpace (and others), has raised $12 million in a second round of venture funding.
The Redwood City, Calif. startup offers “frontline data warehousing,” which basically means ... |
| Aug 27, 2008 | Cisco acquires email startup PostPath for $215M | Networking giant Cisco Systems has agreed to acquire an email startup called PostPath for $215 million.
To explain the acquisition, Cisco touts PostPath’s security, scalability and compatibility with other email solutions — the Linux-based ... |
| Jul 25, 2008 | Microsoft acquires DATAllegro data warehouse appliance company | Microsoft has acquired data warehouse appliance maker DATAllegro in an attempt to strengthen its presence in the enterprise business intelligence market.
DATAllegro specializes in large-volume, high-performance data warehouse appliances wit... |
| May 19, 2008 | Planning for IPO, Mimosa raises another $17M for electronic archiving | Corrected
Mimosa Systems, a startup that helps companies archive emails and other files, has raised a $17 million fourth round of funding. Mimosa calls the latest financing a “mezzanine round,” meaning it should be the last round before an ... |
| May 12, 2008 | FireEye raises $14.5M for botnet protection | FireEye has raised $14.5 million in a third round of funding to continue its efforts to protect consumers and businesses from “botnets”, which are networks of infected and remotely controlled computers.
Ashar Aziz, the company’s founder and... |
| May 5, 2008 | E-commerce company MarketLive raises $20M | MarketLive, a provider of e-commerce retail technology and services, has raised a new $20 million round of financing. Backers include new investors JAFCO Ventures and Northgate Capital, as well as Sequoia Capital, Sigma Partners, Globespan ... |
| Oct 22, 2007 | Voltage raises $12M more for encryption technology | Voltage Security, a Palo Alto, Calif. company that offers encryption technology to large companies to protect their data, said it has raised $ 12 million fourth round of financing.
Trident Capital led the round with participation from exist... |
| Oct 15, 2007 | JAFCO Ventures raises $150M fund | JAFCO Ventures, a Palo Alto venture capital firm with ties to an established venture firm in Japan called JAFCO, said it has raised $150 million to invest in technology companies.
General partner Joe Horowitz said the firm invests in the co... |
| Jul 12, 2007 | Agensys pulls in $41M for cancer drugs | Santa Monica, Calif.-based Agensys, a biotech focused on new cancer drugs, raised $41 million in a fourth funding round. Duquesne Capital Management and JAFCO led the round, joined by Innovis Investments, Nextech Venture, Bear Stearns Healt... |
| Apr 25, 2007 | Solidcore raises $10M for tracking changes across IT systems | Solidcore Systems, a Palo Alto, Calif. provider of technology that tracks and controls changes across a company’s IT systems, has raised $10 million in a fourth round of venture capital financing.
The round was led by JAFCO Ventures, and in... |
| Nov 26, 2003 | Japanese JAFCO Ventures announces $100m close | ide emerging technology companies with significant help, yet a lot of flexibility in structuring financing opportunities |
| Teladoc will move into telepsychiatry, teledermatology by Q2 2015, CEO says | Teladoc is a 12-year old telemedicine company that has so far focused mainly on non-emergency primary care. But that will soon change, CEO Jason Gorevic told MedCity News in a phone interview. It is expanding into specialty areas, with a pr... |