The Creators of PerkyJerky – Beef Jerky with caffeine in it – Raise $2.3M Source: Regulatory Filing More: Company Website WestView Capital Partners has filed its intent to raise a $430M 3rd fund. Source: Regulatory Filing Atlanta-based GetOne raised a seed round of $515K for their digital loyalty rewards startup Continue Reading
Startups
7 Startup Funding Headlines I Didn’t Have Time to Write Today
Judge and Prepare to Be Judged
Much of the feel good media coverage of startups today is so superficial and manufactured it can hardly be called news. Investigative journalism covering tech startups is extremely rare, and when it does happen it’s written in a snarky fashion full of speculation, rather than research and data. That’s why Continue Reading
April 2013 Startup Index: 1,183 Companies – 71% Are Growing
Through the startups indexes I’ve been creating in the past month I’ve developed a database of over 1,000 companies with dozens of signals each. This list includes ALL the startups in my database, across all the portfolios that have been indexed so far, ranked by momentum. Of the 1,183 startups Continue Reading
Metromile Raises $10M More for Per-Mile Car Insurance
Metromile revealed in a regulatory filing yesterday that they have raised $10M in a round of funding. They previously raised $4M in December 2012 from New Enterprise Associates, Index Ventures, First Round Capital and others. The service offers the first ever pay-per-mile car insurance which does exactly what is says Continue Reading
Seenu Banda Raises $6.5M Series A for Stealth Startup Kaybus
According to a regulatory filing stealthy startup Kaybus has raised $6.5 in a Series A funding round. The company’s website doesn’t reveal much about what they’re doing but does say they are hiring for software engineers who know Ruby, Java, Javascript and NodeJS. Bandu’s EIR profile on the Artiman Ventures Continue Reading
Viddy Raises $2.8 Million from New Enterprise Associates & Battery Ventures
According to a regulatory filing social video sharing service (and Vine competitor) Viddy has raised $2.9M in an equity round from New Enterprise Associates and Battery Ventures. The filing indicates that Pete Sonsini of NEA and Brian O’Malley of Battery are now on the Board of Directors. Viddy received a Continue Reading
Graphicly Raises $300,000 Using MicroVentures P2P Funding Platform
Graphicly, a tools and distribution platform for visual stories like digital comics and children’s books, raised $300,000 on the MicroVentures according to an SEC filing today. This funding comes in addition to It is unclear whether this investment rounds out the $1M announced earlier this year, or additional funding, but Continue Reading
Weekly WTF: Barking Apps Files S-1 to Raise $100,000 on OTCBB
Usually I skip over S-1 filings unless they are by companies whose names I recognize. It’s unlikley a tech company will suddenly go public without getting on the radar of the tech press in the years leading up to IPO. That’s why this S-1 filing from Barking Applications caught my Continue Reading
Mobile Labs Raises $2.9 Million for Enterprise Software Testing
According to an SEC filing today, Atlanta-based enterprise software testing company Mobile Labs has raised $2,962,729 from undisclosed investors in an equity financing. The company was founded in 2011 and is lead by President & CEO Don Addington. Advisory board members include Neil Edwards, who is President of PangoUSA in Continue Reading
Good Technology Raises $50M Equity Round
According to an SEC filing today, enterprise software company Good Technology has raised $50,000,005 from undisclosed investors in a equity round of financing. Crunchbase data appears to be out of date, showing its most recent funding event in 2005. However, according to the EDGAR database prior funding events not listed Continue Reading