Jun 29, 2011 1:46 AM
The game is on for mobile payments. Square has announced that it has picked up $100 million in a third round of funding, which now values the dongle-based payment startup, founded by Twitter’s Jack Dorsey, at a cool $1 billion.
Posted In: Mobile, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Companies, Google, Twitter, jack dorsey, kpcb, square
Feb 2, 2011 10:03 AM
Photo sharing app Path has secured a Series A round of financing worth $8.65 million, with investment from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Index Ventures and Asian VC firm Digital Garage Japan.
Posted In: Mobile, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, Photo Sharing, Companies, Apple, Facebook, Twitter, dave morin, digital garage, index ventures, kpcb, path
Jul 14, 2010 7:40 PM
Shopkick, which is behind a highly-anticipated mobile app that will send offers to shoppers when they are near a store, has raised $15 million in a second round led by Greylock Partners. Shopkick has already lined up several major retailers, including Best Buy and Macy’s, as partners for its app…
Posted In: Advertising, Local, Apps, E-Commerce, Mobile, Companies, LinkedIn, citi growth ventures & innovation group, greylock partners, kpcb, shopkick, sv angel
Jul 13, 2010 8:00 AM
InMobi, the mobile advertising network that started in India three years ago and has expanded globally, has raised $8 million in a second round of funding from top-notch investors as more interest ramps up in the industry following Google’s and Apple’s recent acquisitions in the space.
Posted In: Advertising, Mobile, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Companies, Apple, Google, inmobi, kpcb, sherpalo ventures
May 17, 2010 3:44 AM
Booyah, a startup battling rivals Gowalla and FourSquare in the very hot location-based mobile app market, has raised $20 million. Like Gowalla and FourSquare, Booyah’s app, MyTown, lets users check in at actual locations. They can also “buy” locations and charge rent when others visit. The company says in a…
Posted In: Advertising, Local, Mobile, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, accel partners, booyah, dag ventures, kpcb
Mar 31, 2010 2:00 PM
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, one of the iPhone’s biggest and earliest supporters, is doubling the size of its iFund to $200 million. The specialized venture capital fund, which was founded two years ago with the launch of the original iPhone, will now make investments in start-ups based on Apple’s…
Feb 23, 2010 10:13 AM
‘Tis the season of games: Ngmoco, the SF-based mobile phone games developer focused on iPhone platform, has raised a big $25 million round of funding on its third round. The round was led by Institutional Venture Partners, along with the company’s previous investors, including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Norwest…
Posted In: Entertainment, Games, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Venture Capital, institutional venture partners, kpcb, maples investments, ngmoco, norwest venture partners
Jul 17, 2009 9:15 PM
Jeff Sellinger, the SVP of Mobile at CBS (NYSE: CBS), has left the company effective today, and joing his former boss and colleague Cyriac Roeding as a co-founder and Chief Product Officer of his new stealth startup, the one we first reported on earlier this week. Not much is known…
Posted In: Industry Moves, Companies, CBS, cyriac roeding, jeff sellinger, kpcb
Jul 14, 2009 12:03 PM
Cyriac Roeding, the former head of mobile at *CBS* and an EIR at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers since last year, is finally moving with his new startup under the KPCB wings: the new company, tentatively called Cross-Platform Corp, has raised about $2.5 million in its first round of funding,…
Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, cyriac roeding, kpcb
Dec 3, 2008 3:41 PM
If you or your company submitted your information to Kleiner Perkins to be considered for an investment from the VC firm’s $100 million iFund, you might want to see if your information has been leaked. Names, phone numbers, email addresses, business plans and bios from 588 applicants were accidentally published…
Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Companies, Apple, kpcb, kpcb ifund
Sep 3, 2008 5:15 PM
Earlier this year, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) surprised us all when Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers announced it would support the iPhone by creating a standalone $100 million iFund focused on making investments in companies building iPhone applications. Six months later, KPCB has written five checks, and the iPhone has turned…
Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Companies, Apple, iPhone, kpcb, matt murphy
Sep 2, 2008 1:00 AM
Cyriac Roeding, the former EVP of mobile at CBS (NYSE: CBS), who has been documenting his just concluded mobile world tour for us, has joined Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, the venture firm, as an entrepreneur-in-residence. Which means he will be looking to start a new company funded by KPCB..he…
Posted In: Industry Moves, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Companies, CBS, cyriac roeding, kpcb
Jul 31, 2008 10:51 AM
San Francisco-based ngmoco, which is short for “Next-Generation Mobile Company” (we are partial to the name because it also has “moco” in it), has received its first round of funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) with participation from Maples Investments. The amount was not disclosed. Bing Gordon, KPCB…
Posted In: Entertainment, Games, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Companies, Apple, iPhone, Electronic Arts, EAMobile, kpcb, maples investments, ngmoco
Apr 2, 2008 10:12 AM
Remember the iFund, the $100 million Kleiner Perkins vehicle for investing in iPhone-related start-ups? It’s the lead investor in the $15.5 million second round of iControl... a home security firm. Previous backers Intel (NSDQ: INTC) and Charles River Ventures also participated. The company offers a web-based platform for monitoring home…
Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, Companies, Apple, kpcb
Mar 6, 2008 3:21 PM
Some more details on John Doerr’s announcement at Apple’s (NSDQ: AAPL) iPhone event today that Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers has a new $100 million iFund ... From the Kleiner Perkins release: “The iFund, managed by KPCB, will be invested in companies with market-changing ideas and products that extend the…
Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Companies, Apple, iPhone, kpcb
Mar 6, 2008 2:18 PM
The event isn’t over yet, but I wanted to give a quick update on the final few announcements. Applications will be sold on the actual iPhone, through the App Store, an icon on the homescreen. Developers can set the price of their app, and share 30 percent of the revenues…
Posted In: Companies, Apple, iPhone, iTunes, Countries, Europe, Russia, iphone live, kpcb
Jan 24, 2008 2:44 PM
This has been in works for a while: we broke the story about Jamdat co-founders leaving EA in fall 2006, and now they have come out of woodworks (or at least PEHub dug it out): The trio—Scott Lahman, Austin Murray and Zack Norman—are launching a new startup called Gogii, which…
Posted In: Advertising, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, gogii, kpcb
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