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iPad Textbook Publisher Inkling Raises $17 Million

Aug 3, 2011 9:20 AM

Just in time for the back-to-school season, iPad interactive textbook publisher Inkling has secured $17 million in Series B funding from investors including Tenaya Capital, Pearson (NYSE: PSO) Education, Jafco Ventures and Sequoia Capital.

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Books, e-readers, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Companies, Apple, iPad, inkling, jafco ventures, mcgraw-hill, pearson, sequoia capital, textbooks

Take Note: New $50 Million Funding Round For Evernote

Jul 13, 2011 2:04 PM

With more and more people accessing the Internet from multiple devices, central storage services that tie those devices together are becoming more important. One such service, Evernote, is receiving $50 million in additional investment in order to continue expanding its Web-based note-taking service.

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Posted In: Apps, Mobile, Search, Social Media, evernote, sequoia capital

Money Flows To Mobile Startups: Appia, Apperian, Bubble Motion, And Others

Mar 30, 2011 2:55 PM

It may not be $41 million, but there are still serious funds flowing into the mobile sector at the moment, and the companies taking advantage of the loosened purse strings are all over the map in terms of what they’re doing to get investors’ attention. Today the white-label app store…

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Posted In: Apps, Mobile, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Companies, Apple, iPad, iPhone, Google, Android, RIM, Countries, Asia, India, Japan, Philippines, Europe, UK, apperian, appia, bessemer venture partners, bubble motion, kleiner perkins caulfield byers, mobicart, north bridge venture partners, palomar, sequoia capital, singtel, sundrop mobile, venrock

Sharing App Bump Picks Up $16M To Expand Business To Payments And More

Jan 11, 2011 7:09 AM

Bump Technologies, which makes an app that lets users share information with each other by bumping their iPhones/iPods or Android devices together, has picked up $16 million in funding in a round led by Andreessen Horowitz.

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Posted In: Mobile, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Companies, Apple, iPhone, Google, Android, andreessen horowitz, david lieb, jake mintz, marc andreessen, sequoia capital

Mobile Payment Startup Square Raises $27.5 Million As Mobile Shopping Booms

Jan 10, 2011 3:19 PM

Off the back of the strongest holiday season yet for mobile shopping, mobile payment startup Square has raised a round of funding worth $27.5 million. This brings the company’s total valuation to $240 million.

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Posted In: Mobile, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, jack dorsey, keith rabois, khosla ventures, roelof botha, sequoia capital, square

MobileIron Raises $16 Million To Manage Smartphones In The Enterprise

Aug 3, 2010 12:07 PM

Mountain View, Calif.-based MobileIron has raised $16 million in a third round of funding to help develop a platform that manages everything from iPads to smartphones in the enterprise. The round was led by Foundation Capital, reports peHUB. Also participating was its existing investors Storm Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Norwest Venture…

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Posted In: Mobile, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, big basin ventures, foundation capital, mobileiron, norwest venture partners, sequoia capital, storm ventures

Mobile Tech Provider Sencha Raises $14 Million

Jun 25, 2010 6:07 AM

Sencha, an application development platforms provider, has raised $14 million in a first round of funding led by Sequoia Capital and joined by Radar Partners, the company said Thursday. The three-year old Palo Alto, California-based company started out as a business application platform provider for the internet, but has since…

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Posted In: Apps, Mobile, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, radar ventures, sencha, sequoia capital

Mobile App Firm Snaptu Gets Funding

Mar 15, 2010 11:14 AM

Mobile app startup Snaptu has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Sequoia Capital. Snaptu’s free app lets users access a series of services, including Facebook, Twitter, the weather, and a news reader. The selling point: It works on any phone that runs Java (which means most). So far, Snaptu…

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Posted In: Mobile, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, sequoia capital, snaptu

Report: Sequoia Capital Invests In App Developer Bump Technologies

Oct 25, 2009 1:54 PM

Bump Technologies, the mobile app development firm behind the popular iPhone app that lets people tap their phones together to exchange information, has raised its first round of funding from Sequoia Capital, TechCrunch reports. Sequoia Capital Partner Greg McAdoo gave a presentation this weekend where Bump was listed as one…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Technologies / Formats, Companies, Apple, iPhone, sequoia capital, y combinator

Smartphone Software Firm MobileIron Launches With $9 Million In Funding

Aug 5, 2009 5:43 PM

MobileIron, a smartphone software firm that caters to business clients, has come out of stealth mode with $9 million in funding. Backers include Norwest Venture Partners, Storm Ventures and Sequoia Capital, per VentureWire. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based startup launched a data and content management platform that helps companies monitor their employee’s…

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Posted In: , mobileiron, norwest venture partners, sequoia capital, storm ventures

Marketing Technology Provider Pontis Raises $19.65 Million

Feb 10, 2009 3:33 PM

Israeli marketing software provider Pontis has raised $19.65 million in funding from Norwest Venture Partners (NVP), which led the round, and its current backers Sequoia Capital, Accel Partners and Evergreen Venture Partners. As part of the investment, NVP partner Dror Nahumi joins the company’s board of directors. Pontis’s main product…

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Posted In: Advertising, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Technologies / Formats, accel partners, evergreen venture partners, norwest venture partners, pontis, sequoia capital

Updated: Mobile Ad Firm Amobee Receives $22 Million, From Motorola, Cisco and Others

Aug 8, 2008 1:13 AM

Updated: Globes Online reports that the round is a big one: $22 million, and includes all the names listed below. The company raised $5 million earlier this year and will have raised a total of $52 million when the present round is completed..this makes it among the most heavily funded…

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Posted In: Advertising, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Companies, Motorola, accel partners, amobee, cisco, globespan capital partners, sequoia capital, telefonica, vodafone

Bubble Motion Raises $14 Million For ‘Voice SMS’ Service

Mar 26, 2008 10:52 AM

Bubble Motion, a Mountain View, Calif. company that allows users to send short voice clips to each other like text messages, said today it raised $14 million in venture funding. Investors participating in the round include existing investors Sequoia Capital, both from the U.S. and India, and new investors Comcast…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Technologies / Formats, bubble motion, comcast interactive capital, ncd investors, sequoia capital

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