U.S. Venture Capital News

Nimbula Announces $15 Million Series B Round of Financing; Total Funding Exceeds $20 Million

August 23, 2010

MENLO PARK, CA (Marketwire – August 23, 2010) Nimbula, the Cloud Operating System Company, today announced that it has secured $15 million in its second round of venture capital funding led by Accel Partners. Current investor Sequoia Capital, which led Nimbula’s first round of venture financing,… Read more →

Inkling Raises Series A Funding Round Led by Sequoia Capital

August 20, 2010

SAN FRANCISCO (BUSINESS WIRE) Inkling announced its Series A financing today, led by Sequoia Capital with participation from Kapor Capital, Sherpalo Ventures and Felicis Ventures. Inkling delivers engaging interactive textbooks that feature powerful social collaboration, integrated multimedia, an… Read more →

AirStrip Technologies Receives Investment from Sequoia Capital

August 11, 2010

SAN ANTONIO, Aug. 11 (PRNewswire) AirStrip Technologies, a pioneer in mobile medical software development, announced today that it has closed a financing round with leading venture firm Sequoia Capital.

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Green Dot Corporation Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering of Class A Common Stock

July 22, 2010

MONROVIA, Calif., Jul 21, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Green Dot Corporation (GDOT 43.01, -0.14, -0.32%), a leading prepaid financial services company, today announced its initial public offering of 4,558,050 shares of its Class A common stock at a price to the public of $36.00 per share. The shares w… Read more →

Jive Closes $30M Investment from Sequoia Capital and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

July 21, 2010

Palo Alto, Calif. – July 21, 2010 – Jive Software, the social business software leader, announced today that is has closed $30 million in Series C financing. The investment was led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), with continued participation from Sequoia Capital, the only venture inve… Read more →

Nimble Storage Announces Industry's First Converged Storage And Backup Solution

July 15, 2010

SAN JOSE, Calif. – July 15, 2010 – Nimble Storage, developer of the first converged storage and backup solution, today announced the release of the Nimble CS-Series, the industry’s first converged iSCSI storage, backup and disaster recovery solution. Designed by former NetApp and Data Domain exec… Read more →

Smart Grid Leader eMeter Secures $12.5 Million in Latest Round of Funding

July 08, 2010

New Funding Enables eMeter to Leverage Increased Market Opportunities and Invest in New Products and Technologies

San Mateo, CA – July 8, 2010 – eMeter Corporation, a leader in Smart Grid management software, today announced the close of a $12.5 million round of private financing led by longti… Read more →

Google and ITA Software Sign Acquisition Agreement

July 01, 2010

Cambridge and Mountain View, Calif. (July 1, 2010) – ITA Software, Inc., a flight information software company, and Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for Google to acquire ITA for $700 million in cash, subject to adjustments.

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SunRun Closes $55M Equity Investment to Advance Affordable Home Solar

June 29, 2010

SAN FRANCISCO—(BUSINESS WIRE)—SunRun, a leading home solar company, today announced it closed a Series C round of funding for $55 million led by Sequoia Capital and joined by existing investors Accel Partners and Foundation Capital. SunRun is redefining residential electricity by offering home… Read more →

Sencha Raises $14 Million in Series A Funding Round, Led By Sequoia Capital

June 24, 2010

PALO ALTO, Calif., June 24, 2010: Sencha, the leader in enterprise JavaScript frameworks, and with more than 1 million developers using its products, has completed a $14 million Series A round of funding. Sequoia Capital led the round, with the participation of Radar Partners. Sencha will use the… Read more →