Online lender Social Finance, Inc. (SoFi) has clearly decided to embrace the “go big or go home” mantra with its latest push for funding in the face of generally waning enthusiasm about the whole tech-backed lending concept. SoFi is is hoping to buck a recent trend...
Payworks is taking a deliberate approach in navigating an ecosystem that is swirling around it, tempting similar and larger providers to delve into many different spaces. Payworks, however, seems self-assured and is taking its time to enter emerging markets.
Zilingo, the startup eCommerce company, has raised $8 million in a Series A round of venture funding. The funds, according to a report, will go to scale up the fashion-focused website operator in Southeast Asia. The Series A round of funding was led by Sequoia...
Cozy, a startup that created a platform to streamline interactions between property managers and renters, closed an $8.5 million Series B round of venture funding on Friday (Sept. 2). The round of funding was led by American Family Ventures and included Social Capital, General Catalyst...
In a rare glimpse of venture capital performance, Andreessen Horowitz has released some documents that give the public insight into how its investments have been performing. There is much to be admired — Andreessen’s first three venture funds have nearly doubled their investment capital since founding....
Artificial intelligence may still seem futuristic to many, but a startup trying to bring artificial intelligence into our daily lives has piqued the interest of investors, reportedly raising $5 million in a Series A round of venture funding. It comes nearly a year-and-a-half after the...
Symphony Commerce, a startup that provides cloud-based technology for eCommerce platforms, raised $11 million in venture capital funding during August. The venture capitalists that took part in the latest round of fundraising include Charles River Ventures, Blue Cloud Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures and FirstMark Capital. With the...
Auth0, the Identity-as-a-Service startup, has raised $15 million in a round of venture capital. According to a report, the venture capital raise was a Series B round and was led by Trinity Ventures, with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, K9 Ventures and Silicon Valley Bank,...
Virtru, the email and file encryption application, announced on Monday (Aug. 22) it closed a round of venture capital funding. The Series A round of funding, which netted the startup $29 million, was led by Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP) and also included New Enterprise Associates,...
