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G2 Venture Partners raises $500 million to fund sustainable tech

G2 Venture Partners, a firm that spun out of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, has raised $500 million to support entrepreneurs that aim to make existing industries more efficient, environmentally

Proterra, which makes big honkin’ battery systems and electric buses, raises $200 million

Proterra, the battery system technology developer for heavy-duty electric vehicles, said it has raised $200 million in a new round of funding. The new cash comes from Cowen Sustainable Investment Advi

Meet the Disrupt 2020 ‘TC10’

If 2020 hasn’t been wild enough, there’s an extra special twist going down at Disrupt 2020 beyond the fact that, for the first time ever, the conference will be fully virtual. It also happ

Getting a seat at the VC table

We are witnessing the greatest paradigm shift in power since the advent of the venture capital industry.

As product development incorporates more feedback, development toolkit productboard raises $8M

Since its debut on the TechCrunch Disrupt stage in September 2016, demand for a service like productboard, which gives companies a holistic view of product development and encourages input from acro

Splunk’s data analytics gets a security boost with $350 million acquisition of Phantom Cyber

The data analytics service provider Splunk is giving itself a security upgrade with its $350 million cash and stock acquisition of the security automation technology developer, Phantom Cyber. One of t

Social Capital has started investing in startups, sight unseen

There's little question that former Facebook executive and venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya thoroughly enjoys challenging the way that startups are funded. Because he has the hot hand, so to sp

Looker catches the fancy of CapitalG, Goldman and Geodesic with $81.5M Series D

Business intelligence platform Looker is announcing an $81.5 million Series D today led by CapitalG. Rather than compete in segmented markets against visualization and data preparation startups, Looke

The NFL Players Association is launching an accelerator to trade licensing rights for equity

Tech accelerators have been a hot topic over the past few years, especially within industries that have traditionally eschewed the world of startups and technology. Media companies, sports teams, and

Handshake nabs another $20M to make the job hunt more fair

Speaking from experience, finding jobs outside the region you went to college in is incredibly challenging. Sure, large Fortune 100 companies have programs in place to make it easy to recruit for o

Leanplum raises $29M Series C round for its mobile marketing platform

Leanplum started out as a mobile A/B testing platform but has since built on this foundation to become a fully-fledged mobile marketing platform. The company has now raised a $29 million Series C roun

GoEuro banks another $70M to keep building out its travel planner platform

Travel planner and booking platform GoEuro has taken in another big cash injection, announcing a $70 million funding round led by Silver Lake Kraftwerk and Valley VC fund Kleiner Perkins Caufield &amp

All your questions about startup fundraising for KPCB… Asked and answered.

Aviv Gilboa Contributor Aviv Gilboa is an analyst at venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins, focusing on strategic partnerships for early stage enterprise and consumer digital companies in their portfol

Venture capital pioneer Tom Perkins dies at 84

Thomas Perkins, who co-founded venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, has died of natural causes. He was 84 years old. Before becoming an investor, Perkins founded a laser company

CoreOS raises $28M Series B round led by GV

CoreOS, the company behind the container-centric CoreOS Linux distribution and Tectonic container management service, today announced that it has raised a $28 million Series B round led by GV, the fun

As globalization slows, new startup Globality raises $27 million to bring SMBs to world markets

Global capitalism is in a bit of pickle right now. Goldman Sachs (either a vampire squid or the second-best investment bank in the world, depending on your point of view) came out with a report ear

Genentech Offers $50K For Startups Working On New Cervical Cancer Prevention

Genentech is looking to reach out to the startup community with a new competition called the Quest Award offering $50,000 in prize money for technologies that are fighting cervical cancer.

Instart Logic Raises $45M Series D Round For Its Application Delivery Platform

Application delivery platform Instart Logic today announced that it has raised a $45 million Series D round. The round was led by a new investor, the late-stage fund Geodesic Capital. Other participan

John Doerr Talks Diversity, Execution And The Future Of Kleiner Perkins

Kleiner Perkins' John Doerr hopes that his firm will find itself at a "50/50" ratio, where it has successfully brought in a diverse set of new partners — a problem that has long-plagued the venture

Mobile Lifecycle Marketing Firm Leanplum Raises A $11.6M Series B Round Led By Kleiner Perkins

Leanplum, a service that helps developers and marketers engage with mobile users through personalized messages, dynamic UI optimization and A/B testing services, today announced that it has raised a $
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