This site uses cookies to improve your experience. To help us insure we adhere to various privacy regulations, please select your country/region of residence. If you do not select a country, we will assume you are from the United States. Select your Cookie Settings or view our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
Cookie Settings
Cookies and similar technologies are used on this website for proper function of the website, for tracking performance analytics and for marketing purposes. We and some of our third-party providers may use cookie data for various purposes. Please review the cookie settings below and choose your preference.
Used for the proper function of the website
Used for monitoring website traffic and interactions
Cookie Settings
Cookies and similar technologies are used on this website for proper function of the website, for tracking performance analytics and for marketing purposes. We and some of our third-party providers may use cookie data for various purposes. Please review the cookie settings below and choose your preference.
Strictly Necessary: Used for the proper function of the website
Performance/Analytics: Used for monitoring website traffic and interactions
Greg Martin , the partner heading up RedpointVentures ' Los Angeles office, has reportedly left the firm, according to a report from the Private Equity Insider. Martin is no longer listed on Redpoint's web site, was not listed in its latest fundraising documents, and declined to comment on the story. READ MORE>>.
RedpointVentures is one of the venturecapital firms which has straddled both Northern California and Southern California, with offices in both locations. It would be interesting to hear about where your interests are nowdays, there was a rumor Redpoint had backed off activity here lately.
It’s always fun chatting with Jason because he’s knowledgeable about the market, quick on topics and pushes me to talk more about VC / entrepreneur issues. Next Wednesday we’ll have Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners, a New York / LA early-stage venturecapital fund. I’d link to it but it’s behind a paywall.
Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venturecapital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Greycroft is an early-stage VC. Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself. Gilt Group is currently the largest private sale web site in US.
Los Angeles-based venturecapital firm Rustic Canyon is the lead investor in a round of funding from a social shopping site out of Y Combinator. The round came from new investor Rustic Canyon Partners, and also included prior investors Blumberg Capital and RedpointVentures. in a Series A round.
Los Angeles-based Machinima.com , an online entertainment site focused on video gamers, has raised $9M in a investment from RedpointVentures, the firm said this week. As part of the investment, Geoff Yang of Redpoint will join the firm's board. READ MORE>>.
West Hollywood-based SocialVibe , an online site which combines social media with support for brands and charities, has raised $11.65M in a Series C funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm Monday. SocialVibe has previously raised funding from JAFCO American Ventures and RedpointVentures. READ MORE>>.
Los Angeles-based venturecapital firm Rustic Canyon Partners has scored a quick exit at Redwood City-based Mertado , after Mertado said Friday that it has been acquired by daily deals site Groupon. in a round from Rustic canyon, RedpointVentures, Y Combinator, and Blumberg Capital. READ MORE>>.
The firm's web site indicates it is launching in January of next year. Impact Radius is backed by RedpointVentures, and the firm's management team includes Per Petterson, co-founder of Commission Junction. Tags: impact radius venturecapital. No details on the funding have been announced by the company.
The new funding was led by JAFCO Ventures, and also included prior investors Benchmark Capital and RedpointVentures. Clicker's web site indexes and searches the web for video, providing a structured catalog of programming. Tags: clicker venturecapital video content streaming television. READ MORE>>.
The site--which was originally a project of Namesake--gained funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, RedpointVentures, Atlas Venture, Paul Kedrosky, and Michael Arrington of TechCrunch. Los Angeles-based Chill , the online video discussion website headed by Brian Norgard, has raised $1.5M
Los Angeles-based DailyStrength, an online health-related social networking site, has been acquired by HSW International, Inc., DailyStrength was venture backed by around $5M in venturecapital from RedpointVentures. a developer of Internet businesses. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
To do that, it has snagged the funding of Data Collective, Brad Jones of RedpointVentures, Horizon Ventures, and TenOneTen Ventures, a new Southern California venturecapital firm headed by Gil Elbaz and David Waxman. Size of the funding round was not announced.
NIM, which was acquired last week for $170M, had been backed by venture firms RedpointVentures, Mission Ventures, and Sutter Hill Ventures. According to OVP's site, it was approached in 2005 by the CFO of a former portfolio company, who had made money for the firm twice before, begging the firm to invest.
Los Angeles-based Buzznet , which operates a network of web sites focused on celebrities and pop culture, announced this morning that it has raised $12.5M According to the company, the funding round was led by Focus Ventures, and also included Anthem Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, RedpointVentures, and Sutter Hill Ventures.
Los Angeles-based Chill , the social video sharing and chat site led by Brian Norgard, has raised another $8M in funding, the firm said today. Other investors in the round included Atlas Venture and Chris Saccas Lowercase Capital. READ MORE>>.
Los Angeles-based Aggregage (www.aggregage.com) is looking to help aggregate the content across multiple blog publishing sites, and curate that information into specific, B2B niche vertical web sites. Since then, that company has been able to get Benchmark and Redpoint, and Jim Lanzone is doing a great job with Clicker.
com) recently scored a round of funding from such notable investors as Data Collective, Brad Jones of RedpointVentures, Horizon Ventures, and TenOneTen Ventures, the new Southern California venturecapital firm headed by Gil Elbaz and David Waxman. SRCH2 (www.srch2.com) What''s your background?
David Sacks, one of the co-founders of PayPal, pitched Geni.com, an online site focused on both family trees and social networking. The "best of show" prize went to Magnify360, which develops software for optimizing content and web sites for specific users.
We organize all of the trending information in your field so you don't have to. Join 5,000+ users and stay up to date on the latest articles your peers are reading.
You know about us, now we want to get to know you!
Let's personalize your content
Let's get even more personalized
We recognize your account from another site in our network, please click 'Send Email' below to continue with verifying your account and setting a password.
Let's personalize your content