U.S. Venture Capital News

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—(Marketwire – November 9, 2009) – Eventbrite announced that it has closed a Series C round of funding from Sequoia Capital, with partner Roelof Botha (previous backer of YouTube) joining as director. This brings the company’s total funding to over $8 million. Previous investors… Read more →

Unity Technologies the leading provider of the multi-platform game development platform for Web, PC, Mac, Wii and iPhone today announced that it has secured Series A financing of $5.5 million. The investment round was led by Sequoia Capital, the venture investors behind well-known technology bran… Read more →

• Jive, the Social Business Software leader, today announced that it has received $12 million from Sequoia Capital in its Series B round of funding. Sequoia also funded Jive’s Series A round of funding in August 2007.

• Jive will use the proceeds to increase its product footprint through new i… Read more →

WATERTOWN, Mass., Sept. 24, 2009 — A123 Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:AONE) announced today the initial public offering of 28,180,501 shares of its common stock at $13.50 per share. The shares will begin trading on Thursday, September 24, 2009 on The NASDAQ Global Market under the ticker symbol “AONE.”… Read more →

Sunnyvale, Calif. – August 17, 2009 – MobileIron, a company dedicated to making smartphones enterprise-ready, today announced its $11M Series B financing round. The round was co-led by Norwest Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, and Storm Ventures.

MobileIron solves the new problems CIOs face a… Read more →

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Zappos.com, Inc. a leader in online apparel and footwear sales that strives to provide shoppers with the best possible service and selection. The acquisition brings together two companies who share a passio… Read more →

San Mateo, Calif. – July 22, 2009 – eMeter Corporation, the global leader in Smart Grid management software, today announced the close of a $32 million private financing led by Sequoia Capital and joined by existing investor, Foundation Capital. The funds will be used to accelerate eMeter’s sales… Read more →

The Woodlands, TX – July 1, 2009 – eCardio Diagnostics, one of the nation’s leading providers of arrhythmia monitoring services, today announced that it has received a significant minority investment from Sequoia Capital. This is eCardio’s first round of institutional funding since the company wa… Read more →

San Francisco, CA, June 1, 2009 – Sugar Inc. announced today a series of steps to expand and diversify the fast-growing woman’s lifestyle media company.

• Sugar is launching Sugar Digital Entertainment, an LA-based unit that will expand the Sugar brand into online video, television, film, vide… Read more →

SAN CARLOS, Calif. — May 26, 2009 — Mark Logic® Corporation, a leading provider of software for information-centric applications, today announced that it has closed a $12.5 million round of financing, led by Sequoia Capital and including participation from Tenaya Capital.

The capital will be u… Read more →