| Date | Title | Description |
| 18.06.2021 | Brief: Jay-Z fund backs plant-based NUGGS maker Simulate | Marcy Venture Partners, a VC firm founded by music moguls Shawn ‘Jay-Z’ Carter and Jay Brown alongside Walden Venture Capital‘s Larry Marcus, has invested in plant-based protein startup Simulate, Bloomberg reports.
New York-based Simulate —... |
| 20.02.2020 | Marcy Venture Partners, co-founded by Jay-Z, Raises $85M Fund | 109 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Marcy Venture Partners, the VC firm co-founded by Jay-Z, Jay Brown and Larry Marcus, raised $85 million for its first fund, according to a new filing.
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| 20.02.2020 | Marcy Venture Partners, co-founded by Jay-Z, Raises $85M Fund | 118 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Marcy Venture Partners, the VC firm co-founded by Jay-Z, Jay Brown and Larry Marcus, raised $85 million for its first fund, according to a new filing.
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| 11.12.2019 | New VC Firm Piva Closes $250M Fund Focused On Energy Industry | 23 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
The energy industry is similar to other traditional sectors (think construction, for example) that have been slow to adopt new technology, yet are ripe with inefficiencies.
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| 12.07.2019 | Walden Venture closes China VC fund at $122.6m, short of $250m target | Premium
Walden International, one of the pioneers in venture investing in China, has closed its China-focused venture capital fund at just $122.6 million, less than half of its $250-million target, according to its filing with the US Securi... |
| 13.04.2017 | goTenna Series B fuels vision to make local communication possible anywhere on the planet | Founded in 2012 with the small goal of enabling connectivity-free communication, goTenna has ballooned to more than 23 employees and delivered real hardware to market in the process. Today the startup is adding another $7.5 million to its c... |
| 02.03.2016 | Funding Daily: GoTenna catches $7.5 million to connect phones when they’re off the grid | GoTenna, a Brooklyn-based startup behind a portable personal antenna for smartphones, announced today that it caught a $7.5 million investment. Walden Venture Capital led the series A round, followed by MentorTech Ventures and Verizon subsi... |
| 02.03.2016 | Funding Daily: GoTenna catches $7.5 million to connect phones when they’re off the grid | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
GoTenna, a Brooklyn-based startup behind a portab... |
| 24.02.2016 | TodayTix raises $9 million to help you buy theater tickets, um, today | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
TodayTix announced yesterday that it closed a $9 ... |
| 24.02.2016 | TodayTix raises $9 million to help you buy theater tickets, um, today | TodayTix announced yesterday that it closed a $9 million series B round to expand its on-demand service so you can buy last-minute theater tickets today (you know I had to).
Walden Venture Capital and TYLT Ventures co-led the investment. Bo... |
| 14.09.2015 | Cargo Chief Raises $10M in Funding | As we anticipated on August 26, Cargo Chief, a Mountain View, Ca.-based freight shipping company, raised $10m in funding.
The round was led by Walden Venture Capital with participation from Hunt Technology Ventures and the GrowthX Fund.
The... |
| 06.02.2015 | Funding roundup - week ending 2/06/15 | AnyPerk, Pley, Guardant, HomeLight, SketchDeck, DesignCrowd, Taboola, Qumulo, BucketFeet, Skimlinks
Seed stage
SketchDeck, a full graphic design on demand service, raised $500,000 from Y Combinator, Dharmesh Shah, Michael Siebel and other a... |
| 04.02.2015 | Walden Venture Capital Closes Fund VIII at $107M | San Francisco and Woodside, CA-based Walden Venture Capital closed its eight fund at $107m.
Walden Venture Capital VIII was supported by private investors and has also been accepted by the Small Business Administration’s new Early Stage SBI... |
| 04.02.2015 | Walden Venture Capital raises new $107M fund | The firm invests in "sprout stage" companies that already have a proven product
Walden Venture Capital has raised a its seventh fund, a $107 million fund called raised Fund VIII, it was announced on Wednesday.
The firm focuses on ... |
| 03.02.2015 | Walden closes eighth fund, adding $107M to its war chest | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Walden Venture Capital has closed its eighth fund... |
| 03.02.2015 | Walden closes eighth fund, adding $107M to its war chest | Walden Venture Capital has closed its eighth fund with a total of $107 million, which it will use to pursue investments in digital media and cloud companies. (Disclosure: Walden is an investor in VentureBeat.)
Walden focuses on what it call... |
| 01.12.2014 | Post Seed Live Web stream on December 2 | Watch interviews with Peter Thiel, Chris Dixon, Keith Rabois, Naval Ravikant and more
 
Please stay tuned for a live stream of Post Seed, hosted by Bullpen Capital, Venture51 and Vator, with Peter Thiel from Founders Fund w... |
| 26.03.2014 | TouchBistro Raises Additional $1.5M in Seed Funding | TouchBistro, a Toronto, Canada-based provider of mobile point-of-sale (POS) solutions for the food and beverage industry, closed a $1.5m second tranche of its recently announced seed funding round (read here).
Backers included Walden Ventur... |
| 26.03.2014 | Toronto’s TouchBistro Bumps Funding Up to $6 Million | In November Toronto’s TouchBistro, the company that facilitates tablet-based payments at restaurant checkouts, raised $4.5 million in seed funding. Today the company is announcing that the round has been increased to $6 million, originally ... |
| 09.09.2013 | How have early-stage venture models evolved? | Rob Hayes, Marcus Ogawa, Deborah Jackson, Larry Marcus, Alex Vittal explore that question
How have early-stage venture models evolved? That topic was discussed at the recent Venture Shift this past summer, with a panel consisting of Rob Hay... |
| 23.07.2013 | Will general solicitation help or hurt the VC industry? | Allowing companies to advertise could create more noise, and make it harder to find good investments
The Securities and Exchange Commission recently decided to pass some controversial proposals to to relax restrictions on solicitation, turn... |
| 09.10.2012 | How ice, isolation, and poverty will save the music industry | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Rock stars and venture capitalists have two thing... |
| 22.12.2011 | Cloudability raises $1M, helps keep your cloud spending in check | Cloudability, a company that helps people manage cloud services spending, has secured $1 million in its latest investment round. This seed investment round was led by Trinity Ventures and Walden Venture Capital, including $250,000 in fundin... |
| 22.12.2011 | Cloudability Closes $1.1M Seed Funding Round | Cloudability, a Portland, Oregon-based company that provides a solution for businesses to manage and monitor all of their cloud costs, has closed a $1.1m seed funding.
The round was led by Trinity Ventures and Walden VC, with participation ... |
| 22.12.2011 | Cloudability raises $1M, helps keep your cloud spending in check | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Cloudability, a company that helps people manage ... |
| 14.12.2011 | PowerCloud Systems Raises $6M in Series B Financing | PowerCloud Systems, a Palo Alto, CA-based software platform provider for enabling Networking as a Service (NaaS), raised $6m in Series B financing.
The round was led by Qualcomm Ventures, with participation from existing investors Walden Ve... |
| 29.06.2011 | The Clymb raises $2M for outdoor gear flash sales | The company provides deals of up to 70% off for active gear and accessories
Just two and a half years after Groupon essentially created daily deals, the daily deal industry has been explored, charted, and excavated, leaving only the niche s... |
| 15.06.2011 | Behind Pandora, There’s Walden Venture Capital—A Little-Known “Sprout Stage” Investor with Music Mania | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
[Updated, 8:00 a.m. ET] If there’s a tune playing at Walden Venture Capital today, it’s probably “We’re In the Money.”
The San Francisco venture firm is the second-largest sha... |
| 14.09.2010 | Informifi Completes Series A Financing | Informifi, a San Francisco, CA-based real-time online content organizer, completed a Series A financing of undisclosed amount.
The round was led by Walden Venture Capital and the Keiretsu Forum, with participation from Harvard Angels and No... |
| 08.01.2009 | Dogster still has its bite despite the downturn | Dogster, the social network for dogs and their owners, just converted $425,000 in bridge funds into additional first-round financing, reports VentureWire. After a profitable 2008, raising a second round isn’t as pressing, the company says —... |
| 20.11.2008 | Meredith gives Real Girls a shot in the arm | Social networking for women got a boost yesterday as media conglomerate Meredith Corp. acquired an undisclosed minority stake in Real Girls Media Network. The San Francisco-based network encompasses about 30 sites and portals for women — no... |
| 17.07.2008 | Ex-Walden partner Eskenazi on realistic exits | He's beat the house twice but now has lower expectations
Few investors can boast that within one year’s time they had two portfolio companies get acquired for over $300 million each. Steve Eskenazi is one of these rare investors. He claims ... |
| 08.04.2008 | Roundup: Websites become more vulnerable to lawsuits, Meevee looks for buyers, and more | Here’s the latest action:
Rulings could make website owners more vulnerable to lawsuits — Decisions made by judges in two separate cases, against Friendfinder.com and Roommates.com, could expose websites to potentially harmful lawsuits, acc... |
| 12.10.2007 | Snocap, music-licensing company, lays off 60 percent of staff | Snocap, the company that wanted to let bands set their own licensing terms for music downloads across the Web, has cut its staff by 60 percent, CNET has confirmed.
The San Francisco company has struggled to define a business model amid quic... |
| 14.12.2006 | Glam Media Gets $18.5 Million And A CNET Chairman | Glam Media, a fashion and lifestyle Web site, has a trifecta of news today. It has received $18 million in Series C funding, CNET chairman Jarl Mohn is joining the company as an investor and strategic adviser, and there is a new partnership... |
| 14.06.2005 | SNOCAP Profile | Company: Snocap
Location: San Francisco, California
Status: Launched June 13, 2005
Founded: September, 2002
What is it?
Snocap allows those who own rights to music to place them onto p2p networks and retail sites with DRM. This means that, ... |
