Capital Chaos

 Etsy (Brooklyn, NY) raised an astounding $27M in Series C led by Union Square Ventures and Hubert Burda Media with new investor Jim Breyer from Accel Partners participating as well.  According to TechCrunch, the company “previously raised a total of $4.6 million from Union Square Ventures and angels Caterina Fake, Stewart Butterfield, Joshua Schachter, and […]

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Greenplum (San Mateo, CA) announced it has closed a $27 million round of financing led by Meritech Capital Partners with funds also provided by SAP Ventures and Sun Microsystems.  The company is a leading provider of database software for business intelligence and whose Greenplum Database enables companies to analyze terabytes of information faster and […]

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Unisfair (Menlo Park, CA), the leader in virtual events, just finalized $10M lead by Norwest Ventures with Sequoia Capital participating in this round as well.  The Company provides virtual hosting for events used in marketing, recruiting and training - attracting thousands of people.  Think of it as Second Life but just for corporate event driven […]

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(Atlanta, GA) MFG.com has done it again by pulling in an astounding $26M in a company that has already had rounds of $14M and $4M.  The Company, which is often referred to as eBay for manufacturers, is a B2B marketplace for sourcing manufactured parts.  They have a pretty impressive list of companies using the site such […]

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