Tag Archive for Google Ventures

Cisco Acquires Meraki For $1.2B

Meraki

[Techtaffy Newsdesk] Cisco is acquiring privately held Meraki.  Meraki will form Cisco’s new Cloud Networking Group. Under the terms of the agreement, Cisco will pay approximately $1.2 billion in cash and retention-based incentives to acquire the entire business and operations of…
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LocBox Raises $5.1M Series A Funding

LocBox

[Techtaffy Newsdesk] LocBox, an AngelPad-funded San Francisco social marketing startup has raised $5.1 million in Series A funding from InterWest Partners, Accel Partners, Google Ventures and 500Startups, with additional participation from current and former Google, Amazon and LinkedIn executives.  Keval Desai,…
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Bookmarking Service Pocket Raises $5M

[Techtaffy Newsdesk] Pocket, a bookmarking and sharing service, (known as ‘Read It Later’ in an earlier avatar) has raised a $5 million funding round from existing partners, led by Steve Vassallo of Foundation Capital and joined by Steve Anderson of Baseline…
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The Climate Corporation Raises $50 Million

TheClimateCorporation

[Techtaffy Newsdesk] The Climate Corporation has closed a $50 million round of funding led by new investor Founders Fund, with participation by existing and new investors Khosla Ventures, Google Ventures, NEA, Index Ventures, Atomico, Glynn Capital, and Western Technology Investment.…
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Roqbot Closes $1.2M Seed Round

[Techtaffy Newsdesk] Roqbot, a startup that has developed a mobile jukebox app,  has closed a seed round of $1.2 million led by Google Ventures and Detroit Venture Partners, with participation from Accelerator Ventures, T5 Capital and Penny Black. Josh Linkner  (CEO & Managing partner,…
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