Startup Weekly (Mar 9-16 ‘15)
[8 investments, 4 acquisitions, and 2 investors of interest from the last week.]
INVESTMENTS
DO raised $2M from NEA, Nas, D.Morin, Pincus + (make meetings better)
BENTO LABS raised $2M from First Round, GoogleV, Social+Capital + (smart [Android] homescreen)
EVEN FINANCIAL raised $2.8M from Canaan + (supply-side lending)
PAGER raised $10M from Summation Health, Goodwater + (house calls)
COVERHOUND raised $14M from Tugboat, Route 66 + (insurance platform)
MEMEBOX raised $20M from Altos, Cowboy, YC + (beauty products)
SAKTI3 raised $20M from Khosla + (battery technology)
SIMPLIVITY raised $175M from Kleiner, Accel, CRV + (Omnicube)
ACQUISITIONS
THE FIND -> Facebook
2LEMETRY -> Amazon
KILI -> Square
PERISCOPE -> Twitter
INVESTORS
SALESFORCE VENTURES exited 2lemetry to Amazon
FIRST ROUND invested in Bento ($2M), Haven ($3M), Looker ($30M)
