Patreon Raises $15 Million Series A, Revamps Site To Focus More On Content
Patreon, a subscription-based funding site for artists, has just raised $15 million in a Series A from Alexis Ohanian, Sam Altman, David Marcus, Joshua Reeves and a bevy of other tech entrepreneurs. There were 17 angel investors and VCs in all who contributed to this...
$38 million not enough for a startup – Ostrovok closes 5th round of funding in 3 years
East-West Digital News Ostrovok.ru, a major Russian hotel booking service, announced last week that it has raised $12 million in a round led by Vaizra Capital, a fund which belongs to Vkontakte co-founders Vyacheslav Mirilashvili and Lev Leviev. A number of the...
Webydo Bags $7M To Turn More Designs Into Hosted Websites
TechCrunch June 21, 2014 Webydo, a software as a service startup that gives web designers the tools to circumvent a more traditional website creation process by excising the need for them to do any manual coding by automatically converting their design into a hosted...
Box Inc. in Talks With TPG for Funding
Wall Street Journal June 20, 2014 Online-storage startup Box Inc., three months after filing for an initial public offering, is in talks to raise a round of funding from private-equity firm TPG that would help buy it time before an IPO, said people familiar with the...