Bill Gurley talks about his drive to persuade more tech startups to choose direct listings, instead of traditional bank-led IPOs, to enter public markets
33.5% and 29.2%, respectively..” “..incentive to give buyers — mutual fund companies and big hedge funds — a deal..” https://www.cnbc.com/... Investors In Vests / @investrsinvests : “Number one rule o...
Bugsnag, which makes an automated error monitoring platform for developers, says it raised $9M Series B in Feb. 2017 from GV, Benchmark Capital, Matrix Partners
Benchmark sues Kalanick for fraud, wants to invalidate 2016 stockholder vote, which would eliminate 3 board seats for Kalanick appointees, including Kalanick's
The battle between Benchmark Capital and Travis Kalanick just went nuclear, with the venture capital firm suing the former Uber CEO for fraud …
Berlin-based ResearchGate, a social network for scientists with 12M users, raises $52.6M from Goldman Sachs, Bill Gates, Benchmark Capital, and others
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SnapChat is getting funded. By Instagram backer Benchmark
Yesterday, Dan Primack pointed out that like Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures, Matt Cohler, who backed Instagram for Benchmark Capital, hasn't done a deal in 2012. Well, that is all set to change...
Mobile Will Grab TV Advertising's Crown
Editor's note: Matt Cohler is a General Partner at Benchmark Capital. He's responsible for identifying investment opportunities in Internet-related companies in addition to working closely with compa...
Benchmark, Greylock And Others Go In For $18.6M On Nextdoor, A Facebook For Local Communities
Localized social network Nextdoor is announcing an $18.6 million dollar round today, led by Benchmark Capital and followed on by DAG Ventures, Greylock Partners and Shasta Ventures.
Intuit To Acquire Demandforce For $424MM
This morning, Intuit announced its agreement to acquire one of Benchmark's portfolio companies, Demandforce, for $424mm. As with Instagram, Benchmark Capital is the largest institutional investor in ...
Why Dropbox Is A Major Disruption
Back in October, Techcrunch announced that Dropbox had raised $250mm at a seemingly absurd valuation. Many firms, including my firm Benchmark Capital, participated. When this happened, many people a...
Benchmark, Marissa Mayer Put $5.5M In Stationery Design And Retail Site Minted
Minted, design community and e-commerce site for stationery and cards, has raised $5.5 million in Series B funding led Benchmark Capital, with IDG Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Marissa Mayer and Jeremy St...