Sources: Kirkland-based enterprise cybersecurity startup Chainguard is in talks to raise $350M led by Kleiner at a $3.5B valuation, up from $1.1B in July 2024
- Kleiner Perkins is said to be leading the funding round — The deal would triple Chainguard's valuation to $3.5 billion
Atlassian plans to acquire video messaging platform Loom for ~$975M, split as ~$880M in cash and the rest in stock, set to close in Q1 2024; Loom has 25M+ users
Loom changed the game with tapping the PLG market. Now, with atlassian all enterprise doors could open as well. [embedded post] @manpageman.bsky.social : Pivot! To! Video! [embedded post] X: Phil ...
Passwordless authentication platform Trusona raises $20M led by Georgian Partners, with participation from Microsoft's M12, Kleiner Perkins, Akamai, others
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Source: Facebook bought video-shopping startup Packagd, to help build live shopping for Marketplace; Packagd was building a shopping product for YouTube videos
- Packagd was founded by former Kleiner Perkins partner — Live shopping is growing in popularity, especially in China
Airware, a drone startup that has raised $118M from Andreessen Horowitz, Google's GV, Kleiner Perkins, and others, is shutting down
Josh Constine / TechCrunch :
Airware, a drone startup that has raised $118M from Andreessen Horowitz, Google's GV, Kleiner Perkins, and others, is shutting down
Drone operating system startup Airware today suddenly informed employees it will cease operations immediately despite having raised $118 million from top investors …
Kleiner Perkins, in its first Bitcoin-related deal, leads $12.5M Series A in blockchain payment startup Align Commerce
Kleiner Perkins Makes First Bitcoin-Related Deal With Align Commerce … Align Commerce Corp.'s use of bitcoin is invisible and almost irrelevant to its business customers.
Social+Capital and Kleiner Perkins deal fell apart because Social+Capital wanted to reorganize and run KPCB
Why The Kleiner Perkins-Social+Capital Deal Fell Apart — In January, reports surfaced that Social+Capital was in “acquisition” talks with Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
Exclusive: Kleiner Perkins tried to ‘acquire’ Social+Capital Partnership
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