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| 21.12.2025 | Ciphero Raises $2.5M in Pre-Seed Funding | Ciphero, a NYC-based based developer of an AI verification and security platform for enterprise environments, raised $2.5m in pre-seed funding.
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| 25.10.2025 | Seneca raises $60 million | Seneca Seneca
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| 21.10.2025 | Seneca Launched With $60 Million To Advance AI-Based Wildfire Defense Systems | Seneca, a resilience technology and infrastructure company, has launched publicly with a $60 million financing round aimed at transforming how the world combats wildfires. The funding round, led by Caffeinated Capital and Convective Capital... |
| 01.04.2025 | Jolly's $16.5 Million Boost: A Game Changer for Workforce Optimization | In the bustling streets of New York City, a new player is making waves in the workforce optimization arena. Jolly, a platform designed to align the interests of frontline workers with business goals, has secured $16.5 million in Series A fu... |
| 01.04.2025 | Jolly: $16.5 Million (Series A) Secured For Workforce Optimization Platform | Jolly, a workforce optimization platform, announced a $16.5 million Series A fundraise which was led by Zach Kirkhorn (former CFO of Tesla). Along with Kirkhorn, who will join the company’s Board, the funding included participation from ang... |
| 26.03.2025 | Jolly Raises $16.5M in Series A Funding | Jolly, a NYC-based workforce optimization platform, raised $16.5M in Series A funding.
The round was led by Zach Kirkhorn, former CFO of Tesla, who will join the company’s Board, with participation from angel investors Gokul Rajaram, Julien... |
| 06.12.2024 | OneRail's $42 Million Boost: A Game Changer in Omnichannel Fulfillment | In the fast-paced world of logistics, OneRail is making waves. The Orlando-based company recently secured $42 million in Series C funding, a significant leap forward in its mission to revolutionize last-mile delivery. This funding round was... |
| 05.12.2024 | OneRail: Omnichannel Fulfillment Solution Company $42 Million (Series C) | OneRail, a provider of solutions in last-mile omnichannel fulfillment, announced a growth capital investment led by Aliment Capital. Additional participating firms include new investors eGateway Capital and Florida Opportunity Fund and curr... |
| 26.08.2024 |
HomeLight raises $20M to expand Buy Before You Sell product | Proptech HomeLight has raised $20 million to expand the offering of its Buy Before You Sell product to mortgage lenders and real estate agents across 40 new states, the company announced on Monday.
Zeev Ventures, an early-stage venture fund... |
| 22.08.2024 | CruxOCM: Control Room Co-Pilot Platform Secures $17 Million (Series A) | CruxOCM, a leader in co-pilot technology for control room operators, announced the closing of a $17 million Series A funding round. The funding round was led by M12 (Microsoft’s Venture Fund), with participation from new investors, includin... |
| 06.05.2023 | Amazon launches free channels, check marks come to Gmail and OpenAI raises more moolah | It’s that time of week again, folks — Week in Review (WiR) time. For those new to the scene, WiR is TechCrunch’s regular newsletter that recaps the biggest tech stories over the past few days. There’s no better digest for the person on the ... |
| 01.05.2023 | Ann Lai says she was fired from Bullpen Capital after helping deliver a $145M fund | Ann Lai, a general partner at Bullpen Capital, has been fired from the firm, she says. The investor described the termination experience as “discriminatory and retaliatory” in a LinkedIn post published on Monday. Lai helped raise Bullpen Ca... |
| 21.02.2023 | A tech VC explains how startups should structure their pitch decks — and offers fundraising advice for founders from underrepresented backgrounds | Ann Lai primarily works to finance founders from underrepresented backgrounds. Ann Lai This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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| 22.11.2022 | Startup founders need to be data-informed, not just ‘data-driven’ | Ann Lai Contributor
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| 13.02.2022 | Crypto needs 'to come crashing back to Earth' : An early FanDuel investor explains why even the huge splurge on sports isn't enough to draw him into 'the hype' — and shares 2 picks for defying a chall... | Matthew Stafford #9 of the Los Angeles Rams reacts after defeating the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship Game at SoFi Stadium Christian Petersen/Getty Images This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an In... |
| 14.10.2021 | Ureeka Announces $8.15M Series A-1 Funding Round | The platform is paving a new pathway for entrepreneurs to build their digital presence and acquire more customers
Burlingame, CA – Ureeka, the small business growth engine, today announced it has completed an $8.15 million Series A-1 fundin... |
| 09.02.2021 | Nanome raises $3 million to help scientists get up close with molecular structures in VR | Discovery and research of new molecular compounds is an expensive business, with development costs exceeding $10 billion per substance in some cases. Part of that comes from the need to closely examine every relevant molecule, studying its ... |
| 14.12.2020 | Healthcare in Politics Conference Session 3: Open up/Shut down | Institutions contempt for Trump are behind lockdown rationales
Vator · Healthcare in Politics: Open up/Shut down
In the thirst part of Healthcare in Politics, speakersDuncan Davidson (Partner, Bullpen Capital), Leslie Krigstein (Vice Presid... |
| 16.10.2020 | Politics vs science: how distrust in institutions is fueling the pandemic | Healthcare executives debated this topic at the Healthcare In Politics salon
One of the most disturbing, and saddest, things to watch since the start of the pandemic has been the politicization of the response. There's a lack of trust that ... |
| 14.10.2020 | Were the shut downs worth it and how do we finally reopen the country? | Healthcare executives debated these topics at the Healthcare In Politics salon
Last week, Vator and HP hosted their latest salon, called Healthcare in Politics, where we held multiple panels of experts, policy makers and lawmakers who were ... |
| 13.10.2020 | Institutions contempt for Trump are behind lockdown rationales | Lockdowns show negative impact on health; Watch Healthcare in Politics Oct. 7 Reopen panel
In the thirst part of Healthcare in Politics, speakersDuncan Davidson (Partner, Bullpen Capital), Leslie Krigstein (Vice President, Government Affair... |
| 01.10.2020 | Bullpen Capital raises $130 million more to fund the far afield and misunderstood | Bullpen Capital, a now 10-year-old, venture fund in San Francisco that focuses on what it calls post-seed investing — it backs startups that have already raised up to $5 million and “aren’t quite ready for a $10 million check but another $5... |
| 25.09.2020 | Rewards and Recognition platform Blueboard closes Series A round | San Francisco-based company Blueboard, a rewards and recognition platform used to engage employees and top-performers with curated experiences, raised US$ 9.3M on 24 September, as it closed its Series A round. The total funds raised by Blue... |
| 18.09.2020 | Healthcare in Politics Conference - 90 minute Q&A session podcast | #InventHealth
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This week we started the discussion on Healthcare in Politics with Esther Dyson (Executive Founder, Wellville; Angel investor), Sally Pipes (President and CEO, Pacific R... |
| 14.09.2020 | Healthcare experts: schools should open for in-person sessions | Register for our main Healthcare in Politics event on October 7
Last week, Vator, UCSF Health Hub and HP held a mini event in anticipation of our Healthcare in Politics event in October (register here!), where we some of the panelists got t... |
| 04.05.2020 | 10 Lessons From The Great Recession, The Crisis That Saved My Startup | 64 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
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In 2006, I co-founded a company called Aggregate Knowledge, and we raised $30 million within a year. The biggest reta... |
| 04.05.2020 | 10 Lessons From The Great Recession, The Crisis That Saved My Startup | 65 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Written by Paul Martino, general partner at early-stage VC firm Bullpen Capital.
In 2006, I co-founded a company called Aggregate Knowledge, and we raised $30 million within a year. The biggest reta... |
| 28.04.2020 | Preparing For The Reindustrialization Of America | “If this truly is the Fourth Industrial Revolution it’ll be of the scale of the past three,” says legendary venture capitalist Duncan Davidson. “If we’re going to do this reindustrialization of America and prepare for the Fourth Industrial ... |
| 20.04.2020 | SMB mentorship platform Ureeka raises $8.6M, will facilitate grant programs for Facebook, Salesforce | The best founders seek out great mentors and guidance from folks who know best, but during the coronavirus pandemic, asking for help when it’s needed is critical for all entrepreneurs.
Ureeka, a startup founded by Melissa Bradley, David Jak... |
| 20.04.2020 | Ureeka Secures $8.6M Investment to Drive Business Growth for Next Wave Entrepreneurs Nationwide | New community provides female and minority business owners and entrepreneurs access to people, tools, services and capital crucial to success |
| 28.03.2020 | What Advice Are Venture Capitalists Giving To Startups In Light Of The Coronavirus Crisis? | The coronavirus pandemic is broadly affecting businesses globally, but it is affecting startups particularly hard. In this article, I have gathered some key advice to startups from leading venture capitalists and others connected to the ven... |
| 20.04.2019 | If your culture is that great, you don’t need to tell us | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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| 20.04.2019 | If your culture is that great, you don’t need to tell us | When some founders explain what makes their startup special, they absolutely love – in fact, cannot help – telling you about their culture. For some companies, being “customer obsessed,” “data-driven,” or “employee-centric” means something.... |
| 20.11.2018 | Startup puberty: How to get from seed to Series A | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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| 20.11.2018 | Startup puberty: How to get from seed to Series A | The post-seed gap is a top cause of startup death, and the crunch is more acute than ever. Between 2007 and 2015, the seed-to-Series-A graduation rate dropped from over 35 percent to 7.4 percent. Meanwhile, as fund sizes have ballooned, the... |
| 08.11.2018 | Meet Jake Chapman, Managing Partner at Alpha Bridge Ventures | The VC firm says it takes seriously the health and wellness of the founders it supports
As entrepreneurship has become a global meme, with the title of “Founder” worn like a badge of accomplishment, there's no shortage of emerging investors... |
| 28.06.2018 | Bullpen Capital closes 4th post-seed fund at $140 million, launches ‘playoff’ fund for later-stage investments | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Post-seed funding specialist Bullpen Capital has closed its “oversubscribed” fourth fund at $140 million and announced a new fund speci... |
| 28.06.2018 | Bullpen Capital closes 4th post-seed fund at $140 million, launches ‘playoff’ fund for later-stage investments | Post-seed funding specialist Bullpen Capital has closed its “oversubscribed” fourth fund at $140 million and announced a new fund specifically for later-round investments.
Founded in 2010, Bullpen Capital was created to plug a gap that had ... |
| 28.06.2018 | Bullpen Capital Closes $140M Fund; Launches Fund for Later-Round Investments | San Francisco, CA-based Bullpen Capital has launched Bullpen IV, a $140m venture capital fund that will continue the firm’s activity in post-seed investing.
To support rapidly-growing companies from Bullpen’s prior funds, the firm also laun... |
| 01.06.2017 | A Venture Capitalist’s Take on Investing in Cannabis | The cannabis industry has been filled with innovation and investment in recent years. With multiple states legalizing recreational and medical use across the country, investors big and small are hungry to get a piece of the action. However,... |
| 30.05.2017 | Flat is the new up | Duncan Davidson Contributor
Duncan Davidson is a general partner at Bullpen Capital.
The startup ecosystem has a painful year ahead. Nearly half of Series C fundraising rounds were down or flat in 2016. Series B startups are next in line to... |
| 17.05.2017 | Term Sheet — Wednesday, May 17 | VALUE ADD, AMAZON, CYBER-CORN
In which Mark Cuban trolls venture capitalists: At the Lerer Ventures CEO Summit yesterday, Shark Tank star Mark Cuban was asked if he believes artificial intelligence will disrupt the business of venture capit... |
| 29.03.2017 | Carbon Health launches virtual clinic to create network of independent physician practices (updated) | Other investors that took part in Carbon Health’s inaugural round included Javelin Venture Partners, Two Sigma Ventures, and Bullpen Capital which invests in companies at the post-seed funding stage. Angel investors in the business include ... |
| 14.12.2016 | Suiteness raises $5M to expand their hotel suite booking platform | Suiteness, a YC company that makes it easy to book hotel suites for groups, has raised $5M in Series A funding. The round was led by Bullpen Capital & Global Founders Capital, with participation from HVF (Max Levchin’s personal fund), Y... |
| 13.12.2016 | It’s not you, it’s the post-seed gap | Paul Martino Contributor
Paul Martino is a co-founder and GP of Bullpen Capital, an early-stage VC firm.
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Record numbers of startups are failing to adv... |
| 01.12.2016 | Bullpen Capital Closed Third Venture Capital Fund, at $75M | Bullpen Capital, a Menlo Park-based post-seed funding venture capital firm, closed its third fund, at $75m.
Limited Partners include Greenspring Associates, Venture Investment Associates (VIA), Oberlin College, and other institutional and i... |
| 01.12.2016 | Bullpen closes its third fund at $75 million to back post-seed stage startups | Bullpen Capital, a venture firm that specializes in post-seed stage deals, has closed its third fund at $75 million.
The firm invests in companies that previously closed a seed round of investment and showed solid signs of traction, but hav... |
| 01.12.2016 | Bullpen Capital closes ‘oversubscribed’ third fund at $75 million, targets post-seed startups | Bullpen Capital has closed what it calls an “oversubscribed” third fund, as the Menlo Park-based venture capital (VC) firm targets a fresh swathe of post-seed stage startups.
Founded in 2010, Bullpen Capital has previously raised around $11... |
| 25.08.2016 | DroneDeploy Adds to 2016’s Drone Funding Total with $20m Series B | Software for drones provider DroneDeploy has raised $20 million in Series B funding led by tech investment firm Scale Venture Partners and ExactTarget co-founder Scott Dorsey’s fund. Venture studio developers High Alpha Capital also partici... |
| 29.06.2016 | A post-seed round is not a bridge | Paul Martino Contributor
Paul Martino is a co-founder and GP of Bullpen Capital, an early-stage VC firm.
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| 12.05.2016 | See how Vator Splash Spring played out on Twitter | Thank you to all of those who attended Vator Splash Spring and made it great!
Vator held its Splash Spring event on Thursday, and it couldn't have gone better. Not only were the panelists, and all of our presenting companies great, but so w... |
| 09.05.2016 | Fear and loathing in Silicon Valley? | We will ask the tough questions about the state of the VC landscape at Vator Splash Spring on May 12
Editor's Note: Our annual Vator Splash Spring 2016 conference is around the corner on May 12, 2016 at the historic Scottish Rite Center in ... |
| 01.12.2015 | Bullpen Capital Names Eric Wiesen as General Partner | Menlo Park-based venture capital firm Bullpen Capital named Eric Wiesen as General Partner.
An early-stage investor and two-time founder, Wiesen has a track record of successful investments including Braintree (acq: PYPL), Makerbot (acq: SS... |
| 30.10.2015 | Video: Bubbles, valuations and a guide to fundraising in LA | Vator Splash LA 2015 panel
At Vator Splash LA 2015, Rob Kornegay, Partner at Wilson Sonsini, moderated the panel "Bubbles, valuations and a guide to fundraising in LA". He was joined by panelists, Peter Lee, Partner at Baroda Vent... |
| 15.10.2015 | See how Vator Splash LA played out on Twitter | Thank you to all of those who attended Vator Splash LA and made it great!
Vator held its annual Splash LA event on Thursday, and it couldn't have gone better. Not only were the panelists, and all of our presenting companies great, but so we... |
| 26.04.2015 | The Micro VC Shakeout | Paul Martino Contributor
Paul Martino is a co-founder and GP of Bullpen Capital, an early-stage VC firm.
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It’s not you, it’s the post-seed gap
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Editor’s note: Paul Martino is a co-founder a... |
| 08.09.2014 | How PopVox gives a voice to citizens and an ear to Congress | In a city of acronym-laden nonprofits and government institutions, PopVox co-founder Rachna Choudhry runs an unconventional operation.
Working in a small coffee shop near Dupont Circle, she’s often asking customers to test a new feature on ... |
| 26.04.2014 | Seed Is A Process | Paul Martino Contributor
Paul Martino is a co-founder and GP of Bullpen Capital, an early-stage VC firm.
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| 25.11.2013 | After $150M exit, Bullpen Capital’s Paul Martino talks ‘Series A Crunch’ | The Series A Crunch is the collision of a rise in seed stage investors and a retrenchment of institutional venture capitalists into the later stage. That hole in the market to fund tech startups, between the early money and the late money, ... |
| 23.07.2013 | Will general solicitation help or hurt the VC industry? | Allowing companies to advertise could create more noise, and make it harder to find good investments
The Securities and Exchange Commission recently decided to pass some controversial proposals to to relax restrictions on solicitation, turn... |
| 25.03.2013 | 6 healthcare IT investment opportunities and trends for angels and startups | 1. Using clinical data and claims data to better effect. The shift by providers from paper to electronic medical records has positioned many providers to mine this data to develop a wider and deeper understanding of their patients. Clinical... |
| 12.02.2013 | CoverHound Raises $4.5M Series A Funding | CoverHound, a San Francisco, CA-based insurance startup, raised a $4.5m Series A funding.
The new round, which brings the total funding to date to $6.5m, was led by RRE Ventures with participation from Bullpen Capital, Blumberg Capital, and... |
| 30.01.2013 | FanDuel raises $11M for daily fantasy sports contests | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
The big prize in fantasy sports goes to FanDuel. The New York operator of daily fantasy sports contests has closed $11 million in a thi... |
| 09.01.2013 | Appboy’s New Customer Segmentation Product Helps Mobile App Developers Re-engage Users | Appboy, the maker of a suite of customer relationship management (CRM) tools for mobile app developers, is now offering a new customer segmentation product that lets developers slice their audience into groups based on who they are and how ... |
| 20.12.2012 | “In The Studio,” Bullpen Capital Anticipated Todays Series A Crunch Years Ago | Editor’s Note: Semil Shah is an EIR with Javelin Venture Partners and has been a contributor to TechCrunch since January 2011. You can follow him on Twitter at @semil.
“In the Studio” welcomes it’s first two-guest show ever by hosting two l... |
| 13.11.2012 | San Francisco has a 'Bullpen' ... for startups | If you don't know how Bullpen got its name, here's a good explainer
In baseball parlance, a bullpen is where relief pitchers warm up before going into the game. A team's relief pitchers are also referred to as the bullpen.
Bullpen Capital i... |
| 12.11.2012 | DoubleDutch Raises $4M in Series B Funding | DoubleDutch, a San Francisco, CA-based developer of mobile CRM applications, has raised $4m in Series B funding.
The round was led by FLOODGATE Fund, with participation from Bullpen Capital and Lightbank.
In conjunction with the funding, Mi... |
| 07.11.2012 | Startup Veterans to Share Battle Scars at “The Power of the Pivot” | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
When you’re old and gray, leaning back in your rocker watching the sun go down, and you think back on your days as a startup founder, which moment will you remember most clear... |
| 22.10.2012 | Bambi Francisco's fireside chat with Kate Mitchell | Mitchell on why the IPO on-ramp provision and crowdfunding are good for Silicon Valley
If you missed Bambi Francisco's fireside chat with Kate Mitchell, co-founder and managing director of Scale Venture Partners, here it is. Mitchell has be... |
| 08.10.2012 | Crowdfunding debate - Dave McClure vs Michael Stocker | Should we protect grandma? Or aren't housing, gambling, stock markets just as risky as startups?
The JOBS Act crowdfunding provision may well be a game-changer for the average American. Now the average retail investor has the opportunity to... |
| 31.07.2012 | Instacanvas Raises $1.7M Round For Its Instagram Prints, Expands Its Product Offerings | One of the cool things about Instagram is that it has spawned a whole ecosystem of companies that use the popular photography app’s APIs to develop their own services. One of these is Instacanvas, a recent graduate of the L.A.-based MuckerL... |
| 20.07.2012 | Dave McClure: Get your laws off my startup! | 500 Startups founder goes head-to-head with Michael Stocker in debate on JOBS Act
Is the JOBS Act evil? We had a debate on that at Bullpen Capital and Vator's Venture Shift last night, and it was amazing. 500 Startups founder Dave McClure a... |
| 20.07.2012 | VCs: Don't value your startup for future dilution | Duncan Davidson got VCs to admit that they get caught up in the tech themes too
Investors and entrepreneurs have been talking a lot lately about whether there is a Series A crunch, if most companies even need a Series A and if now is the ap... |
| 19.07.2012 | Kate Mitchell: We are in an IPO crisis | Bambi Francisco sits down with Scale Venture's founder to chat about the JOBS Act
There has been a lot of chatter about the JOBS Act and how the various provisions within it will change the tech startup environment, investments and road to ... |
| 18.07.2012 | VC to founders: Help us help you | Put them to work and vet them as much as you would a C-level hire
You’d think that as often as “VC is dead” is bandied about the Valley, we’d have seen a spoof video by now.
Yet here we are. Still investing in companies. Still evaluating ne... |
| 11.06.2012 | Early Stage VC Bullpen Capital Raising $35 Million For New Fund, Filing Says | Bullpen Capital, the Silicon Valley-based early stage venture capital firm, is raising $35 million for what appears to be its second fund, according to regulatory documents filed today with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Bullpen Ca... |
| 07.05.2012 | Google Ventures-Backed Location-Sharing Service EchoEcho Raises $750k From Bullpen, PROfounders | EchoEcho is one of the more useful location-based applications on the market today. Instead of focusing on check-ins and deals, the application simply makes it easy for you to find out where your friends are and lets you set up a meeting wi... |
| 30.12.2011 | Top 10 interviews on VatorNews in 2011 | Kiip, Gilt Groupe, Google Ventures, Airbnb make the top 10 most popular interviews in 2011
Did you make the list? Here are the top 10 most-viewed interviews on VatorNews in 2011.
Brian Wong explains how Kiip will make money
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| 19.12.2011 | Tech IPOs Just Ain’t What They Used To Be | Why are tech IPOs such a big disappointment this year? The latest IPO, Zynga, is trading down from its Friday debut (currently around $9 versus its first IPO trade at $11). It’s not just Zynga or the overall market (which is also down). Jus... |
| 04.12.2011 | The Lean Finance Model Of Venture Capital | The venture capital industry is going through a ton of disruptions lately. One of the better explanations I’ve heard recently of what is going on comes from Duncan Davidson, a managing partner at Bullpen Capital who gave a great talk on the... |
| 23.11.2011 | AppBoy Raises A Cool Million To Let App Developers Better Engage And Understand Their User Base | The primary focus for app developers, aside from making kick ass apps, is finding truly effective ways to monetize those apps, whether it be through targeted, location-enabled ad solutions, in-game purchases, or incentivized downloads. As f... |
| 15.11.2011 | Why you need to get to Venture Shift NY; VB discount tickets available | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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| 15.11.2011 | Why you need to get to Venture Shift NY; VB discount tickets available | This post is sponsored by VatorTV
There are some rumblings that cash may be drying up for tech startups. Does that mean a shakeout is on the horizon, and angel investor hobbyists are going to go back to their day jobs? Are the nose-bleed va... |
| 11.11.2011 | The promise of secondary markets | To start selling primary shares - a private alternative to the small IPO
At our upcoming Venture Shift conference in NY, we will discuss the impact of secondary markets on venture finance. We ran a similar panel this sumer at our SF event t... |
| 08.11.2011 | Chart.io Secures $3.15M in Series A Funding | Chart.io, a San Francisco-based cloud business intelligence platform, secured $3.15m in a Series A funding.
The round was led by Avalon Ventures, with participation from Bullpen Capital.
This investment brings the total amount raised by the... |
| 27.10.2011 | Why you need to get to Venture Shift NY | The following post is sponsored by Vator.tv.
There are some rumblings that cash may be drying up for tech startups. Does that mean a shakeout is on the horizon, and angel investor hobbyists are going to go back to their day jobs? Are the no... |
| 20.07.2011 | 15 minutes of fame in 2011 | Similarities between today's social-networking darlings and the high-fliers of 1999
The latest craze in prices of private companies suggest a small group of investors can and are manipulating the market. And, that could portend dangerous ti... |
| 14.01.2011 | Bullpen Capital launches Venture Capital Fund focused on Second Round Financings | Bullpen Capital launched a new venture capital fund focused on second round financings.
Founded by technology industry veterans Paul Martino, Duncan Davidson, and Richard Melmon, the Menlo Park, CA-based fund makes follow-on investments in ... |
| 13.01.2011 | If this Conference Room Table Could Talk… (TCTV) | Earlier this week, we did a post on a new venture firm called Bullpen Capital, and if you checked out the CrunchBase profiles of the three founders you saw a pretty wide depth of experience.
Paul Martino has started four companies, most rec... |
| 12.01.2011 | Bullpen Capital will ride the wings of super angels | There’s a new venture firm called Bullpen Capital launching today with a very specific investing model — managing partner Paul Martino told me he wants to provide small second rounds of financing to startups that were originally funded by “... |
| 12.01.2011 | Bullpen Capital launches fund to bridge deals | New venture firm, Bullpen Capital, focuses on follow-on capital for super angel-funded startups
Many startups go through a phase that tests the mettle of a founding team. I see it all the time as someone who runs a community for entrepreneu... |
| 11.01.2011 | Why Bullpen Capital Thinks We Need Another Venture Fund (TCTV) | The decade-long glut of funding in the venture business is finally getting unwound as LPs get choosier and choosier about which venture funds to keep backing. Meanwhile, venture capitalists slogging it out with the new breed of super angels... |
| 11.01.2011 | More on that Void Between Super Angels and VCs (TCTV) | Earlier we did a post about a new venture firm called Bullpen Capital that seeks to fill the void between super angels, who invest up to $1 million, and VCs who want to invest $5 million or more. Since the firm’s deal flow will come mostly ... |
| - | 6 healthcare IT investment opportunities and trends for angels and startups | Many of the changes in the healthcare industry outlined by the Affordable Care Act and HITECH Act call for shifting to healthcare IT for helping physician practices run more efficiently to helping guide clinical outcomes. But the shift from... |
| - | Zynga founder Pincus cashes in on acquisition after 15 years navigating boom-bust cycle | With Take-Two Interactive’s agreement to buy Zynga, Mark Pincus is poised to pocket about $193 million, and get another $350 million in Take-Two equity.
The acquisition price, while a steep premium to where Zynga was trading, is still below... |
| - | Funded in the Alley – Namely | 230SHARES
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Namely, a cloud-based people management platform, recently completed a Series A raise of $3.35 million led by True Ventures. Matt Straz, Founder and CEO, shares some insights into what went into the compan... |
| - | Carbon Health launches virtual clinic to create network of independent physician practices (updated) | Virtual visit interaction via Carbon Health app
This post has been updated with comments from Carbon Health CEO Eren Bali
The technology entrepreneur who founded Udemy, a marketplace for online courses, is looking to make a big splash in th... |
| - | Reports of Email’s Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated. LiveIntent Raises $20 Million | 507SHARES
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Not only is email alive and well, but Liveintent is the latest New York based email marketing company to close a substantial round of funding, joining Movable Ink and SailThru. The Series C was led by Bull... |
