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Shasta Ventures
Shasta Ventures is an early-stage venture capital investment firm located in Silicon Valley that invests in enterprise and technology consumer startups. It is located on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park. Funds Shasta's second fund of US$250 million included Nest Labs, which almost all by itself repaid the entire fund when it was sold to Google for $3.2 billion. Shasta's third fund of $265 million was announced in September 2011. The fourth fund, of $300 million, was announced in June 2014. Investment philosophy Shasta was originally focused on companies in the consumer technology space, with then managing director Tod Francis calling Mint.com a "classic Shasta" investment in September 2011. In September 2013, Rob Coneybeer of Shasta, the new managing director, said that he was betting big on hardware startups, citing Moore's Law-style continued performance improvements making opportunities for new hardware possible. Companies Mint.com Shasta Ventures was an early investor in Min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Shasta or Shastan may refer to: Native American * Shasta Costa, a people group native to southwestern Oregon * Shasta language, extinct language of the Shasta people * Shasta people, a people group native to northern California and southern Oregon * Shastan languages, extinct family of languages Geography and locations California, United States * Shasta, California, a former mining town (west of present-day Redding, California), now abandoned * Mount Shasta, California, a city located southwest of Mount Shasta * Mount Shasta, part of the Cascade Range in California * Shasta County, California, named for the mountain * Shasta Lake, California, a city near Shasta Lake * Shasta Lake, the reservoir behind Shasta Dam * Shasta Dam, on the Sacramento River in California * Shasta River, a river near Mount Shasta * Shasta Springs, a former resort on the Sacramento River * Shasta State Historic Park, the current state park at the site of Shasta * State of Shasta, part of an 1854 proposal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Kleiner Perkins, formerly Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), is an American venture capital firm which specializes in investing in incubation, early stage and growth companies. Since its founding in 1972, the firm has backed entrepreneurs in over 900 ventures,"Assets" Kleiner Perkins, 2019 including , , , |
Tally Technologies
Tally Technologies, Inc. (or simply Tally) is a San Francisco, California-based American financial services company founded by Jason Brown and Jasper Platz in 2015. The company's smartphone app helps its users pay down their credit card debt, based on an analysis of their personal financial profiles and a new line of credit it provides with a lower interest rate. The app also manages credit card payments, allowing its users to avoid credit card late fees. Tally earns revenue by charging interest when a user carries a balance. The company does not charge annual, balance transfer, late, prepayment or insufficient funds fees, and generates revenue only when it charges a lower APR than its users' credit cards. Founders and Investors Jason Brown and Jasper Platz, who previously founded Gen110, Inc., a solar energy company funded by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, started Tally in 2015. Brown and Platz realized that since credit card annual percentage rates (APRs) are typicall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forbes
''Forbes'' () is an American business magazine owned by Integrated Whale Media Investments and the Forbes family. Published eight times a year, it features articles on finance, industry, investing, and marketing topics. ''Forbes'' also reports on related subjects such as technology, communications, science, politics, and law. It is based in Jersey City, New Jersey. Competitors in the national business magazine category include ''Fortune'' and ''Bloomberg Businessweek''. ''Forbes'' has an international edition in Asia as well as editions produced under license in 27 countries and regions worldwide. The magazine is well known for its lists and rankings, including of the richest Americans (the Forbes 400), of the America's Wealthiest Celebrities, of the world's top companies (the Forbes Global 2000), Forbes list of the World's Most Powerful People, and The World's Billionaires. The motto of ''Forbes'' magazine is "Change the World". Its chair and editor-in-chief is Steve Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zuora
Zuora is an American enterprise software company headquartered in Redwood City, California that creates and provides software for businesses to launch and manage their subscription-based services. Zuora's applications are designed to automate recurring billing, collections, quoting, revenue recognition, and subscription metrics. Tien Tzuo, a co-founder of the company, has served as its CEO since 2007. History Launch and IPO In 2007, K.V. Rao and Cheng Zou (engineers at WebEx) and Tien Tzuo (an early executive at Salesforce) founded Zuora. The name of the company derives from a combination of their three surnames. The concept behind the company was a cloud-based billings platform to alleviate the need for online businesses to develop their own billing systems. On 16 March 2018, the company filed for an initial public offering. On 12 April 2018, Zuora listed in NYSE under the ticker symbol ZUO. The company generated $154 million in the offering, and entered the market as a public ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Logoworks
Logoworks is an online graphic design company that specializes in logo design, web design, and other advertising services primarily for small businesses and startups. The company offers graphic design and related services to its customers through an interactive online process that connects customers with Logoworks’ proprietary designer community. History The company was founded in 2001 by Morgan Lynch and Joey Dempster. In 2005, Logoworks received $9.3 million in funding from Benchmark Capital. The company has also received venture funding from Highway 12 and Shasta Ventures. Until 2006, Logoworks was operated under privately held company, Arteis. Arteis manages Logoworks's (and other related companies') graphic designers. In April 2007, Arteis was acquired by Hewlett-Packard. Three months after HP temporarily shut down activity in April 2012OldSlip Groupacquired Logoworks and restarted operations in September 2012. The current management team is composed of several former Log ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GigaOm
Gigaom is a technology focused analyst firm and media company. The company evolved from a blog which offered news, analysis, and opinions on startup companies, emerging technologies, and other technology related topics. It was started by Om Malik in San Francisco, California and was acquired by Knowingly Corp. in 2015. History After running his personal blog under the name for several years, Gigaom was founded as a company by Om Malik in 2006. In June 2006, he left his day job at Business 2.0 magazine to work on Gigaom full-time. The site originally integrated several other technology-related blogs and services into its network. In 2011, Gigaom consolidated this network of blogs and rebranded all of them as separate topic channels on gigaom.com, with channels dedicated to technology news, Apple, cleantech, cloud computing, data, Europe, mobile technology, and digital video. Since 2006, Gigaom has organized technology conferences under the banner Gigaom Events. Former Gigaom emp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithium Technologies
Khoros, formerly Spredfast + Lithium, is a global customer engagement software company that provides online community management, social media marketing, social media analytics, digital care, and content management software and services to enterprise brands and agencies. Khoros owns over a dozen patents for social media marketing, online community, and care technologies. Khoros is headquartered in Austin, Texas, with offices in San Francisco, Portland, New York City, London, Bangalore, Paris, Sydney, and Hamburg. The largest office, with almost 500 employees, is located in Austin. As of 2022, Khoros has over 1,500 employees and works with more than 2,000 brands globally. History Khoros is the product of a 2019 merger between two software companies: Spredfast and Lithium Technologies. Spredfast Spredfast was founded in 2008 by a group of software engineers and social marketing experts based in Austin, Texas. Spredfast grew quickly as a startup, raising almost $140 million ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AllThingsD
AllThingsD.com was a US online publication that specialized in technology and startup company news, analysis and coverage. It was founded in 2007 by Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg, as an extension of the annual meetings ''D: All Things Digital Conference''. All Things Digital was a wholly owned subsidiary of Dow Jones & Company, and was a member of ''The Wall Street Journal''s Digital Network, which includes WSJ.com, MarketWatch, Barron's, and SmartMoney. In September 2013, Swisher and Mossberg failed to renew their agreement with Dow Jones. On January 1, 2014, Swisher and Mossberg introduced their own site, ''Re/code'', based in San Francisco, California. Site content AllThingsD.com expanded upon the All Things Digital conference, which was launched in 2003 by Swisher and Mossberg. While the conference quickly became popular and prestigious among the business and technology communities, the number of attendees was limited to approximately 500 people. The web site was set up to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nextdoor
Nextdoor Holdings, Inc. is an American company which operates a hyperlocal social networking service for neighborhoods. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in San Francisco, California. Nextdoor launched in the United States in October 2011, and is currently available in 11 countries. Users of Nextdoor are required to submit their real names and addresses to the website. However, since 2022 the platform no longer verifies addresses in the United States. New users will only have to confirm their email address to join the platform. Nextdoor has been criticized on a variety of grounds, including for allegedly enabling its users to racially profile people of color. As a platform, it also has been accused of operating as fear-based media, serving interests of real estate, private security, and police; reaffirming social and racial biases, and spreading alleged conspiracy theories such as the stolen election conspiracy theory and COVID-19 misinformation. Nextdoor has always ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anaplan
Anaplan is a business planning software company headquartered in San Francisco, California. Anaplan sells subscriptions for cloud-based business-planning software and provides data for decision-making purposes. Anaplan's products are used by over 1,000 organizations globally. The company has been listed as a leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Cloud Financial Planning & Analysis Solutions in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. History In 2006, Anaplan was founded by Guy Haddleton, Sue Haddleton, and Michael Gould in Yorkshire, England. In 2012 Anaplan brought on Frederic Laluyaux as CEO. Laluyaux eventually left the company 4 years later in April 2016. A year after Laluyaux became CEO, Anaplan acquired its reseller ''Vue Analytics'' in U.K. for an undisclosed amount. Recent history In May 2014, Anaplan introduced its marketplace, Anaplan Hub. Using the marketplace, customers can share and find pre-designed planning models. After multiple rounds of funding, to assist with go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
