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Original Source: http://for.tn/1TDDKFr The bizarre billionaire backs batteries. While billionaire investor Peter Thiel has been grabbing headlines for his reported support of Hulk Hogan’s lawsuit against Gawker (as well as his backing of Donald Trump), one of his investment firms has shown interest in something that’s a lot less contrarian: batteries. On Wednesday, battery startup StemRead more

Original Source: http://bit.ly/1WQ1zzo NuTonomy Raises $16 Million in Funding for Self-Driving Taxi Pilot May 24, 2016 Jennifer van der Kleut NuTonomy, a self-driving car startup that is backed by Ford Motor Co., announced today it has raised $16 million in funding, which it says will help them achieve their goal of having autonomous taxis on theRead more

Original Source: http://bit.ly/1NNcQho It’s hard to believe that it’s only been three months since we launched the eero WiFi system to the world. As we continue to improve the product and grow the business, I’m excited to announce that we’ve raised $50 million in new funding, led by Menlo Ventures. Mark Siegel of Menlo will joinRead more

Original Source: http://bit.ly/25d4dV1 Dedrone Founders Ingo Seebach, Joerg Lamprecht & Rene Seeber 17. May 2016 Fast-Growing Dedrone Raises $10M Series A Menlo Ventures leads round to accelerate growth of drone detection market San Francisco, CA – May 17, 2016 – Dedrone, developer of a market-leading civilian drone detection system, today announced that it has raisedRead more

Original Source: http://bit.ly/1TjYsdd By Nic Brisbourne – May 4, 2016 These are Forward Partners dealflow stats for the first four months of 2016 832 leads 47 first meetings (6% of leads) 8 second meetings (17% of first meetings) 2 deals (25% of second meetings) We met an additional 53 companies at FP Office Hours. In some ways they are likeRead more

Original Source: https://www.pehub.com/2016/03/3323309/ March 29, 2016 By Mark Boslet Betterment said it raised a $100 million Series E round of funding with Swedish investment company Kinnevik leading the deal and previous investors Bessemer Venture Partners, Anthemis Group, Menlo Ventures and Francisco Partnersparticipating. Fortune reported the transaction gives the company, which has developed a robo investment advice service, aRead more

Original Source: http://tcrn.ch/1RxAvOJ Peter Thiel’s decades old Founders Fund pulled together another $1.3 billion dollars today for Founders Fund VI. Thiel, a billionaire investor in Facebook and SpaceX and co-founder of PayPal, will remain at the helm, with partners Lauren Gross, Ken Howery, Geoff Lewis, Scott Nolan, Luke Nosek and Brian Singerman. Founders Fund is known toRead more

Original Source: http://bit.ly/1WqVQgd Accel Partners blog on Medium.com A fascination with a technology-driven future There are a lot of big and compelling ideas that fascinate us. For example: The march towards a quantified, autonomous future continues thanks to the confluence of predictive analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning and computer vision technologies. These areas will continue toRead more

Original Source: http://bit.ly/1WqUQsz BLAISE ZEREGA MARCH 15, 2016 4:12 PM TAGS: ACCEL PARTNERS, FUNDING DAILY, RYAN SWEENEY Image Credit: Steve Bowbrick/Flickr Even with all the talk these days of investors having short arms and thin wallets, money from limited partners continues to flow into venture capital funds. Accel Partners earlier today announced the closing of a pair of U.S. funds totaling $2Read more

Original Source: http://bit.ly/1WqTduT PAUL SAWERS MARCH 16, 2016 4:00 AM TAGS: FUNDING DAILY, RING, TOP-STORIES Above: Ring: Video Doorbell Pro Image Credit: Ring Smart doorbell startup Ring has raised a further $61.2 million in a series C round led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, with participation from existing investor Sir Richard Branson. VentureBeat first discoveredRead more