A new startup named Pillar, which aims to help students pay down loan debt, recently received $5.5 million in seed money from Kleiner Perkins, according to a report. The app will connect with the loan provider and a person’s bank, and can then communicate with...
Cloud-based software firm Tulip Retail, which provides a mobile app suite for store associates in retail settings, has raised $40 million in its latest funding round. The round was led by American venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. During its four years in business, Toronto-based Tulip...
With QVC still making billions in revenue per year, Packagd is building a series of mobile apps designed to be the “QVC of the mobile generation.” According to TechCrunch, Packagd was founded by KPCB General Partner Eric Feng, who also served as CTO of companies...
Grocery delivery operation Instacart has dropped another $100 million in Series C funding into its shopping cart, bringing its current valuation to more than $2 billion, reported TechCrunch. To put that into context, that’s five times its valuation from six months ago. The latest cash...
February 04, 2024
For Mamoon Hamid and Ilya Fushman, hearing investment pitches means hearing about AI. The two venture capital (VC) veterans talked about the funding landscape and their firm Kleiner Perkins in a Saturday (Feb. 3) TechCrunch interview in which artificial intelligence (AI) was a central focus. “From a percentage standpoint, I’d say more than 80%,” Hamid said when asked how many AI […]
May 30, 2019
A new startup named Pillar, which aims to help students pay down loan debt, recently received $5.5 million in seed money from Kleiner Perkins, according to a report. The app...
December 08, 2014
Grocery delivery operation Instacart has dropped another $100 million in Series C funding into its shopping cart, bringing its current valuation to more than $2 billion, reported TechCrunch. To put...
