Items tagged with Funding

by Paul Lilly - Fri, Nov 22, 2013

Spotify Joins Rare Company, Raises $250 Million in Funding for a $4 Billion Valuation

Spotify wants to be your go-to service for online music streaming, and with the help of investors who believe in the company's future plans, it just might emerge the winner. In a new funding round led by Technology Crossover Ventures, Spotify added $250 million to its purse, thereby valuing the streaming service at $4... Read more...

by Ray Willington - Tue, Apr 20, 2010

Fusion-io Lands New Round Of Funding: Solid State Innovation Lives On

Fusion-io is probably one of the most important storage companies that you've never heard of. It won't be placed on Best Buy shelves beside Seagate, Western Digital or Hitachi, but in five years, it may be all the rage. Already, the start-up company (which has ties to Apple's Steve Wozniak) has delivered some of the... Read more...

by Shawn Oliver - Sun, Jan 25, 2009

Twitter Gets $250 Million Valuation

Pundits may suggest that now is a terrible time to solicit funding for a brilliant new idea, but we've always heard the only way to survive a recession is to innovate your way out of it. To that end, the micro-blogging phenom Twitter is seeking yet another round of funding as it looks to figure out a definitive revenue model. If you'll recall,... Read more...

by Michael Santo - Mon, Apr 28, 2008

Twitter Gets Another Round of Funding

A tweet deal for Twitter? Well why not, as they've managed to snag another round of financing.A source familiar with the negotiations tells me that Twitter signed a term sheet for "either $15 million or $20 million" last week. We're still trying to find out who is in, but the word is that it's largely an inside round of funding with one outsider... Read more...