Posts Tagged ‘ investment ’

Microsoft Ends Another Vertical Market Dalliance—This Time In Healthcare

Microsoft Ends Another Vertical Market Dalliance—This Time In Healthcare

Editor’s note: This guest post was written by Dave Chase , the CEO of Avado.com , a patient relationship management company that was a TechCrunch Disrupt finalist . Previously he was a management consultant for Accenture’s healthcare practice and was the founder of Microsoft’s Health platform business. You can follow him on Twitter...

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Capital One Co-Founder Invests In Online Payments Company Braintree

Capital One Co-Founder Invests In Online Payments Company Braintree

Braintree , an online payments provider, is announcing that Capital One co-founder Nigel Morris has joined the company’s board of directors and invested in the company following a $34 million investment from Accel Partners earlier this year. Braintree essentially powers and automates online payments for merchants and companies online. The company provides a...

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Are We In A Series A “Crunch”? What CrunchBase Says …

Are We In A Series A “Crunch”? What CrunchBase Says …

Remember that time the Wall Street Journal wrote an article about an influx of “start-up” companies raising seed/angel rounds and then all those companies subsequently trying to raise Series A rounds and failing hard? And then all these VCs and angels got in a fight about it , on Twitter, and on their...

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Zillow IPO Shares Dropping Like A Rock

Zillow IPO Shares Dropping Like A Rock

Well, that was fast. After opening at a sky-high $60 a share in its IPO today, 200 percent above where it was priced, the market is bringing Zillow back down to reality. The shares are already 45 percent off that first trade, dropping down to around $33 in midday trading. Most investors never...

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Inspired By The Start Fund, New World Ventures Offers Chicago Excelerate Startups $50K

Inspired By The Start Fund, New World Ventures Offers Chicago Excelerate Startups $50K

Earlier this year, Yuri Milner and Ron Conway’s SV Angel announced a new fund that offers all Y Combinator startups $150,000 in convertible debt. Not only is The Start Fund a brilliant investment strategy, but the news was also a big win for Y Combinator and the startups housed and developed in the...

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