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BookRenter Raises $40 Million More For Online Textbook Rentals

Feb 23, 2011 3:36 PM

BookRenter, which along with rival Chegg, is trying to upend the textbook industry by getting college students to rent textbooks rather than buy them, has raised $40 million in a new round of funding, bringing its total backing to more than $56 million. Unlike Chegg, which primarily rents textbooks directly…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Books, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Companies, adams capital management, bookcenter, comerica bank, focus ventures, lighthouse capital partners, norwest venture partners, storm ventures

BookRenter Raises $10 Million More For Online Textbook Rentals

Jun 3, 2010 11:31 AM

More cash is flowing into online textbook rentals: BookRenter, which lets college students rent textbooks so they don’t have to buy them, has raised $10 million in its second round of funding, seven months after raising $6 million in a first round. The market is getting increasingly crowded—even Barnes &…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Books, e-readers, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, adams capital management, bookrenter, norwest venture partners, storm ventures

High-End Job Site RiseSmart Adds $4.6 Million More In Funding

Oct 21, 2009 1:23 PM

Maybe the VCs at Norwest Venture Partners are feeling particularly bullish about the high-end job market rebounding ... The firm has invested in high-end job search site and tech startup RiseSmart again. RiseSmart announced a $4.6 million add-on to the first round of funding it raised last December. Norwest invested…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, norwest venture partners, risesmart, storm ventures

Online Video Management Company Qumu Raises $10.7M Third Round

Jul 21, 2008 2:31 PM

Content management company Qumu has secured a $10.7 million third round funding as it seeks to speed development of CDN products and build up its marketing team. The round was led by ATV and joined by SAP Ventures, a division of SAP AG, Storm Ventures, Garage Technology Ventures, Halo Opportunity…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Technologies / Formats, Broadband, Companies, AT&T, angels forum, atv, garage technology ventures, halo opportunity fund, qumu, sap ventures, storm ventures

Ad Optimizer YieldBuild Raises $6 Million Second Round

Mar 3, 2008 2:51 PM

San Francisco, CA-based YieldBuild, which helps publishers optimize the performance of their ads, has raised a $6 million second round led by Storm Ventures, with participation from previous backer Hummer Winblad. The company previously raised $2 million, according to VentureBeat, bringing the total raise to $8 million. The company helps…

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Posted In: Advertising, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, hummer winblad venture partners, storm ventures, yieldbuild

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