Joseph Tartakoff
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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Joseph Tartakoff
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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Tameka Kee
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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David Kaplan
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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Joseph Weisenthal
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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