This supportive community, that ranges from behemoths like Google, to active and innovative individuals like James Governor, is a testament to the sheer potential of London’s startup tech marketplace. By Francesca Krihely (Community Manager, MongoDB) I moved to London in May and after living there for six months, I was pleasantly surprised at the market [...]
Posts Tagged "Index Ventures"
London-Based HouseTrip, Co-Founded By CFO Junjun Chen, Raises $40M Series C Funding
October 9, 2012 – 1:00 pm
Congrats to HouseTrip on the additional VC funding raised! By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Holiday rental website HouseTrip for booking your vacation rental online raised $40 million Series C funding, led by Accel Partners and joined by return backers Balderton Capital and Index Ventures. Junjun Chen co-founded HouseTrip in 2009, and has [...]
Sophia Amoruso’s Los Angeles-Based Fashion Retail Website Nasty Gal Raises $40M Series B From Index Ventures
August 27, 2012 – 9:00 am
From eBay store to major online retail destination, CEO Sophia Amoruso goes big with Nasty Gal. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Los Angeles-based shopping site Nasty Gal raises $40M Series B from Index Ventures. In 2006, Nasty Gal started as an eBay store “Nasty Gal Vintage” curated and painstakingly grown by founder [...]
Brit Morin Engages $1.25M From Marissa Mayer, Aileen Lee, Founders Fund And More To Launch Her First App, Weduary
April 30, 2012 – 10:49 am
This article has been syndicated from TechCrunch. By Alexia Tsotsis (Writer, TechCrunch) Brit Morin, the Martha Stewart of tech, is today announcing a $1.25 million seed round for her technology and content company Brit. The list of investors is actually pretty sympatico with “the next generation of lifestyle” branding of Brit & Co, with fashion-heavy [...]
