| WhatsApp's Sequoia VC Jim Goetz explains Facebook deal in 4 numbers Sequoia Capital, the only venture firm to invest in WhatsApp, offered four numbers on Wednesday that it says explain why Facebook just agreed to pay $19 billion for the instant messaging company.
WhatsApp isn't best all-time VC exit: Here's a rundown The $19 billion Facebook has agreed to pay for WhatsApp is about $18.9 billion more than the startup raised in venture funding. That is at least the third biggest gap between money raised and exit val ...
Facebook values WhatsApp higher than Juniper, Chipotle, top 13 NFL teams Facebook's $19 billion acquisition of WhatsApp recalls a comparison made in "The Social Network," the movie about Mark Zuckerberg's rise to Silicon Valley mega-stardom:
Google Ventures VC Karim Faris on security craze, $4M ThreatStream funding Google Ventures Partner Karim Faris says there is a tremendous opportunity in data security right now and he helped lead a $4 million round in one of the companies that will take advantage of that.
FireEye's early backers fund stealthy new security startup, Apprity The early backers of last fall's IPO hit FireEye are getting behind a new data security startup, Apprity, in an $8 million Series A funding round.
Synopsys buys Coverity for $375M to improve software quality, security Design/test software developer Synopsys is spending $375 million to buy Coverity, which makes code-testing software aimed at detecting quality and security flaws.
Sidecar makes changes to compete with bigger, better known rivals Sidecar may not be the best known mobile app for booking a peer-to-peer driver-for-hire, but the company claims to have invented the category in 2012 before Uber Technologies and Lyft raised more vent ...
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