Investors
Twitter co-founder Ev Williams raises $25M for blogging platform Medium
In its first outside funding round, Medium, the blogging platform that Twitter co-founder Ev Williams established, raised $25 million from Greylock Partners and other investors.
Indiegogo gets $40M in US private equity backing from second fundraising campaign
Crowdfunding platform Indiegogo raised another $40 million in fresh capital from US private equity firms, which include Institutional Venture Partners and KPCB, CBC News said in its report.
Lehman Alum, investors see gold in delinquent mortgages as US economy recovers
A growing number of hedge funds and institutional investors are acquiring non-performing loans from banks and federal agencies who can no longer keep them due to expensive holding costs of such loans, Bloomberg said in its report.
Biopharmaceutical firm Igenica Inc nabs additional $14M in Series C extension funding
Igenica Inc, the biopharmaceutical firm dedicated to developing antibodies and antibody-drug conjugates to treat the Big C, obtained $14 million in its Series C extension round.