David Sze, a 13-year veteran of venture-capital firm Greylock Partners, has gained acclaim for his lucrative bets on Facebook, LinkedIn and Pandora. But he’s never written a check as big as the one he just gave to Nextdoor.com, a social-networking...
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Nextdoor CEO Nirav Tolia has raised more money just seven months after his company's last round of financing.
Early Facebook, LinkedIn Backer Bets Big on Nextdoor With $15M
Enterprise IPOs Have Done Better Than Consumer Ones, Tableau Says
For all the hype over the upcoming Facebook initial public offering, companies that serve consumers don’t give investors as good a return as companies that focus on corporate users, according to data compiled by Tableau Software Inc. Companies focused on...
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HireArt and Coderwall both aim to replace the run-of-the-mill resume with online applications that do a better job measuring an applicant’s skills.
McKinsey Alums Target Tech Talent War With Y Combinator Startups
The investors assembled at Y Combinator’s Demo Day in Mountain View are no strangers to the challenges of finding top engineering talent in Silicon Valley. So the crowd was especially attuned to pitches from HireArt and Coderwall, which are working to...
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