December 2007
- ezboard was acquired by privately held KickApps on December 27. The KickApps hosted platform enables users to easily create, deploy and manage branded social and rich media communities on their websites.
- Aperto announced on December 18 that its Packetmax was selected by the Egyptian Ministry Of Interior for the first Wimax Network in the nation.
- As part of our seed program, Labrador invested in Fyreball.
- ShotSpotter was featured in a York Dispatch article on December 14 titled, "York City looks to ShotSpotter to reduce gun crime."
- ShotSpotter was featured in a Minneapolis' WCCO report on December 12 that its system caught a 15 year-old with a stolen rifle.
- Labrador's Sean Foote was interviewed by PricewaterhouseCoopers' Steve Bengston for his wsRadio show, "Startup Radio," on December 6.
- The Boston Herald ran a December 7th story on Shotspotter.
- As part of our seed program, Labrador invested in Infoaxe.
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November 2007
- DC Mayor announced additional resources for ShotSpotter Technologies on November 29.
- Jangl announced on November 28 its latest free, upgrade features for safe, private and free SMS. Jangl's SMS lets customers send and receive text messages from any PC or mobile handset.
- Labrador's Nina Labatt spoke at The 2007 Private Equity Strategic Financial Management Conference: "Operational, Tax and Accounting Issues in the Private Equity Firm," held on November 27-28 in San Francisco.
- As part of our seed program, Labrador invested in Ustream.TV.
- Pandora is featured in Doonesbury cartoons on November 27 and November 28.
- MeeVee: Now With TiVo! As of November 20, TiVo users can record shows from anywhere by clicking "Record On My TiVo DVR" from any episode listing in the MeeVee guide.
- Solaicx held an opening ceremony on November 20 for its new solar manufacturing facility in Portland, Oregon and Governor Ted Kulongoski cut a ceremonial ribbon inaugurating the plant’s new operations.
- EoPlex Technologies announced on November 8, 2007 that Dr. Marvin Kilgo has joined the company as Vice President of Operations and Engineering. Dr. Kilgo brings more than twenty years of experience in process development and technical management to the Company.
- AT&T Communications added Pandora’s personalized Internet radio service to its wireless network, available from select AT&T mobile phones.
- Advanced Packaging highlighted EoPlex Technologies in a November 1, 2007 online article.
October 2007
- NewTeeVee.com reported that Veeker raised new funding and signed an exclusive deal with NBC to roll its service out to 10 major cities.
- Labrador's Sean Foote was interviewed by PricewaterhouseCoopers' Steve Bengston for his wsRadio show, "Startup Radio," on October 18.
- MeeVee launched a new site on October 16 providing users with a customized suite of Online and TV directory services, features and long form content. MeeVee also recently acquired Top Ten Sources, an Internet aggregator of the best rich media content drawing from blogs, podcasts, video and mainstream media.
- "Most companies have customers. Pandora has fans." Pandora featured in an October 2007 Inc. magazine cover story.
- Veeker launched Veeker 2.0, a multimedia messaging service delivering simple and quick video and picture messaging via mobile phones, e-mail and Webcam.
September 2007
- Labrador Ventures joined a $3.5M Series D financing of portfolio company MeeVee along with existing investors.
- Altierre Corporation presented at ThinkEquity Partners’ prestigious G5 Growth Conference in September in San Francisco.
- EoPlex announced on September 7 that AlwaysOn selected the Company for its GoingGreen Top 100 Private Company Award. The Company was recognized for leadership in clean technology and global business potential.
- Wired Magazine's Bog Network reported that HP's upcoming laptop and desktop computers will ship with the Pandora internet radio service via the Windows start menu or an IE bookmark, allowing buyers of those machines to start enjoying Pandora's free, customizable, artist-based music stations.
- As part of our seed program, Labrador invested in Podaddies Series A financing.
August 2007
- PC Magazine named www.meevee.com one of the Top 100 Undiscovered Websites.
- As part of our seed program, Labrador invested in Pluggd's Series A financing.
- Solaicx names Jeff Osorio as Chief Financial Officer.
- Solaicx announced on August 15 that Jeff Osorio joined the company as chief financial officer. Formerly, Mr. Osorio was a corporate controller and interim CFO of Cypress Semiconductor.
- Labrador's Stuart Davidson spoke at the Rockefeller Jackson Forum's Focus on Foundations and Endowments on August 12-14. The panel, "Evolution of Global and Alternative Investments," included representatives from General Atlantic, Unison Capital and Venrock.
- IntruGuard receives HostingWeek Magazine Editor’s choice award for 2007.
July 2007
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- On July 20 AlwaysOn named Solaicx an "AlwaysOn 100 Top Private Company" in its "Green" category. The AO100 winners will be honored at the Stanford Summit on July 31st.
- NextHop Technologies closed a Series D funding for $4 million on July 17. The new funds will be used to accelerate product development and further innovation in enterprise mobility and networking. New Enterprise Associates, Duchossois Technology Partners, Labrador Ventures, and Parker Price Venture Capital provided the latest investment, bringing total company funding to $45.8 million.
- Solaicx announced on July 11 that the former CEO of BP Solar, Harry Shimp, joined its Board of Directors.
June 2007
- A front page article in the Wall Street Journal featured Pandora and how it is working with Sprint Nextel to make its services available on mobile phones and also working on its own player.
- Pandora wins in the Media category in CNet’s first “Webware 100” awards.
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- Yardbarker tops the frontpage of Digg on June 13.
- EoPlex Technologies received the 2007 North American Specialized Manufacturing Technology Innovation of the Year Award by Frost & Sullivan.
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- ShotSpotter announced on June 5th the closing of a $12 million Series C round of funding. Levensohn Venture Partners led the round, joined by existing investors Labrador Ventures, Claremont Creek Ventures, City Light Capital and Lauder Partners.
- Everyone.net announced on June 5 that OpenTable, Inc. selected Everyone.net as a preferred email service partner for its more than 7,000 worldwide restaurants.
May 2007
- Google acquires Labrador's GreenBorder.
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- PC World Magazine named Pandora one of "The 100 Best Products of 2007" in its May 21 issue.
- The Louisville Courier Journal featured Pandora in its May 19 Gizmo column.
- Labrador's Sean Foote spoke on a panel titled: "Pallet of Venture Capital Investment Styles and Strategies" at the Emerging Managers Summit Conference in Chicago on May 17.
- Labrador's Sean Foote spoke on a Clean Energy panel for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers at Santa Clara University on May 12.
- Solaicx closed a $27.1 million Series C up round financing on May 8th led by the D.E. Shaw Group.
- Pandora, Jangl, Altierre and Solaicx received the 2007 "Red Herring 100 North America" award. Red Herring's prestigious list of the top 100 private technology companies in
- Everyone.net gains momentum in the cable marketplace showcasing a number of custom email and messaging solutions for cable providers at The CABLE Show 2007 in
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April 2007
- As part of our seed program, Labrador invested in Marrone Organic Innovation's Series A financing.
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- Jangl announced on April 25 that it is bringing calling and texting capability to the more than 40 million member and visitors to Tagged.com, one of the world's largest and fastest-growing social networking sites.
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- Pandora's Tim Westergren was featured on CNN and in the April 16 issue of Newsweek discussing the growing popularity of music on the Internet and the proposed new royalty rates.
- Labrador's Sean Foote was quoted in a April 11 Dow Jones story on Altierre's $17 million Series B financing.
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- "Novatorque's Rough Road Offers Lessons for VCs" a column by Labrador's Sean Foote, ran in the April issue of The Venture Capital Journal. This is the eighteenth in a series of columns on seed and early stage investing in The Venture Capital Journal.
March 2007
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- Labrador invested $320,000 in Veeker as part of a Series A financing.
- As part of our seed program, Labrador invested $200,000 in Yardbarker as part of a Series A financing.
- EoPlex Technologies has been named a "Cool Vendor" by Gartner, Inc. EoPlex was listed in Gartner's report "Cool Vendors in Semiconductors, 2007," published March 23.
- Everyone.net unveiled on March 20 new Rich Web Mail enhancements to the company’s line of hosted email solutions. The new features are designed to deliver a more intuitive, desktop-style Web mail experience and are available free of charge with all Everyone.net services.
- MeeVee's Neil Kjeldsen was featured in a March 25 Boston Globe article titled, "Start-ups and stalwart tackle unwieldy task of finding, organizing content."
- Bill Yerkes of Solaicx was quoted in a March 8 story in the Economist titled, "Bright prospects. "
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February 2007
- As part of our seed program, Labrador invested $50,000 in Phonezoo as part of a Series A-1 Preferred financing.
- As part of our seed program, Labrador invested $300,000 in Mi5 Networks.
- Labrador Ventures, along with Silicon Valley Bank and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, hosted its 5th Annual Mardi Gras celebration on Thursday, February 15 with over 125 venture capitalists. Click here to see photos with the snake tamer.
- Eoplex Technologies closed an $8 million Series C round on February 8. ATA Ventures led the financing with investments from Labrador Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Draper-Richards.
- Labrador's Sean Foote participated on a panel at Columbia and London Business Schools joint program, EMBA, Global Entrepreneurship event.
- Labrador Ventures joined an $15M Series B financing of existing portfolio company Altierre led by new investor D.E. Shaw.
- Labrador’s Larry Kubal was a panelist at FundingPost’s Silicon Valley VC Event along with representatives from Interwest, Hummer Winblad, KTIC, Altos, Palo Alto Venture Partners and Hambrecht Geneva Ventures.
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January 2007
- Labrador Ventures joined a $19M Follow-On Series E financing of portfolio company Aperto Networks along with all existing investors.
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- MeeVee selected for the prestigious AlwaysOn Media 100 award.
- Eoplex featured in a January 15 San Francisco Chronicle column titled, "Innovations--Printing gets new dimension."
- Jangl participated at the 2007 International CES Conference in
- "What's in it for me?" a column by Labrador's Larry Kubal, ran in the January issue of The Venture Capital Journal. This is the seventeenth in a series of columns on seed and early stage investing in The Venture Capital Journal.
