Today's Funding: Grockit, SideTour, Treehouse ($9.1M in Three Deals)
Grockit, a social learning startup, raised $7M in Series D funding in a round led by Atlas Ventures. Other investors included Benchmark Capital, Integral Capital, NewSchools Venture Fund and GSV Capital CEO Michael Moe.
Grockit
Website: http://grockit.com/
Blog: http://grockit.com/blog/main/
Twitter: @grockit
Roy Gilbert, CEO
Twitter: @roygilbert
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/roygilbert
Farbood Nivi, President
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/grockit
Atlas Ventures
Website: http://www.atlasventure.com/
Twitter: @atlasventure
Benchmark Capital
Website: http://www.benchmark.com/
Twitter: @benchmark
Integral Capital
Website: www.icp.com/
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/integral-capital-management
NewSchools Venture Fund
Website: www.newschools.org/
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/newschools-venture-fund
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SideTour, part of the latest TechStars NYC class, raised $1.5M in a round led by RRE and Foundry Group.
SideTour
Website: http://www.sidetour.com/
Blog: http://www.sidetour.com/blog/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/SideTour
Twitter: @SideTour
Vipin Goyal, CEO
Twitter: @vipingoyal
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/vipingoyal
Mark Webster, co-founder
Twitter: @markcwebster
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/markcwebster
Aaron Foss, co-founder
Twitter: @aaronfoss
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronfoss
Minesh Mistry, co-founder
Google+: https://plus.google.com/111858755031870772061/posts
Twitter: @mineshmistry
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mpmistry
RRE: New York Venture Capital
Website: http://www.rre.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/RRE-Ventures/209686349070997
Twitter: @RRE
Foundry Group
Website: http://foundrygroup.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Foundry-Group/30841774504
Twitter: @foundrygroup
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Treehouse, a web design education startup, raised $600K in funding from Reid Hoffman, Kevin Rose, Josh Elman of Greylock Discovery Fund, Chamath Palihapitiya from the The Social+Capital Partnership and Mark Suster of GRP Partners.
Treehouse
Website: http://teamtreehouse.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/groups/164031216987291/
Twitter: @treehouse
Ryan Carson, Carsonified owner
Twitter: @ryancarson
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ryancarson
Reid Hoffman, CEO of LinkedIn
Twitter: @quixotic
Google+: https://plus.google.com/103657641753349471053/posts
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/reidhoffman
Kevin Rose, CEO of Milk
Twitter: @kevinrose
Google+: https://plus.google.com/110318982509514011806/posts
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinrose
About.me: http://about.me/kevinrose
Josh Elman, Principal at Greylock Partners
Twitter: @joshelman
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/joshe
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/joshelman
About.me: http://about.me/joshelman
Chamath Palihapitiya, Founding+Manager at The Social+Capital Partnership
Twitter: @chamath
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/chamath
Mark Suster, Partner at GRP Partners
Twitter: @msuster
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/marksuster
Blog: http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/