VentureBeat
Signal Sciences raises $35 million to grow its security platform for web apps
Signal Sciences, a security platform for web applications, has raised $35 million in a series C round of funding led by Lead Edge Capital, with participation from Index Ventures, CRV, Harrison Metal, and OATV. Read more
Fortune
Why This Venture Capitalist Believes Uber Is a Better Bet Than Lyft
LEC General Partner Mitchell Green is interviewed in Fortune's Term Sheet Newsletter Read more
Reuters
Ride-hail firm Lyft races to leave Uber behind in IPO chase
Uber investor Mitchell Green, a partner at Lead Edge Capital, said Lyft going public first bodes well for Uber, because if Lyft trades at a high multiple, the much-larger Uber will command Read more
VentureBeat
Utah’s Weave raises $37.5 million for its patient communication software
Lead Edge leads $37.5 million investment into Weave, which sells a patient communications platform primarily for the dental and optometry industries. Read more
Forbes
Amplitude, Making Products Better With Analytics, Reaches $850M Valuation As Sequoia Leads New Investment
Amplitude announces an $80 million round led by Sequoia Capital with Lead Edge Capital. Read more
TechCrunch
Asana, a work management platform, nabs $50M growth round at $1.5B valuation
Asana, a service that teams and individuals use to plan and track the progress of work projects, is doubling down on its own project: to shape “the future of work,” in the Read more
Bloomberg
The Stock Market’s 67,000% Superstar Is Now a Huge Falling Knife
Lead Edge Capital Partner Mitchell Green comments on Tencent and the falling Chinese stock market. “They are cheap," said Mitchell Green, the Santa Barbara-based founding partner of Lead Edge Capital, which manages Read more
Bloomberg Tech
Tencent Starting to Crack the Code on Music Streaming, Lead Edge’s Green Says
Mitchell Green, Lead Edge Capital Founding Partner, discusses Tencent Music Entertainment Group filing for an IPO and the competitive environment in music streaming with Bloomberg's Emily Chang on "Bloomberg Technology." Read more
Bloomberg Tech
Uber Has a Path to Profitability, Lead Edge’s Mehta Says
Nimay Mehta, Lead Edge Capital partner, discusses Uber's self-driving project and path to profitability with Bloomberg's Emily Chang on "Bloomberg Technology." (Source: Bloomberg) Read more
Wall Street Journal
Lead Edge Capital’s Exits, Assets Step Up
This year alone, the New York firm founded by Mitchell Green saw two of its portfolio companies, Spotify and Delivery Hero, taken public. Along the way three others were acquired—Moat, ClearScore and Read more
TechCrunch
This New York Venture firm just closed on $520 million from 250(!) people, including former Schwab and Facebook execs
Lead Edge Capital, a New York-based venture firm, has been around since 2009, and it has been quietly growing like kudzu since. After closing its very first fund with $52 million back Read more
Reuters
Uber investor Lead Edge Capital closes $520 mln fund
Venture firm Lead Edge Capital, which has backed companies such as Uber and Spotify, has raised its largest fund to date in the latest sign of the rush of capital flowing into Read more
New York Times
‘Mega-Round’ Investors Shower Start-Ups With Millions
Start-ups raising $100 million or more from investors — known as a mega-round in Silicon Valley — used to be a rarity. But now, they are practically routine, producing a frenzy around Read more
FreightWeek
Arrive Logistics acquires VC funding
Freight brokerage company Arrive Logistics has closed a new round of funding led by New York-based Lead Edge Capital, a growth stage investment fund focused on software, Internet and technology-enabled services. Read more
PYMNTS.com
Toast Notches $115M In Series D Round
To drive investment in R&D, recruiting and expansion, Toast announced on Tuesday (July 10) that it has raised $115 million in Series D funding. The funding round, which was led by funds and accounts Read more
TheStreet (The Deal)
Duo Makes Sense for Cisco: Target’s Backer
As Cisco buys Duo Security for $2.34 billion, backer Brian Neider of Lead Edge Capital discusses the evolution of the security unicorn. Read more
Reuters
Cisco to buy cyber-security company Duo for $2.35 billion
Cisco Systems Inc said on Thursday it would buy Duo Security, a venture capital-backed cyber security company, for $2.35 billion in cash, as part of its push to expand into a faster Read more
MarketWatch
Cisco to acquire security unicorn Duo for $2.35 billion
Cisco Systems Inc. has agreed to pay $2.35 billion for security startup Duo Security, the companies announced Thursday morning, beefing up the networking company’s software offerings. Read more
