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Investment firm with Omaha ties contributes to Yammer’s $85m round
Wednesday morning, we broke news that Omaha startup Bloom.com closed a $5.4m Series A round led by Capricorn Investment Group, an investment arm of eBay founding president Jeff Skoll and other entities. Capricorn’s co-founder and chief information officer is Stephen George, a native Nebraskan …
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Social beauty store Bloom.com closes $5.4m Series A led by Capricorn
Xuba, the Omaha-based social commerce startup behind social beauty store and network Bloom.com, closed a $5.4 million Series A round, the company’s co-founder and CEO Julie Mahloch (above) confirmed in an interview on Monday. Capricorn Investment Group led the round with a $5 million investment. Capricorn, which is the investment arm of eBay founding president…
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Capricorn’s Stephen George to speak at Cornstalks on Thursday
Cornstalks returns to its regularly scheduled time this month with a meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday featuring Stephen George (left), the co-founder and chief investment officer of Capricorn Investment Group. The evening begins at with a cocktail and appetizer reception and continues with George’s presentation at 7 p.m. This month’s meeting takes place the night…