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Uber loses Arianna Huffington and Benchmarks Matt Cohler as board members

July 29, 2019July 29, 2019 NewsEditorArianna Huffington, Benchmark, Matt Cohler, Uber

Uber has lost two of its board members today. Arianna Huffington, CEO at Thrive Global, and Benchmark General Partner Matt Cohler‘s resignations from the board went into effect today, according to two Uber filings with the SEC. “Given Thrive’s growth, it has become clear to me that I will no longer be able to give my Uber board duties the attention they deserve, so I will be stepping down,” Huffington said. “It has been an unforgettable three-year ride, and I’m grateful to have been able to work alongside my fellow…

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Contentful raises $33.5M for its headless CMS platform

December 12, 2018December 12, 2018 NewsEditorBalderton Capital, Benchmark, Berlin, cloud applications, Cloud Computing, computing, content management, Contentful, Europe, General Catalyst, Lyft, Nike, North America, OMERS Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, salesforce.com, San Francisco, sap ventures, Sapphire Ventures, series C, Software, Spotify

Contentful, a Berlin- and San Francisco-based startup that provides content management infrastructure for companies like Spotify, Nike, Lyft and others, today announced that it has raised a $33.5 million Series D funding round led by Sapphire Ventures, with participation from OMERS Ventures and Salesforce Ventures, as well as existing investors General Catalyst, Benchmark, Balderton Capital and Hercules. In total, the company has now raised $78.3 million. Contentful, a Stripe for content management, raises $28M led by General Catalyst Read more: https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/06/contentful-raises-33-5m-for-its-headless-cms-platform/

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Crunch Report | Benchmark Sues Travis Kalanick

August 13, 2017August 13, 2017 NewsEditor$169.5, Acquisiton, Benchmark, crunch, crunch report, daily, Disrupt, Facebook, fayteq, hamze, Hands On, lawsuit, MillionTech, News, recap, report, review, saved, Silicon Valley, soundcloud, TechCrunch, Technology, tito, tito hamze, Travis Kalanick

Benchmark sues former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick Facebook buys computer vision startup focused on adding objects to video Credits Written by: Tito Hamze, John MannesHosted by: Tito HamzeFilmed by:Tito hamzeEdited by: Tito Hamze Notes: I dont know what to wear on Crunch Report (Its a hard decision and I suck at dressing myself). If you are a startup andwant to me to wear something mail me an XL T-shirt and Ill wear it in an episode. Im not going to mention the company on the shirt in the episode but…

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Uber investor Shervin Pishevar petitions Benchmark to step down from board and sell some of its stock

August 13, 2017August 13, 2017 NewsEditorBenchmark, Uber

Shortly after a group of Uber shareholders asked Benchmark to relinquish its spot on Ubers board of directors, Sherpa Capitals Shervin Pishevar is petitioning Benchmark via Change.org to remove itself from Ubers board. The petition also asks Benchmark to sell at least 75 percent of its stock so that the firm no longer has rights to appoint members to Ubers board of directors. We have investors ready to acquire these shares as soonas we receive communication from Benchmark that they are willing to withdraw their lawsuitand sell a minimum of…

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Uber shareholder group asks Benchmark to step down from board following Kalanick suit

August 12, 2017August 12, 2017 NewsEditorBenchmark, Travis Kalanick, Uber

In what is rapidly devolving into an all-out brawl on the board of the worlds highest-valued private company, a group of Uber shareholders have asked the venture capital firm Benchmark to step down from the board of directors. This move comes only a day after Benchmark took the aggressive step of filing suit against Ubers former CEO Travis Kalanick, arguing that the founder had violated his fiduciary duty to the company and had committed fraud by seeking to increase his power over Uber for his own selfish ends. Their suit…

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What was Benchmark thinking?

August 12, 2017August 12, 2017 NewsEditorBenchmark, Travis Kalanick, Uber

Yesterday, Benchmark, the powerful venture firm and a majorUbershareholder, filed a lawsuit against the companys recently ousted CEOTravis Kalanick in a remarkable move. The suit seeks to remove Kalanick from the board, while eliminating three additional board positions that it says Kalanick sought (and won) approval for last year, partly by withholding crucial information from the board. The central issue: When Kalanick resigned as CEO, he also resigned from his board seat, but he quickly re-appointed himself to one of those outstanding and fraudulently procured seats, says Benchmark. It now…

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Travis Kalanick reportedly sought to reassert control at Uber after ouster

August 6, 2017August 6, 2017 NewsEditorBenchmark, Softbank, Travis Kalanick, Uber

Just under two months after resigning from Uber, former CEO Travis Kalanick has reportedlyasked some former colleagues if they would support him in a potential shareholder battle, according to a new report by The Information. Youll periodically find these kinds of proxy fights happening at public companies, but after his ouster, it appears that Kalanick still may want to try to gain back some control at Uber. The Information reports that Kalanick isnt currently pursuing a shareholder battle. This comes amid reports that Softbank is looking to invest in the…