The company has raised a Series A round of venture funding of approximately $20 million (CNY ¥100 million) from Riverhill Fund, an Alibaba affiliated venture firm, and Legend Capital, an early backer of the Chinese social media platform RenRen, according to Gfresh cofounder Anthony Wan.
The total contributions from such donors could be much higher; The Times limited its analysis to individuals affiliated with venture capital funds that have joined two lobbying associations.
Over the following month, Mr. Paulsen's campaign committee took in $74,000 from people with a stake in device regulation, much of it from executives affiliated with venture capital funds and their spouses.
"Here in Silicon Valley, Entrepreneurs-in-Residence are typically affiliated with venture capital firms, working to evaluate portfolio investments and hatch new companies.
Initially financed by selling shell necklaces and camera straps from his van, Woodman went on to found GoPro and eventually receive capital from Steamboat Ventures (affiliated with the Walt Disney Corporation), Riverwood Capital, Sageview Capital, Walden International, and U.S. Venture Partners.
To date, Everplans has raised $6.2 million in financing, including the latest, undisclosed commitment from Generator Ventures, the venture arm affiliated with Aging 2.0.
There were high expectations for Gray when he started his acting career in Baltimore, performing with such companies as Corner Theatre, Center Stage, and Spotlighters, as well as Baltimore Theatre Ensemble, a short-lived venture affiliated with Towson University, around 1970.
Institutional investor Crosslink Capital, and both Maiden Lane Ventures and CSC Upshot (the American and Chinese venture funds affiliated with the angel investment site, AngelList) participated as well.
They also got some attention from enterprise corporate venture investors, including GV (the investment firm affiliated with Google), Microsoft Ventures, Salesforce Ventures and Workday Ventures.
"When Microsoft was in the ascendancy, there were whole areas of investment that were of less interest to investors," said William R. Hearst III, an affiliated partner with the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
