From this new frontier, scholars think, the ancient navigators perfected the double-hull outrigger sailing canoe and set out on their final expansion, venturing over even more immense stretches of open sea.
The round comes from Scott and Cyan Banister, Denis Grosz, Expansion Venture Capital, Inspiration Ventures, Deciens Capital, 500 Startups, and other angels.
Before this round, Via had raised $137 million with investors including 83North, C4 Ventures, Ervington Investments, Expansion Venture Capital, Hearst Ventures, Kapor Capital, Lior Prosor, Pitango, Planven, Poalim and RiverPark.
The startup launched with $1.3 million in funding from 500 Startups, Expansion Venture Capital, former Facebook Chief Privacy Officer Chris Kelley and former Facebook mobile platform lead, Luke Shepard, among others.
So big that even with less control, Charles River Ventures, Intel Capital, Atlas Venture, Crosslink Capital, Expansion Venture Capital, Felicis Ventures, Lightbank, Transmedia Capital, Salesforce, Tencent, and several angels are also in on the round according to AllThingsD's Liz Gannes.
The company had raised about $8 million total over two rounds, including from NewSchools Ventures, Zac Zeitlin, Expansion Venture Capital, Kapor Capital, Javelin Venture Partners, Rethink Education and Samsung Ventures, among others.
The company has raised at least $76 million to date from investors including: Expansion Venture Capital, DCM, Bessemer Venture Partners, Fontinalis Partners, Seraph Group, 500 Startups, BMW i Ventures, according to CrunchBase.
Postmate investors include Founders Fund, SoftTech VC, Matrix Partners, Crosslink Capital, and Expansion Venture Capital, along with angels such as David Sacks, Dave Morin, Bill Lee, Scott Banister, David Wu, Thomas Korte, Naval Ravikant, Russell Cook, Russell Simmons, Walter Lee, Andy McLoughlin, Paige Craig, Jawed Karim.
Ryan Melohn has built up his firm Expansion Venture Capital for the past five years with his brother Joseph, starting with some family money and investing in more than 75 startups to date.
The company already had a pretty impressive investor list, including Founders Fund, SoftTech VC, Matrix Partners, Crosslink Capital, and Expansion Venture Capital, along with angels such as Scott Banister, David Wu, Thomas Korte, Naval Ravikant, Russell Cook, Russel Simmons, Walter Lee, Andy McLoughlin, Paige Craig, and Jawed Karim.
