KidoZen, a Boca Raton, Florida-based private enterprise mobile platform company, raised $5m in Series A funding. The round was led by Third Point Ventures. The company intends to use the funds to build out its South Florida based sales and business development teams and add to its product development team,...
Read More →Travel Appeal, a Roncade, Treviso, Italy-based marketing & communication startup for the travel industry, raised a seed funding from H-Farm. The amount of the deal was not disclosed. The company is using the funds to continue to develop its solutions. Led by Mirko Lalli, Travel Appeal helps destinations, places and...
Read More →Trax Technology Solutions Pte Ltd., a Singapore-based provider of in-store auditing and execution monitoring solutions for the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry, received an additional US$2.5m in funds. The company had already raised an institutional investment earlier this year (read here). The company intends to use the funds to accelerate to...
Read More →Benchmark, a Woodside and San Francisco, California-based venture capital firm, closed its eight fund. According to an SEC filing, it amounts at $425m. The document lists as people involved in Benchmark Capital Partners VIII, L.P. Matthew Cohler, Peter Fenton, William J. Gurley, Mitchell Lasky and Steven Spurlock. Founded in 1995, Benchmark...
Read More →Sponsored Post Invest in Startups is becoming a real option for the U.S. “crowd”. We can consider the path in its half way. But for its own nature, a startup is hard to succeed. Why? Because, as in the words of Paul Graham (YC), “a startup is a...
Read More →Digital agency R/GA announced the ten companies selected to participate in the R/GA Connected Devices Accelerator program. Powered by Techstars. the program focuses on “Internet of Things” startups that are developing connected mobile apps, hardware, products, and services. Selected companies are: Enertiv, a developer of building energy management platform with real time...
Read More →emids Technologies, a Nashville, Tenn.-based provider of healthcare IT services and solutions, raised $13.3m in funding. Backers included Baird Capital and Council Capital. In conjunction with the funding, Grant Jackson, General Partner of Council Capital, and Jim Pavlik, Partner at Baird Capital, joined emids’ board. The company intends to use...
Read More →Charleston, SC-based Silicon Harbor Ventures (SHV) has launched a venture capital fund targeting investments in early and growth stage technology-oriented companies. Led by Michael Knox, founder and managing partner, the Silicon Harbor Ventures Fund will make investments in companies based in Charleston, South Carolina and the southeastern United States, which will leverage the infrastructure...
Read More →Box, a Los Altos, CA-based cloud content management and collaboration platform, received a strategic investment of undisclosed amount. The round, reportedly of $100m, values Box in the neighborhood of $2 billion. Backers included Itochu Technology Ventures, Macnica, Mitsui USA and MKI, Telefónica Digital, Telstra, Coatue, DST Global, and existing investors...
Read More →Bloc Inc., a San Francisco, CA, apprentice-based learning platform, raised $2m in seed financing. The round was led by Harrison Metal with participation from Baseline Ventures, First Round Capital and Learn Capital. Founded in April of 2012 by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign grads Roshan Choxi (CEO) and Dave Paola (CTO),...
Read More →EducationSuperHighway, a San Francisco, CA-based nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing high speed broadband to the nation’s K-12 public schools, received a $9m investment. Backers included Mark Zuckerberg‘s Startup:Education, the Gates Foundation and other foundations and education entities. The nonprofit intends to use the proceeds to accelerate their ability to raise awareness,...
Read More →Nautic Partners has partnered with management to acquire QoL meds, LLC, a Pittsburgh, PA-based specialty pharmacy serving the mental health community. The amount of the transaction was not disclosed. Founded in 2000 and led by President and CEO Jim Smith, QoL operates specialty pharmacies across the country and is focused...
Read More →wywy, a Munich, Germany-based provider of second screen ad tech and TV analytics offerings, secured a $7m series B funding. Backers included existing investors Cipio Partners and others. The company, which had raised $3.1m series A round in 2012 (read here), intends to use the funds to expand its offerings to the...
Read More →i.TV, a social TV and second screen platform, received a strategic investment from DIRECTV. The amount of the transaction was not disclosed. Led by CEO Brad Pelo, i.TV provides a social TV and second screen platform that enables people per month to discover, watch and engage with television. Used by nearly 15...
Read More →LiveClips, a Stamford, CT-based provider of a workflow technology to create and deliver real-time video highlights and new sports content packages to their fans, received an investment from DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV) a provider of digital television entertainment services. The amount of the transaction was not disclosed. Led by Lewis Bakes, Chairman...
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