June 2010

Chango Completes $1.4M Series A Financing

June 30, 2010

Chango, a Toronto, Canada-based integrated search marketing demand side platform, completed a $1.4m Series A financing. Metamorphic Ventures and Geoff Judge have joined existing investors iNovia Capital and Extreme Venture Partners. In conjunction with the funding, Lewis Gersh, Managing Partner at Metamorphic, and Geoff Judge, angel investor and cofounder of 24/7 Real Media, will join [...]

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HgCapital Acquires Teufel Speakers

June 30, 2010

Teufel Speakers GmbH, a Berlin, Germany-based designer and online retailer of loudspeaker systems, has been acquired by private equity investor HgCapital from Riverside. The company, which designs, markets and sells its own brand audio speaker systems (home theatre, multimedia, integrated systems) directly through its business-to-consumer internet platform, teufelaudio.com, has 72 employees and is focused on [...]

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Zenprise Closes $9M Round of Financing

June 30, 2010

Zenprise, Inc., a Fremont, CA-based provider of enterprise mobile management and device management software, closed a $9m round of financing. The round was led by Rembrandt Venture Partners, with participation from exisiting investors Ignition Partners, Bay Partners, Mayfield and Shasta Ventures. The company’s software, which is supported by smartphone platforms including BlackBerry, iPhone, Palm, Windows [...]

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Calistoga Pharmaceuticals Closes $40M Series C Financing

June 30, 2010

Calistoga Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Seattle, Washington-based developer of targeted therapies for the treatment of cancer and inflammatory diseases, has closed a $40m Series C financing. The round was led by Quogue Capital, LLC, with participation from existing investors Alta Partners, Amgen Ventures, Frazier Healthcare and Three Arch Partners and new investor Latterell Venture Partners. The [...]

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Symform Closes $4m Financing

June 30, 2010

Symform, Inc., a Seattle, WA-based provider of backup and disaster recovery solutions to small businesses, closed a $4m financing. The round was led by Longworth Venture Partners, with participation from OVP, Symform’s original venture investor. In conjunction with the funding, Longworth’s Nilanjana Bhowmik (see photo) will join the company’s board of directors. The financing will [...]

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Click Forensics Closes $6M Series C Funding

June 30, 2010

Click Forensics, Inc., an Austin, TX-based provider of online advertising and audience verification solutions, has closed a $6m Series C funding round. The investment was led by Austin Ventures, with participation from Sierra Ventures and Shasta Ventures. The funding will enable the company to expand development and marketing of new audience verification and traffic quality [...]

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Vicept Therapeutics Raises $10M to Complete Series A Financing

June 30, 2010

Vicept Therapeutics Inc., a Malvern, Pennsylvania-based specialty biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing a topically applied therapy for erythema (facial redness) of rosacea, a common, chronic condition of the skin, has secured $10m to complete a total $16m Series A financing. The round was led by Vivo Ventures, Sofinnova Ventures and Fidelity Biosciences. The capital will [...]

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IPP of America Raises $2.3M

June 30, 2010

IPP of America,  a Fairfield, NJ-based provider of retail electronic payment services, raised $2.3m in funding. The round was led by existing partner Edison Venture Fund, which committed $1.2m, with participation from prior investors. The proceeds from the financing will be used to expand marketing, sales, products and working capital. IPP operates a national network [...]

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Kontagent Raises Over $4M

June 30, 2010

Kontagent, a San Francisco, CA-based social web analytics company, has raised over $4m as part of its latest round of funding. The investment, which was led by Altos Ventures and Maverick Capital, with participation from Larry Braitman, co-founder of FlyCast and Adify, brings the total amount raised by the company to nearly $6m to date. [...]

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Avista Capital Partners Expands in Europe

June 30, 2010

Avista Capital Partners, a private equity firm with offices in New York, NY and Houston, TX, has formed Avista Capital Europe as part of its strategy to expand its European presence. Avista Capital Europe will be based in London. In order to form its European office, the firm has recruited a team of veteran private [...]

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