REAL TIME VC & PRIVATE EQUITY DEALS AND NEWS
Xtreme Power, a Kyle, Texas-based company that engineers, manufactures and operates integrated power management and energy storage systems for use in renewable energy and micro-grid applications, closed a $29.5m financing round. The investment was co-led by Bessemer Venture Partners, The Dow Chemical Company (through its venture capital group), and existing backers SAIL Venture Partners, POSCO […]
HireVue, Inc., a Draper, Utah-based provider of video interviewing and decision management solutions, has closed a $5m Series B financing. The round was led by new investor Granite Ventures, with participation from previous investors, including JCP Capital. In conjunction with the funding, Chris Hollenbeck will join the company’s Board of Directors. The HireVue platform allows […]
B2 Group, a Manchester, UK-based business-to-business marketing specialist working in the SME sector, recently raised £1.1m from YFM Private Equity. The funds, provided by the Northwest Regional Development Agency’s (NWDA) Northwest Interim Venture Capital Fund, some high net worth individuals and directors of the company, will support the company’s growth in 2010 and beyond. B2 […]
BuzzLogic, a San Francisco, CA-based digital media company that operates a an advertising platform for isolating audiences engaged in specific blog conversations online, has closed an $8.8m Series B round of funding. The investment was led by Adams Capital Management, with participation from Ackerley Partners. The capital infusion will allow the company to further scale […]
Article One Partners, a New York-based patent research community, completed a $5m round of institutional funding. The round was led by Alleghany Capital Corporation, a subsidiary of Alleghany Corporation (N YSE: Y), with participation from other investors. The funding will be used to enhance existing products and services, developing new ones and accelerating sales. Through […]
E-Trader Group, a London, UK-based operator of two online marketplaces, has secured “significant” second round funding from existing investor MMC Ventures. The funds will be used to support the further growth of the business. As stated by Rory Stirling, Investment Manager at MMC Ventures, “The further funding will be used to capitalise on E-Trader’s first […]
Plethora Solutions (AIM: PLE), a London, UK-based pharmaceutical company dedicated to the development and marketing of products for the treatment and management of urological disorders, recently received a £1m investment from Maven Capital Partners. The investment was made through the £75m UK Government backed Capital for Enterprise Fund, which was launched in 2009 to help […]
Carewatch, a UK national provider of local home care, recently received a £25m investment from Lyceum Capital. The new capital, which includes additional debt facilities from Barclays Corporate and Clydesdale Bank, will enable the company’s management to continue its programme of substantial internal investment and facilitate further acquisitions of complementary businesses. Over the past 18 […]
Workstreamer, an Austin Texas-based real-time business listening platform tailored for business professionals, has secured $3.5m in Series A round of funding. The investment was led by Austin Ventures. The new funds will be used to accelerate user growth and generate sales across enterprise customers and people interested in listening to and monetizing real-time business information. […]
Great Lakes Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Cleveland, Ohio-based clinical-stage company focused on eliminating microbial infections associated with biofilm formation, completed a $3.1m Series B equity financing. The round was led by Charter Life Sciences, with participation from Early Stage Partners, Everett Partners, Ltd, Ohio TechAngel Fund and North Coast Angel Fund. The Company will use the […]
LearnBoost, a provider of an online application that allows teachers to manage their classroom, has raised $975K in seed financing. Investors include venture capital firms Bessemer Venture Partners, Charles River Ventures, RRE Ventures, and Atlas Ventures, and business angels Naval Ravikant, Bill Lee, James Hong, Othman Laraki, Karl Jacob, and others. In early August, LearnBoost […]
Teaching Personnel, a provider of supply teachers, teaching assistants and nursery nurses, both short and long term, to schools throughout England and Wales, has been acquired by Graphite Capital from RJD Partners. Graphite Capital has backed John Bowman as Managing Director as part of the buyout of the company. The transaction values Teaching Personnel at […]
Emerging Capital Partners (ECP), an international private equity firm focused on investing across the African continent, held the final close of its ECP Africa Fund III PCC with total commitments of over $613m. The fund will seek controlling stakes or influential minority positions in high growth companies through equity and quasi-equity investments including convertible debt […]
Artissimo Designs, a Los Angeles and Montreal-based provider of wall décor, has received a “significant” investment from Huron Capital Partners LLC. The proceeds from the investment, which was made through The Huron Fund III, L.P. raised in 2008 with $350m in committed equity capital, will be used to support management in its growth plans. Artissimo […]
SynapSense Corp., a Folsom, CA-based provider of wireless resource management solutions for data centers, has raised an undisclosed sum from GE Capital. GE Energy Financial Services joins the company’s existing investors Emerald Technology Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Robert Bosch Venture Capital, American River Ventures, Nth Power and DFJ Frontier. The funds will be used for development […]