REAL TIME VC & PRIVATE EQUITY DEALS AND NEWS
Rypple, a Toronto, Canada-based developer of a social software that simplifies workplace feedback, has raised $7m in financing. The round was led by Bridgescale Partners, with additional participation from Edgestone Capital Ventures, Extreme Venture Partners, Peter Thiel, Seymour Schulich, Roger Martin and Joe Sigelman. This brings the total amount raised by the company to date […]
Venture capital and growth equity firm Crosslink Capital has closed a $200m fund focused on information technology and energy technology investments. Crosslink Ventures VI attracted investment from existing and new limited partners, including Guardian Life Insurance Company of America. Cheng Wang, Principal at Guardian, will join the Crosslink Ventures VI Advisory Board. Capital from Crosslink […]
TigerText, a Santa Monica-CA-based developer of a private mobile messaging platform, completed a $1.9m angel round of financing. The round was led by Herb Madan, an experienced Silicon Valley technology executive and venture investor, and Randall Kaplan, co-founder of Akamai Technologies and venture investor. The funding allows the company to build out its Mobile Privacy […]
Fiberspar Corporation, a Houston, TX-based designer and manufacturer of advanced spoolable composite pipeline products, has received a $50m investment from White Deer Energy L.P., a recently formed energy private equity firm. White Deer’s investment includes the purchase of existing shares and new shares issued by the company. Fiberspar will use the proceeds to reduce debt […]
Tigris Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Bonita Springs, Fla-based drug development company, has completed a private placement of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock resulting in gross proceeds of approximately $6.5m. The financing was led by Mr. Neil Flanzraich, with participation from existing investors Wexford Spectrum Investors, LLC, Sonostar Capital Partners, LLC and other institutional and individual investors. […]
Verve Wireless Inc., a Encinitas, CA-based provider of mobile publishing and advertising technologies to local media companies, has closed a $7m round of financing. The round was led by BlueRun Ventures, with participation from existing backer, The Associated Press, along with other undisclosed investors. The new capital will be used to further develop and expand […]
PVT Solar, Inc., a San Francisco Bay area, CA-based developer of a new solar energy system called Echo™, has recently closed a $13.7m series B financing round. The investment was led by Sigma Partners, with participation from Khosla Ventures and Energy & Environment Investment. In 2009, Khosla Ventures led PVT Solar’s initial first round of […]
Phreesia, a New York-based developer of a patient check-in process solution, has held a $6m second close of its Series D equity financing. The capital was provided by new investor VantagePoint Venture Partners. The initial Series D round of financing included Ascension Health Ventures, with participation from Polaris Venture Partners, HLM Venture Partners, Long River […]
Retail Solutions Inc., a Mountain View, CA-based provider helping consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies create value from operational downstream data, has secured a Series C round of $15.2m in funding. The round was led by new investor Investor Growth Capital, with participation from existing shareholders Venrock, Bessemer Venture Partners, Red Rock Ventures and SAP Ventures. […]
Security Innovation, a Wilmington, MA-based provider of application security and high-performance crypto solutions, has raised $2m in its second round of institutional funding. The investment was led by Brook Venture Partners. The capital will allow the company to scale marketing and sales activities, and to further develop its eLearning system and application security eLearning library, […]
Masabi, a London, UK-based developer of mobile ticketing technology for the transport sector, has secured $2m from m8 Capital. The investment will be used to support commercial deployments of Masabi’s mobile ticketing systems with UK rail companies and to expand operations into other geographies. Masabi’s technology allows secure, usable ticket purchase and display on common […]
NetShelter Technology Media, a San Francisco, CA-based company that helps brand marketers deliver significantly higher levels of engagement for sites and blogs, closed $15m in Series B funding. The round was led by Rho Ventures, with participation from existing investors Rho Canada and JLA Ventures. The capital will be used to accelerate the growth of […]
GEO Semiconductor Inc., a Santa Clara, CA-based provider of high performance, programmable video and geometry pixel processor IC solutions for multiple markets and types of sub-pixel streams, raised $2m in additional venture debt and equity financing. The venture debt portion of the funding was led by Montage Capital, with participation from Harris & Harris Group. […]
RxEye, a Swedish developer of a web-based service for procurement, quality assurance and exchange of x-ray images, has raised €2m. Investors include Industrifonden and Praktikerinvest, a subsidiary to Praktikertjänst. Through RxEye’s service, a physician can read images regardless of the hospital or radiology department where they are taken. The company will primarily focus on radiology, […]
Connect2Media, a Manchester, UK-based digital entertainment publisher, has received an investment of undisclosed amount. Investors include the NWDA’s Northwest Interim Venture Capital Fund, managed by YFM Private Equity, and Acuity Capital. The company, which publishes, develops and distributes games across multiple platforms including mobile, web and interactive TV, will use the funds to expand its […]