February 2011

CardioFocus Completes $30.6M Financing

February 28, 2011

CardioFocus, Inc., a Marlborough MA-based developer of an Endoscopic Ablation System for the transcatheter treatment of Atrial Fibrillation, completed a $30.6m financing. Investors include new backers Fletcher Spaght Ventures, Manatuck Hill Partners and First Alliance & Capital Invest, Ltd and previous shareholders SV Life Sciences, H.I.G. BioVentures, Accuitive Medical Ventures, The Aurora Funds, Oxford Bioscience [...]

BL Healthcare Receives Investment from Verizon

February 28, 2011

BL Healthcare Inc., a Foxborough, MA-based provider of next generation remote health management solutions to the Healthcare Industry, has received an equity financing from Verizon Investments Inc. The company intends to use the proceeds from the investment to expand its remote health care solutions, including those underway with Verizon Wireless’ LTE Innovation Center, which are [...]

Primadesk Raises Seed Funding from Citrix Startup Accelerator

February 28, 2011

Primadesk, Inc., a Novato, Calif.-based provider of personal content management solutions, has raised funds from Citrix Startup Accelerator. Founded in 2009, Primadesk helps users search, manage and backup their personal cloud data from any browser and device (a personal computer, tablet or smartphone) they use. Its technology is currently in beta version. Commenting on the [...]

Sparrow Receives Equity Investment from Kima Ventures

February 27, 2011

Sparrow, a “minimalist” mail application for Mac, has received an equity investment of undisclosed amount from Kima Ventures. Launched in early 2010 by Hoa Dinh Viet and Dominique Leca, Sparrow integrates a proprietary mail engine (based on Etpan/Hermod) and aims at improving the mail experience on Mac. Features include threads, labels, quick reply, multiple accounts, [...]

Storific Receives Equity Investment from Kima Ventures

February 27, 2011

Storific, a Paris, France-based developer of an app that enable users to order directly from the iPhone in favorite places, has received an equity investment from Kima Ventures. Founded by CEO Michael Cohen and Lead Developer Andrés Mejia, Storific partners with stores such as restaurants, hotels, pubs, coffee and night clubs to provide them with [...]

ThisWeekIn Receives Venture Capital Investment from Jarl Mohn

February 27, 2011

ThisWeekIn, Inc., a Santa Monica, CA-based Live Web TV network, has received a venture capital investment from media pioneer Jarl Mohn, who joined the company’s board of directors. Founder of E! Entertainment and E! Online through a joint venture with CNET, Mr. Mohn currently makes venture capital and buyout investments, serving as a corporate director [...]

ZIO Studios Closes $1.3M First Funding Round

February 27, 2011

ZIO Studios, a Bogota, Colombia-based animation and gaming company, closed a $1.3m first funding round from Promotora. The company intends to use the funds to double its current staff of 45 in Colombia, create new games and open offices in California by summer of 2011. Led by co-founder and newly appointed CEO Alejandro Gonzalez, ZIO [...]

Fundly Raises $2M in Funding

February 26, 2011

Fundly, a Palo Alto, CA-based SaaS Social Fundraising platform, raised $2m in funding. Investors in the round include Kapor Capital (Mitch Kapor & Stephen DeBerry), Correlation Ventures (Trevor Kienzle), Charles River Ventures (George Zachary), AngelHub (Jeff Fluhr), Accelerator Ventures (Alex Lloyd), Endeavor Group (Michael Tanne–Board of Directors), Seraph Group (Tuff Yen), Peterson Capital (Brandon Cope), [...]

SeatGeek Receives Investment from A-Grade Investment

February 26, 2011

SeatGeek, a New York-based a ticket search engine that enables users to find the best prices for sports and concert events on the secondary ticket market, has received a strategic investment of undisclosed amount from A-Grade Investment. The new shareholder join existing backers including Founder Collective and NYC Seed, Stage One Capital, Trisiras Group, PKS [...]

MyCityWay Receives Strategic Investment from BMW i Ventures

February 26, 2011

MyCityWay, a New York-based start up that operates an interactive app for urban exploration and discovery on mobile devices, has received a strategic investment from BMW i Ventures. MyCityWay is designed to help users navigate and explore the cities of the world. For example, it allows to find restaurants, locate wireless hotspots, buy tickets, connect [...]

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