Germany

SponsorPay, a Berlin, Germany-based international ad-funded payments platform, has closed a US$5m Series A2 funding. Investors include Nokia Growth Partners (NGP) and existing partners. The $5m Series A round was closed in June 2010. The company intends to use the funds to expand to mobile platforms. SponsorPay’s new SDKs for all smartphone platforms give mobile […]

fundingUSAventure capital

Recyclebank®, a New York City-based company that operates a sustainable action platform that motivates individuals to make a collective impact on the environment, has closed a $14m extension to its Series C financing. Physic Ventures has joined existing backers Generation Investment Management, Kleiner Perkins Caulfield and Byers, Paul Capital Investments, RRE Ventures, Sigma Partners and […]

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Operative Media Inc., a New York-based advertising business management company, raised $10m in funding. Investors include ORIX Venture Finance and an undisclosed investment firm. The company intends to use the funds for: – go-to-market initiatives – expansion in key geographical markets, such as North America, United Kingdom, Australia and Brazil, primarily through hiring sales professionals. […]

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Box.net, a Palo Alto, CA-based provider of a cloud content management platform for small and medium sized businesses and large enterprises, has raised $48m in Series D funding round. The financing includes $38m in equity from the new and existing investors (the round was led by Meritech Capital Partners, with participation from new backers Andreessen […]

fundingStart UpSwitzerland

MD Start, a Lausanne, Switzerland-based venture capital- and industry-backed medical device technology incubator, has added medical device company Sorin Group and healthcare venture capital firm Versant Ventures as shareholders. Founded by European medical device entrepreneurs Tim Lenihan and Gérard Hascoët along with Sofinnova Partners, and led by CEO Tim Lenihan, MD Start has the mission […]

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Media Chaperone, a Chicago, IL-based developer of a Facebook application that helps parents manage their children’s Internet gaming use, raised $1m in its first venture capital funding. The round was led by Leo Capital Holdings, with participation from Hyde Park Angels. The company intends to use the funds to expand services and features of its […]

ChinaUSA

Pharmaron Holding Limited, a Beijing, China, and Irvine, CA, USA-based provider of R&D services to small and large pharmaceutical and biotech companies from around the world, has closed an over $40m Series C financing round. Investors include existing shareholders DCM, Legend Capital and new backer GL Capital Group. The company intends to use the new […]

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HTG, Inc., a Tucson, Arizona-based provider of molecular technology solutions, closed the first tranche of a $15.7m a Series D financing round. The round was led by Novo A/S, with participation from new investor Fletcher Spaght Ventures and existing investors Merck Capital Ventures, Solstice Capital and Valley Ventures. The company intends to use the funding […]

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MediaTrust, a Los Angeles, CA-based performance marketing firm that offers an innovative online technology platform enabling partners to create and deploy pay-for-performance marketing campaigns, has secured $3m in funding. The round was led by Ropart Asset Management Funds. The company intends to use the funds to launch Performance Exchange (MTPX), a real-time performance-based advertising exchange. […]

Private Equity

Pilgrim Software, Inc., a Tampa, Florida-based provider of enterprise software focused on compliance, quality, and risk management, has received a private equity investment of undisclosed amount from Riverside Partners. The investment, which was made in partnership with the company’s management team and founders, will support the company in further expanding the business. Pilgrim’s software helps […]

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Phononic Devices, Inc., a Raleigh, North Carolina-based company that commercializes advanced thermoelectric materials and device concepts, has closed on a $10m Series B financing. The round was led by existing investors Venrock and Oak Investment Partners. The company intends to use the funds to commercialize high efficiency thermoelectric modules, expand its team of materials science […]

fundingUSA

Campus Dibs, a social deal site that focuses on college students, alumni and campus communities, has raised funding from a group of undisclosed angel investors. The company will keep the round open to strategic investors, but intends to close the financing within the next few weeks. Campus Dibs intends to use the funding to support […]

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Centric Software, Inc., a provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions for makers of hard and/or soft lines in the fashion and consumer goods industries, has raised $7.5m in Series C venture capital financing. The round was led by Oak Investment Partners, with participation from Masthead Venture Partners and ABS Ventures. The company  intends to […]