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Benzinga, a financial media source that delivers streaming news, trading ideas, commentary and analyst ratings, has closed a $1.5m first funding round with Lightbank. The company intends to use the funds to add personnel and develop media technology tools. Led by founder and CEO Jason Raznick, Benzinga began operation in the spring of 2010 and […]

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Lumora Ltd, a Cambridgeshire Business Park, UK-based molecular diagnostics company, has raised £1.5m in Series B funding. The round was led by Catapult Benture Managers, which committed over £1m via its Catapult Growth Fund, with participation from existing investor and major shareholder, Tate & Lyle Ventures LP. The company intends to use the funds to […]

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Icelandic Water Holdings ehf, makers of Icelandic Glacial, a carbon neutral natural spring water, formally closed a $40 m equity funding from new and existing investors. The funding consisted of the conversion of $28m of existing loans and the infusion of $12m in new capital. As a result of the new funding and recapitalization, the […]

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Informous, a B2B content marketing platform enabling businesses to reach highly targeted audiences with specific content, generating more informed and qualified leads, recently closed a venture financing round of undisclosed amount. The round was led by GSA Venture Partners, with participation from The Grosvenor Funds and New Markets Venture Partners. The company intends to use […]

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Morgan Solar Inc., a Toronto, Canada-based developer of ultra-thin, lightweight photovoltaic modules, has raised a $16.5m first tranche of its Series B funding round. Participants include existing investors Inversiones Financieras Perseo, of the Iberdrola Group, and Nypro Inc., as well as new investor The Frost Group, LLC. Morgan is currently in discussions with strategic investors […]

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Kabam, a publisher of massively multiplayer social games (MMSGs), has raised $85m in Series D funding. The round was co-led by Google Ventures and Pinnacle Ventures, with participation from Performance Equity and SK telecom ventures, and existing backers Canaan Partners, Redpoint Ventures and Intel Capital. In conjunction with the funding, Google Ventures Partner Joe Kraus […]

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Morgenthaler Ventures, a venture capital firm, launched “DC to VC: HIT Startup Showcase” a nationwide competition called designed to find the best startup ideas in health IT. The contest is open to any entrepreneur seeking seed or Series A funding for startups developing innovative technology to improve the quality and delivery of healthcare. Applicants are […]

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Resilient Network Systems, a San Francisco, CA-based security and networking company, has raised over $5.0m in funding. The round was led by Alsop Louie Partner and BEA Systems founder, Bill Coleman, who joined Resilient’s Board as Vice Chairman. Stewart Alsop, ALP co-founder, also joined the company’s Board. Led by CEO Kirk Loevner, and Founder and […]

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Sudhir Srivastava Robotic Surgery Centre (SSARSC), an Indian provider of advanced robotic surgery procedures for several specialty areas, received an equity financing of undisclosed amount from Intel Capital. The company intends to use the proceeds from the investment to launch 8/10 centers across India and advance the use of robotic platforms for tele-training, tele-mentoring, tele-surgery […]

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Personetics, a New York-based developer of a customer interactions technology for the financial services industry, completed a $6.5m funding. Investors include Carmel Ventures and Sequoia Capital. The company intends to use the funds to further develop its solutions and launch business development, marketing and sales operations. Founded in 2010 by CEO David Sosna and David Govrin, […]

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Radius Health, Inc., a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based developer of drug therapies for osteoporosis and women’s health, has raised approximately $91m in its third financing round. It includes: – $66m in equity financing from new investors BB Biotech AG, Brookside Capital, Saints Capital, Nordic Bioscience, and Ipsen Pharma SAS, which joined existing investors MPM Capital, BB Biotech […]

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Open Ocean Capital, an Espoo, Finland-based early-stage venture capital firm, has held the first close of its Fund Three at approximately $60m (€40m). The fund will focus on European start-ups deploying user community or open source business models. Led by Managing Partners Patrik Backman, Ralf Wahlsten and Tom Henriksson and by Michael “Monty” Widenius, the […]

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Brightpearl (formerly known as Pearl), a Bristol, UK-based company that develops an end-to-end web based solution for SMEs that provides a fully integrated accounting, CRM, order and stock management, ecommerce and helpdesk capability, has raised an additional $5m in Series A funding. Investors include Notion Capital and Eden Ventures. Brightpearl intends to use the funds […]

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Abcodia, a London, UK-based company engaged in the validation and discovery of molecular biomarkers for disease diagnosis and screening, has raised £1m in funding. Investors include Albion Ventures and UCL Business Plc. The company intends to use the funds to expand the team and build long term partnerships with both commercial and academic groups to […]