REAL TIME VC & PRIVATE EQUITY DEALS AND NEWS
AHAlife.com, a New York-based online content and commerce platform for curated lifestyle products, has raised $6m in new funding. The round was led by DCM, with participation from existing investor FirstMark Capital. This brings the total amount raised by the company to date to $9m. AHAlife.com intends to use the new capital to develop content […]
Strava, Inc., a San Francisco-based developer of Web and mobile apps for athletes, has raised $12.6m in a Series B funding. The round was led by Madrone Capital, with participation from existing investor Sigma Partners, which led the Series A funding (read here). The company intends to use the funds to extend to other sports beyond cycling (including […]
Visionary Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a San Diego, CA-based drug discovery company focused on new small molecule therapies in inflammation and cancer, has raised seed funding from a consortium of angel investors. The company intends to use the capital, whose amount remained undisclosed, to develop novel small molecule retinoic acid related orphan receptor (ROR) modulators targeting TH17 […]
Smartling, a New York-based provider of a translation management platform that supports online businesses in building and delivering multilingual websites and mobile apps, has raised a $10m Series B round of financing. Investors include existing shareholders U.S. Venture Partners, Venrock and First Round Capital and new backer IDG Ventures. The company intends to use the […]
Tradition Midstream, LLC, a The Woodlands, Texas-based company focused on designing, building, owning, operating and acquiring midstream assets to provide services to energy producers and consumers, has closed a $200m equity investment with Denham Capital. Led by CEO John O’Shea, Tradition’s management team includes Don Brown, President, James Lee, CFO, Bryan Johnson, COO, and Mark Edge, VP, […]
Novira Therapeutics, Inc., a Radnor, Pennsylvania-based drug discovery company developing therapeutics for the treatment of viral diseases, including HBV and HIV, has completed a second round of seed financing. The round was led by three Philadelphia-based angel groups, including Delaware Crossing Investor Group, the Mid-Atlantic Angel Group Fund II and Robin Hood Ventures. Initial investor BioAdvance […]
Peloton Therapeutics, Inc., a Dallas-based early-stage cancer drug discovery and development company, completed an $18m Series A financing. The round was led by The Column Group, with participation from Remeditex Ventures and Peter O’Donnell, Jr. Working in close collaboration with scientists at UT Southwestern, Peloton is advancing a promising discovery and development pipeline, comprised of […]
Affinity Solutions, a New York-based provider of partner-based rewards and marketing programs in the U.S., received a significant investment from Chestnut Hill Ventures. The company intends to use the proceeds for new customer engagement and development of targeted marketing technologies. Founded in 1998 and led by President and CEO Jonathan Silver Affinity Solutions provides relationship […]
Taulia Inc., a San Francisco, California-based cloud-based dynamic discounting solution provider in the SAP® space, has closed an $8.5m Series B round of funding. The round was led by new investor DAG Ventures, with participation from existing backers Matrix Partners and Trinity Ventures. The company intends to use the funding to expand marketing, sales and […]
Linx, a Brazil-based provider of software, services and eCommerce solutions for retail businesses across the country, has received a growth equity investment of undisclosed amount from General Atlantic. Existing investor BNDESPar also participated in the capital raise. Linx intends to use the proceeds to expand its research and development capabilities and geographically. With the support of […]
Nodeable, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a cloud-based infrastructure analytics service, has closed a $2m Series A funding. The round was led by True Ventures. Established in 2011 by co-founder and CEO Dave Rosenberg, Nodeable applies social mechanics to systems data, allowing users to interact with cloud infrastructure and disparate data sources. Powered by big data […]
Interactions Corporation, a Boston, MA-based provider of voice and interactive solutions that allow companies to interact with their customers, has closed a $12m funding round. The round was led by Sigma Partners, with participation from North Hill Ventures, Cross Atlantic Capital Partners, and Updata Partners. The company intends to use the funds to support its […]
Read It Later, a San Francisco, CA-based developer of a tool that allows people to save page from PCs or mobile devices, has raised $2.5m in funding. Investors include Foundation Capital, Baseline Ventures, Founder Collective, Google Ventures, and other unnamed backers. Founded in August of 2007 by Nate Weiner, Read It Later lets users save […]
Are You a Human, LLC, a Michigan-based developer of online human verification tools, has raised $750k in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Detroit Venture Partners, with participation from the First Step Fund and the Ross School of Business’ Frankel Commercialization Fund. Are You a Human has developed online human verification […]
Strata Pathology Services, Inc., a Lexington, Massachusetts-based independent anatomic pathology laboratory, has received an investment of undisclosed amount from healthcare private equity firm Linden. The company intends to use the proceeds to expand its offering to more physicians nationally. In conjunction with the transaction, Linden Operating Partner Richard Novak, will serve as chairman of Strata. […]