REAL TIME VC & PRIVATE EQUITY DEALS AND NEWS
Metabolon, Inc., a Durham, NC-based diagnostics and services company offering a biochemical profiling technology, has secured $13.1m in a Series D financing. New investor Keating Capital, Inc. has joined existing investors including Sevin Rosen Funds, Aurora Funds, Harris & Harris Group (Nasdaq:TINY), Syngenta Ventures, Fletcher Spaght and Fulcrum Financial Partners. The company intends to use the […]
Scientific Conservation, Inc., a San Francisco, CA-based building energy management company, has raised $9.6m in its Series C venture capital funding. The round was led by existing investor Triangle Peak Partners, with participation from existing investors DFJ, DFJ Growth and Westly Group. The company also completed the acquisition of Servidyne, Inc., an Atlanta, Georgia-based company […]
Lantos Technologies, a Cambridge, MA-based developer of an intra-aural 3D scanner, closed a $4.1m Series B financing. The round was led by Excel Venture Management with participation from Catalyst Health Ventures, and Mass Medical Angels (all existing investors). In September 2010, the company raised $1.6m in Series A funding (read here). Lantos intends to use […]
Kenandy, Inc., a Redwood City, CA-based developer and provider of a cloud manufacturing management system, has closed a $10.5m Series A funding. The round was led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), with participation from salesforce.com and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich Rosati. In conjunction with the funding, Ray Lane, managing partner at KPCB, will join […]
Med ePad, a Liverpool Science Park (UK)-based startup that has developed an interactive touch screen mobile internet device for healthcare service providers, has raised £50k from the £25m North West Fund for Biomedical. The company intends to use the funds to develop initial apps and run a number of real trials with healthcare services in […]
On August, 24, 2011, Jive Software, Inc., a Palo Alto, CA-based independent social business software company, filed its registration statement on form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission to complete an Initial Public Offering (read here). The company intends to raise as much as $100m. Led by CEO Tony Zingale CFO Bryan J. LeBlanc, […]
Quixey, a Palo Alto, CA-based search engine for apps, has raised $3.8m in Series A funding. The round was co-led by U.S. Venture Partners and WI Harper Group, with participation from Webb Investment Network and existing investor Innovation Endeavors. The company intends to use the funds for partnership development. Led by Co-Founder and CEO Tomer […]
Angie’s List, an Indianapolis-based provider of consumer-focused information and reviews, has filed an S-1 form with the SEC on August 25, 2011 (click here). The company intends to raise $75m. Angie’s List collects consumer reviews on local contractors and doctors in more than 500 service categories across the U.S. and Canada. Established in 2005, the […]
Signal Peak Ventures, a Salt Lake City, UT-based a new venture capital firm, formed a fund focused on early-stage investment opportunities in the Intermountain region. The vehicle is backed by a syndicate of limited partners led by StepStone Group, an independent firm focused on providing private equity asset management and advisory services. Simultaneously with its […]
Inogen, Inc. a Goleta, CA-based provider of a respiratory home healthcare equipment solution, recently received a $6m credit facility from Square 1 Bank. The company intends to use the funds to continue to scale the business. Led by CEO Raymond Huggenberger, Inogen manufactures innovative products and services including the Inogen One (www.inogenone.com), a portable oxygen concentrator […]
Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group is investing US$26m into Value & Budget Housing Corporation (VBHC), a builder of affordable entry level housing in India. The capital comes from FCG IX, a part of Carlyle Asia Growth Partners IV (CAGP IV), a US$1.04bn sector-agnostic fund. Existing investors have re-invested in VBHC. The proceeds from […]
Raet, an Amersfoort, the Netherlands-based provider of technology and business process outsourcing for Human Resources, has been acquired by funds advised by CVC Capital Partners. CVC is acquiring the company from funds advised by Alpinvest Partners BV and Advent International plc. The investment, which is expected to take place in the fourth quarter of 2011, […]
Lovell Minnick Partners and management team has acquired San Diego, CA-based financial services firm First Allied from Advanced Equities Financial Corp. for an undisclosed amount. Upon closing of the transaction, which is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2011, First Allied will become an independent company and continue to operate under the First Allied brand. […]
Ritz Camera & Image, a Washington, D.C.-based specialty retailer of camera and imaging products and services in the United States, has received an equity investment of undisclosed amount. Investors include Transom Capital, Robert Barth, Camelot Venture Group, Radnor Capital Corporation (a Marc Brutten company), and the Schostak Family, each of whom will have a representative on the board […]
Appirio, a San Mateo, Calif.-based cloud solution provider, has received a strategic investment of undisclosed amount. Investors include GGV Capital and Salesforce.com. The company intends to use the proceeds to expand internationally in the European and Asia Pacific markets through a combination of organic and inorganic growth. Led by CEO Chris Barbin, Appirio works with enterprises to adopt, […]