REAL TIME VC & PRIVATE EQUITY DEALS AND NEWS
AcuFocus, Inc., an Irvine, California-based developer of an innovative corneal inlay for the treatment of near vision loss (presbyopia), closed a $65m financing. The round was led by Cowen Healthcare Royalty Partners, with participation from existing investors SV Life Sciences, Versant Ventures, Carlyle Group, Accuitive Medical Ventures, and Bausch & Lomb, and Medtronic. Cowen Royalty’s […]
Kicksend, a Mountain View, CA-based provider of a service for the real-time sharing of large files, recently closed its seed funding. The round was led by True Ventures, with participation from Digital Garage, SV Angel, Start Fund and Jack Abraham, founder of Milo.com. The company is currently hiring (http://kicksend.com/careers). Co-founded in March 2011 by Brendan […]
Clearlake Capital Group, L.P., a private investment firm focused on special situations, sponsored the recapitalization of and provided a “significant” sum of capital to Omaha, NE-based information security company Solutionary, Inc. Led by CEO Steve Idelman, Solutionary provides services designed to reduce risk, increase security and ensure compliance for enterprise and mid market companies. Its multi-patented platform, ActiveGuard, processes more than 500 billion security […]
Clearswift, a Theale, near Reading, UK-based digital security software company, has been acquired by mid-market growth investor Lyceum Capital. With the acquisition – from Amadeus Capital Partners, DFJ Esprit and Kennet – Lyceum will take a significant majority stake in the company. In conjunction with the investment, Lyceum Partners Jeremy Hand and David Harland will join the […]
Relay Technology Management, a Boston, Massachusetts-based software analytics company focused on the life sciences industry, has received a strategic investment of undisclosed amount from Nature Publishing Group. Led by David Greenwald, Ph.D. Managing Director and Co-founder, Relay is building a software platform designed to provide next generation predictive analytics to the transactional licensing markets in the […]
Objective Logistics, a Cambridge, Mass.-based company that provides software for the restaurant industry, has raised $1.5m in funding. The round was led by Atlas Venture and Google Ventures, NextView Ventures, Canary Ventures and individual investors. The company intends to use the funding to further develop and commercialize its software. Founded in 209 by Philip Beauregard, […]
LogiXML, a McLean, VA-based provider of web-based business intelligence (BI) software, has closed a $10m growth equity financing. The round was led by Summit Partners, with participation from existing investor Grotech Ventures. The company intends to use the capital to accelerate its growth and expand adoption of its software. Founded in 2000 and led by CEO […]
Advanced ICU Care, a St. Louis , Missouri-based independent provider of tele-intensive care unit (ICU) programs, has closed a new round of equity funding. The financing, whose amount remained undisclosed, was led by Trident Capital, with participation from existing investors Versant Ventures, Arboretum Ventures, and Catalyst Capital. The company intends to use the capital to rapidly […]
Invincea, Inc., a Fairfax, Va.-based provider of malware threat protection solutions via virtualization, raised $5.1m in growth capital. Backers include Harbert Venture Partners, Grotech Ventures, and New Atlantic Ventures. The company intends to use the funding to expand its sales, engineering, and marketing departments in order to continue to grow its presence across highly targeted […]
WorkForce Software, a Livonia, Michigan-based provider of workforce management solutions for organizations with complex labor policies and stringent compliance demands, has raised $17m in Series A and mezzanine financing. Backers include K1 Capital and Triangle Capital Corporation (NYSE: TCAP). The company intends to use the capital to expand its market presence globally as well as […]
Onestop Internet Inc., a Rancho Dominguez, CA-based e-commerce service provider, received a $9.15m strategic investment from private equity firm Fung Capital USA. The company intends to use the capital to expand and scale its business, particularly on the international front. Fung Capital USA, which is the private investment arm of the families of Victor Fung and […]
HighlightCam, Inc., a Sunnyvale, CA-based developer of an app that automatically creates a pro-quality minimovie generated from unedited videos, recently closed $3m in Series A funding. Backers include Quest Venture Partners, NTT DOCOMO and Digital Garage. Today, the company also launched a new application, HighlightCam Social, which allows users to create quick mini-movies from their […]
Puppet Labs, a Portland, Ore.-based provider of IT automation software for system administrators, has raised $8.5m in Series C funding. Backers included new investors Cisco, Google Ventures and VMware, which joined existing investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, True Ventures and Radar Partners. The company intends to use the capital to increase the customer adoption of […]
NuCana BioMed, an Edinburgh UK-based biopharmaceutical company focused on anti-cancer therapies, has closed a £6.74m (approximately $10.4m) Series A venture funding. The round was led by Sofinnova Partners, with participation from Morningside Ventures, Scottish Investment Bank’s Scottish Venture Fund and Alida Capital International. The company intends to use the funds to take a range of known cancer drugs […]
VMTurbo, a Waltham, Mass.-based developer of workload management software for cloud and virtualized environments, has closed $10m in Series B funding. Backers include existing investors Bain Capital Ventures and Highland Capital Partners. The company intends to use the funding to expand product development, customer support, sales and marketing. Founded in 2009 and led by president […]