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Scripted.com, a San Francisco-based marketplace that connects freelance writers and small businesses, has raised approximately $700k in seed funding. Backers include Crosslink Capital, Liveops founder Douglas Feirstein, and Shopzilla CIO Jody Mulkey. Founded in 2011 by CEO Sunil Rajaraman, Scripted.com allows businesses to secure writers for a wide range of content needs from blog posts […]

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Network Optix, a Burbank, Calif.-based software and network technology company, completed its convertible debt round, raising $750k. Network Optix intends to use the funds for expansion of its core platform technology and solution offerings. The round was led by the company’s founders Nathan Wheeler and Sergey Bystrov, and board director Jor Law, with participation from […]

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Ingenious Ventures, the private equity division of UK based investment and advisory group Ingenious, launched its new approved EIS fund with a target raise of £20m. The Media Opportunities Fund will invest in dynamic growth companies across the creative and media industries. According to a written statement, the fund has already established an attractive pipeline […]

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Skorpios Technologies, an Albuquerque, N.M.-based optical communications company, has raised $2m from T-Venture in a follow-on funding to its Series B funding round. This additional investment brings the total amount raised in Series B round to $21m. Other investors include Cottonwood Technology Fund and Sun Mountain Capital, as well as Ericsson, Nokia Siemens Networks and other undisclosed investors […]

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Global investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P., has agreed to acquire Capital Safety, a global provider of fall protection equipment, from Arle Capital Partners, for $1.12bn. Financing for the transaction, which is still subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approval, will be provided by UBS Investment Bank, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., […]

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Sapiens Steering Brain Stimulation, an Eindhoven, The Netherlands-based emerging medical device company, has secured a total of €10m additional funding. The company intends to use the capital, which supplements an initial €13m Series A funding round with Wellington Partners, Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners and LSP in May 2011 (read here), to develop its Steering Brain […]

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Alternative asset management firm Victory Park Capital has held the final close of VPC Fund II, its distressed private equity and debt vehicle, at approximately $480m. Limited partners consist of a broad group of top-tier institutional investors, endowments and foundations. VPC Fund II will implement a distressed private debt and equity strategy to provide direct […]

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Riverside Partners, a Boston, MA-based private equity firm, has agreed to acquire a majority equity interest in ITC Global, a St Petersburg, Florida-based international provider of satellite communications services to mining, energy and maritime businesses operating in remote or harsh environments. In conjunction with the investment, which is expected to close following customary regulatory approvals, […]

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CYTOO SA, a Grenoble, France-based company specializing in cell-based assays, has completed a $10m (€7m) Series C funding. The round was led by Sham and Entrepreneurs Fund, with participation from existing investors AURIGA Partners and Jacques Lewiner, CYTOO’s co-founder and president of the supervisory board. The company intends to use the capital to brings its assays […]

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Control4, Inc., a Salt Lake City, UT-based provider of an operating system for the smart home, has received an investment of undisclosed amount from GSV Capital Corp. (Nasdaq:GSVC). Founded in 2003 by Will West, and Eric Smith, Control4 manufactures a complete line of wired and wireless home automation products, which integrate the control of lighting, […]

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AGI Biopharmaceuticals, Ltd., a European firm that has developed a patented, economic, melanoma vaccine with future multi-cancer application, has raised $4.71m in equity funding from Mentor Capital, Inc. (OTC Markets: MNTR). With the funding, Mentor has purchased a 30% ownership in AGI. The company intends to use the capital to support final trials leading to […]

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Fixmo Inc., a Sterling, Virginia- and Toronto, Canada-based mobile risk management (MRM) company, has closed a $23m Series C funding. The round was led by new investor Paladin Capital Group, with participation from new investors Horizons Ventures and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, existing investors and management. The company intends to use the funding to […]