REAL TIME VC & PRIVATE EQUITY DEALS AND NEWS
Forus Health Pvt. Ltd., a Bangalore, India-based affordable medical technology and solutions company, has raised $5m in Series A funding. Backers include Accel Partners and IDG Ventures India. Led by President & CTO Dr. Shyam Vasudeva Rao, PhD., and CEO K Chandrasekhar, Forus provides 3nethra, a portable, low cost, non-mydriatic, non-invasive pre-screening ophthalmology solution that […]
Cloudmeter (previously known as Atomic Labs), a Mountain View, CA-based big data capture and analytics company, has closed a $5m Series A financing. The round was led by Meakem Becker Venture Capital (MBVC). The company intends to use the capital to introduce – later this year – its next generation Real User Monitoring as a […]
Boulder Ionics Corporation, an Arvada, CO-based developer of a novel, high-throughput, low-cost synthesis platform for producing ionic liquid electrolytes for use in advanced energy storage devices, has completed a $4.3m Series A financing. The round was led by Pangaea Ventures, with participation from new investors 9th Street Investments, CalCEF Clean Energy Angel Fund, and JSR […]
Cloudarena, an Istanbul, Turkey-based company that specializes in Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions for the hospitality industry, has received an investment from 212 Capital Partners, advised by 212 Ltd. Launched in late 2011 by cloud computing and SaaS veterans Arden Agopyan, Ali Beklen and Tolga Yalcinkaya, CloudArena offers services that enable hotels to manage […]
Hazinem.com, a Istanbul, Turkey-based online jewelry store, has received an investment from 212 Capital Partners, advised by 212 Ltd. Founded by Sevgi Soysal with a team of jewelry experts and launched in December 2011, Hazinem.com allows customers to purchase gold, diamond (certified by the most respected independent diamond grading labs), precious and semi-precious gemstone jewelry. […]
Healthbox, a Chicago, IL-based company that supports innovation and entrepreneurship in healthcare, is launching a business accelerator program in the Boston/Cambridge area. Up to ten New England-based healthcare startups will be selected for the three-month program and will receive $50k in seed capital, access to a mentor network of industry experts, collaborative workspace and strategic […]
TAPTAP Networks, a Madrid, Spain-based mobile advertising network, has raised €3.5m (approximately $4,5m) in Series A funding. Backers include Nauta Capital, which committed €3m through Nauta III Fund, and Centro Desarrollo Tecnológico e Industrial (CDTI), which injected €0,5m. The company plans to use the funds to develop innovative products and services for publishers and mobile […]
AHAlife.com, a New York City-based editorialized e-commerce platform for luxury goods and curated gifts, has raised $10.1m in Series B funding. The round was led by Rakuten, Japan’s largest e-commerce company, with participation from existing investors DCM and FirstMark Capital. This investment brings the total amount raised by the company to date to $19.1m. AHAlife.com […]
Freshdesk, a Los Angeles, CA-based online help desk software solution, has raised $5m in funding. The round was led by Tiger Global Management, with participation from existing investor Accel Partners. The company intends to use the funding to ramp up engineering, build new product features, and expand its global support team. Led by CEO Girish […]
futalis, a Leipzig, Germany-based provider of an individualized dog food that is produced according to all relevant nutritional aspects of each individual dog ensuring an optimal nourishment for particularly demanding and disease-prone canines, has received seed funding from the High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF). The company intends to use the funds to launch its products starting in […]
Rick DeVos’ Pomegranate Studios, a Grand Rapids, Michigan-based business incubator, has launched Start Garden, a $15m venture capital fund that focuses on investing in ideas. The fund, which is backed by the DeVos family, aims “to remove the barriers for an idea to become a project and a project to become a startup business“. Each […]
The New York City Investment Fund (NYCIF) has partnered with the New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) and the NYS Department of Health (DOH) to launch the New York Digital Health Accelerator (NYDHA). With an initial investment of $4.2m, during the next months the program will choose 12 early- and growth-stage companies that are developing innovative […]
New Jersey technology incubator TechLaunch has opened applications for its inaugural class. Founded by Managing Partner Mario Casabona, and led by Executive Director Travis Kahn, TechLaunch offers seed funding within an intensive 12-week, mentor-driven business development program—called LaunchPad—culminating with an investor conference and Demo Day. Ten to twelve portfolio companies will receive $18K – $20K […]
Cadence Biomedical, a Seattle, WA-based medical device company, closed a $1.1m Series A2 financing. The round was led by HealthTech Capital, with participation from Sand Hill Angels, Tech Coast Angels, ACE Fund, Frontier Angel Fund, WINGS, Alliance of Angels, and Keiretsu Forum Northwest. The company intends to use the financing for manufacturing and sales as […]
Metamarkets, a San Francisco, CA-based Big Data analytics company, has closed a $15m funding. The round was led by new investor Khosla Ventures, with participation from existing investors IA Ventures and True Ventures. This investment brings the total amount raised by the company to date to $23m. Vinod Khosla, founder of Khosla Ventures, will join […]