REAL TIME VC & PRIVATE EQUITY DEALS AND NEWS
Visier, a Vancouver, B.C. and San Francisco, CA-based provider of workforce analytics and planning solutions, raised $15m in Series B financing. The round was led by Summit Partners, with participation from existing investor Foundation Capital. The company intends to use the funds to release new products, innovate its platform and grow its market share through […]
Zoobe, a Berlin, Germany-based creator of animated avatars for mobile messaging, closed its seven digit seed funding round. The company intends to use the funds to develop its white label service for other license holders. Backers included existing investors: – Christophe Maire (Atlantic Internet), – Karl-Heinz Brandenburg (Brandenburg Ventures), – Dario Suter (DCM), – Jens […]
Petrotechnics, an Aberdeen, Scotland, UK-based provider of software solutions to improve frontline operational performance and risk management in hazardous industries, completed a £6m investment from Business Growth Fund. The company intends to use the funding to innovate while hiring new people and continuing to grow globally, including the global roll out of its Proscient. Founded […]
SOLOMO Technology, Inc., a Madison, WI-based provider of solution that enable retailers to conduct personalized and localized omni-channel marketing campaigns, completed a $1.7m first close of its Series A round. The company intends to use the funds to accelerate product development and increase its sales and marketing activities. The round was co-led by Venture Management, LLC […]
TubeMogul, an Emeryville, CA-based online video marketing company, raised $10m in the second tranche of its Series C funding. The company intends to use the funds to ramp up information technology infrastructure and hires new people (read here). The round was led by SingTel Innov8, with participation from Cross Creek Capital and existing investors Digital […]
Betapond, a Waterford, Ireland-based provider of Facebook technology solutions for global brands in retail, consumer goods and tourism, raised €2m in funding. The round was led by The Ulster Bank Diageo Venture Fund, managed by Investec Ventures, with participation from Delta Partners (Delta Equity Fund III Ltd Partnership) and Irrus Investments. In conjunction with the […]
I came across Tazaldoo some days ago. In April, the had raised €250k in equity crowdfunding via Companisto (read here) to develop Tame, a personalized context search engine for the microblogging service Twitter. Being always curious about tools for journalists and bloggers, I contacted Torsten Müller, Co-founder & CCO, of the Berlin-based startup. He accepted […]
CoTap, a San Francisco-based workplace mobile messaging startup, raised $5.5m in Series A funding. Backers included Charles River Ventures and Emergence Capital. The company will use the funds to hire iOS, Android, and Rails engineers to build its tools. Co-founded by Jim Patterson and Zack Parker, CoTap aims to simplify mobile communication in the workplace […]
Moogsoft, a London, UK-based Agile Service Management software company, closed a $7m Series A funding. The round was led by Redpoint Ventures. In conjunction with the funding, John Walecka, General Partner at Redpoint Ventures, joined Moogsoft’s Board of Directors. The company intends to use the capital to expand operations. Led by by Phil Tee, CEO, […]
Busbud, a Montreal, Quebec, Canada-based intercity bus travel startup, raised $1m in first round of financing. Backers included Canadian funds iNovia Capital and Real Ventures and Peter Kern, Expedia board member and Managing Partner of private equity firm InterMedia Partners, and Joe Poulin, CEO of travel startup Luxury Retreats. In conjunction with the funding, David […]
TrackMaven, a Washington, D.C.-based competitive intelligence platform for marketers, received $1.25m in funding. Backers included: – AOL Ventures – Sean Glass (Former CMO of HigherOne, NYSE: ONE) – Hemang Gadhia (Former CEO of Condaptive, Acquired by Millenial Media, NYSE: MM) – Adam Riggs (Former President of Shutterstock, NYSE: SSTK) – Roger Krakoff (Cloud Capital Partners) […]
Numecent, an Irvine, CA-based provider of cloudpaging solutions, closed $13.6m in funding. The round was led by T-Venture, the venture capital arm of Deutsche Telekom. The company intends to use the funds to grow the business expand sales, marketing and engineering efforts, as well as to make cloudpaging available on Linux®, Google® Android® and other […]
Wisegate, a Austin, Texas-based provider of IT research service for senior technology professionals, raised $3m in funding. Backers included Atlanta Technology Angels, Cowtown Angel Network, Central Texas Angel Network and Golden Seeds. The company intends to use the funds to further expand its member base of senior IT professionals, and to build out new member […]
LawBit Ltd, a London, UK-based online legal service which provides simple contracts for small companies, raised £398k in equity crowdfunding. 163 backers acquired a 22.6% stake in the company via CrowdCube. Founded by Clive Rich, a barrister with 30 years legal and digital experience, LawBit provides agreements written in plain English with no legal jargon. The […]
Reputation Institute, a New York, NY and Copenhagen, DK-based global corporate reputation measurement and management firm, received a minority equity investment from Catalyst Investors. The amount of the transaction was not disclosed. The company intends to use the proceeds and the expertise of Catalyst to accelerate its growth. Reputation Institute is known for creating RepTrak™, […]