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Dropcam, Inc., a San Francisco-based developer of a Wi-Fi video monitoring camera with cloud recording service, raised $30m in Series C funding. The round was led by Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), with participation from existing investors Accel Partners and Menlo Ventures, and new investor Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. The company intends to use the […]

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Veeam Software, a Baar, Switzerland-based provider of backup, replication and virtualization management solutions for VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V, received a minority investment from Insight Venture Partners. The amount of the transaction was not disclosed. As part of the agreement, Insight Managing Director, Michael Triplett, will join Veeam’s Board of Directors. The company intends to […]

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Kiwi, a Palo Alto, CA-based mobile entertainment company focused on building Android games, raised $9m in funding. The round was led by Sequoia Capital, with participation from AdMob founder Omar Hamoui, Guitar Hero co-creator Charles Huang, and SV Angels. Sequoia Partner Alfred Lin is a Board Member of Kiwi. Founded in August 2011 by Shvetank Jain and CEO Omar Siddiqui, Kiwi […]

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Scoop.it, a San Francisco, CA-based social curation publishing platform, raised $2.6m in funding. Backers included Partech International, Elaia Partners, IXO Private Equity and Orkos Capital. Led by CEO Guillaume Decugis, who co-founded the company with Marc Rougier, and newly appointed vice president of monetization Andrew Federici, Scoop.it combines big-data semantic technology that crawls and qualifies […]

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Regent Recruitment, a Manchester, and London, UK-based business which recruits chefs for top restaurants, received an investment from The North West Fund for Venture Capital, managed by Enterprise Ventures. The amount of the deal was not disclosed. As part of the investment, Sue Craven, who built and subsequently sold the executive search firm Armstrong Craven, has […]

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Sialix, a Cambridge, Mass.-based developer of products that treat cancer and chronic inflammatory conditions, raised $1m in financing. Backers included Boston Harbor Angels, Mass Medic Angels, Launchpad Angels and Maine Angels, as well as other undisclosed individuals. In conjunction with the funding, Brad Curley, a member of Boston Harbor Angels, joined the company’s board of […]

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L’ArcoBaleno (which means “The Rainbow” in Italian), a New York- and Berlin, Germany-based luxury design ecommerce site, raised a “seven-figure” Series A financing. The exact amount of the round was not disclosed. The round was led by Holtzbrinck Ventures, with participation from DN Capital, Otto Capital BV and Novel TMT Ventures as well as individual […]

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Jifiti, a Columbus, Ohio and Shivtei, Israel-based developer of an in-store gift-giving app, closed a $2.5m seed funding round. Backers included Simon Property Group, Schottenstein Stores Corp. and Jesselson Capital. Led by CEO Yaacov Martin, CMO Shaul Weisband, and CTO Meir Dudai Jifiti aims to drive in-store sales for participating merchants by offering a gift […]

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SigmaCare, a New York, NY-based provider of clinical software to the long-term and post-acute care market, raised a new equity funding of undisclosed amount. Backers included Marlin Equity Partners and existing investors. The company intends to use the funds to expand nationwide, accelerate product innovation and strengthen interoperability initiatives. Led by Steve Pacicco, CEO, SigmaCare […]

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Digabit, Inc., a Lakewood, CO-based provider of solutions for aftermarket sales, ERP integration, and 3D parts catalogs for manufacturing companies and asset intensive industries, completed a $3m Series A equity financing. The round was led by Flywheel Ventures, with participation from High Country Ventures and individual angel investors. In conjunction with the financing, Trevor Loy, a general partner […]

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Copley Retention Systems Inc., a Weston FL-based provider of student retention and success systems, completed a Series A financing of undisclosed amount. The round was led by Mark Cuban, businessman, investor, and philanthropist, who owns the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, with participation from Tom DiBenedetto, former president of Italian soccer team A.S. Roma (BIT: ASR), who increased his stake, and Copley […]

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Pwnie Express, a Berlin, Vermont-based provider of penetration testing products for the distributed enterprise, closed a $5.1m Series A financing. The round was led by .406 Ventures, with participation from Fairhaven Capital and the Vermont Seed Capital Fund. In conjunction with the funding, Rick Grinnell, Managing Director of Fairhaven Capital, and Maria Cirino, co-founder of […]