REAL TIME VC & PRIVATE EQUITY DEALS AND NEWS
Yeapoo (Shanghai Yeapoo Information Technology Co., Ltd), a Chinese provider of mobile marketing solutions, received an investment from Intel Capital. The amount of the deal was not disclosed. The company intends to use the funds to continue to expand operations. Yeapoo provides enterprises with big data-based mobile marketing solutions including HTML5-based mobile websites, QR code […]
Menlo Park-based later-stage venture capital and growth equity firm Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), has opened a satellite office in San Francisco. The new office is close to headquarters of several portfolio companies, including AppDynamics, Dropbox, Dropcam, Hipmunk, Indiegogo, Klout, One Kings Lane, POPSUGAR, Twitter, Voxer, Wikia, and Zynga. It is located at 607 Front Street […]
This post originally appeared on SynBioBeta on February 26th, 2014 Dr. Jamie Bacher is the founder and CEO of Pareto Biotechnologies. He previously served as Deputy Program Manager and led an 80 employee, $100 million project for Total New Energies in their partnership with Amyris to generate biofuels. At Sapphire Energy, he established a technical […]
Identified, a San Francisco, CA-based career site for young professionals, has been acquired by Workday (NYSE: WDAY), the global provider of enterprise cloud applications for human resources and finance. The amount of the transaction was not disclosed. Co-founded in 2010 by Adeyemi Ajao & Brendan Wallace, Identified has built technology that uses big data from the social web to […]
TruePosition Inc., a Berwyn, PA based provider of wireless location solutions, acquired Skyhook Wireless, a Boston, MA-based provider of hybrid wireless positioning technology and contextual location intelligence. The acquisition – of undisclosed amount – aims to bolster the product portfolio of both companies by leveraging their complementary technologies. Led by Jeffrey Glass, CEO, Skyhook Wireless is […]
Snapdeal, a New Delhi, India-based online e-commerce marketplace, raised $133.77m in funding. eBay Inc., which had made an initial investment in mid-2013, led the round as part of its strategy to accelerate growth in emerging markets and drive its global e-commerce leadership. Backers also included institutional investors Kalaari Capital, Nexus Venture Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, […]
Sunfire, a Dresden, Germany-based company that develops high temperature fuel cells which convert gas into electricity and heat, raised an undisclosed amount of funding. Backers included Electranova Capital, a cleantech venture capital fund managed by Idinvest Partners and sponsored by EDF, and Total Energy Ventures. The company intends to use the funds to consolidate its […]
Titanium Core, an Israeli startup that protects mission-critical infrastructure, has won Jerusalem Venture Partners‘ “Cybertition” cyber-security startup competition. The company will receive a $1m investment and entered JVP Cyber Labs incubator based in Beer Sheva. Founded by Yuval Elovici, the head of the Cyber Security Lab at Ben Gurion University, Dudu Mimram, the former CTO […]
Percolate, a New York–based provider of a content marketing platform, secured a funding from WPP (LSE: WPP). The investment – of undisclosed amount – is part of a strategic partnership between the two companies. Read the reasons of deal here. Founded by Noah Brier and James Gross in January 2011, Percolate provides Fortune 500 brands with […]
MVNO Dynamics Limited, a London, England, UK-based an online B2B portal that is dedicated to covering MVNx community, secured a seed funding of undisclosed amount. The names of the backers were not disclosed. The company intends to use the funds to expand the team and further accelerate expansion and deployment of its Dynamics Intelligence Network […]
Smarterer, a Boston, MA-based provider of skills assessment solutions, has raised $1.6m in funding. Backers included Rethink Education and Deborah Quazzo, founder and managing partner of GSV Advisors. The company, which is also backed by Google Ventures and True Ventures, intends to use funds to develop and grow its solution. Led by newly appointed CEO […]
Dash, a New York City-based mobile payment platform for restaurants, bars and clubs, closed a $1.2m funding round. Backers included existing backers New York Angels, Caerus Ventures, Jonathan Segal, Founder and CEO of The ONE Group, and new investor Mike Germano, CEO of Carrot Creative. The company, which has now raised $1.9m to date, intends […]
cloudpartner.de, a Berlin, Germany-based provider of a Microsoft based White-Label-Cloud, recently raised €1.5m (approximately $2m) in Series A funding. The round was led by Runa Capital. Founded in 2013 by Markus Kempkes, Julien Ardisson, Tim Schütte and Ivo Slavov, Cloudpartner.de provides German information technology small and medium-sized businesses with a solution to outsource their business […]
XipLink, a Montreal, Canada-based provider of wireless products, received $1.5m. BEST Funds made the investment. The company intends to use the funds to expand sales, marketing and product development efforts. Founded in 2007 and led by President and CEO, Jack Waters, XipLink provides wireless bandwidth optimization products. Its applications and embedded software are sold worldwide, […]
Little Borrowed Dress, a New York City-based online bridesmaid-dress rental company, raised $1.25m in seed funding. Backers included Index Ventures, a16z, Launch Capital, Neu Venture Capital, NYC Seed, Charles Smith, David Tisch (BoxGroup), Rett Wallace and Joanne Wilson. The company intends to use the funds to accelerate groth. Led by Corie Hardee, founder, Little Borrowed […]