REAL TIME VC & PRIVATE EQUITY DEALS AND NEWS
TruVitals, a Gainesville, Florida-based developer of technology that enables remote, stationary and portable monitoring of heartbeat and respiration in humans and animals, received funding from The Institute for Commercialization of Public Research. The amount of the transaction was not disclosed. Led by Bob Herbolich, CEO, TruVitals provides a sensor system that continuously monitors human and […]
Tealium, a San Diego, CA-based provider of enterprise tag management and solutions for real-time unified marketing initiatives, raised an additional $20m in growth financing. The round was led by Silver Lake Waterman. The company intends to use the funds to accelerate global expansion across all business segments, including engineering, sales, customer service and marketing. Led […]
TeleSign, a Los Angeles, CA-based provider of authentication services of mobile phones, raised $40m in Series B funding. The round was led by Adams Street Partners with participation from March Capital Partners and existing investor Summit Partners. The company, which had raised $29m in May 2012, intends to use the funds to expand globally and […]
Atlas Genetics, a Bath, UK-based diagnostic company that provides tests for infectious diseases, raised £16.9m in Series B funding. Backers included Novartis Venture Funds, Consort Medical plc, Life Sciences Partners, BB Biotech Ventures, Johnson & Johnson Development Corp. and YFM Equity Partners. The company intends to use the funds to complete the transfer to manufacture […]
PolicyMic, a NYC-based digital media firm, closed a $10m Series A funding. The round was led by Netscape founder Jim Clark and WebMD with participation from previous investors Lightspeed Venture Partners, Lerer Ventures, Advancit Capital, Red Swan Ventures and the Knight Foundation. The company, which had previously raised $5m, including a $3m seed round in […]
Tidemark, a Redwood City CA-based developer of business planning and enterprise analytics solutions, raised $32m in funding. Backers included Silicon Valley Bank and existing investors Greylock Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Redpoint Ventures and Tenaya Capital. The company, which brought the total funding to date to $80m, intends to use the funds to accelerate its global sales […]
BrightWhistle, an Atlanta, Georgia-based provider of marketing portfolio management solutions built for the healthcare industry, raised a new funding of undisclosed amount. Backers included existing investors Eastside Partners, Hamilton Ventures, angel investor Paul Iaffaldano and other new healthcare technology focused angel investors. The company will use the funds to scale operations and build relationships with […]
Sprinklr, a New York City-based provider of an enterprise social relationship platform, raised $40m in Series D funding. The round was led by ICONIQ Capital, with participation from Battery Ventures and Intel Capital. The company intends to use the funds to grow operations. Founded in 2009 and led by Ragy Thomas, CEO, Sprinklr provides brands […]
MovieLaLa, a San Francisco, CA-based social network and movie marketing platform for upcoming movies, received additional funding from Marc Benioff, the founder, chairman and CEO of Salesforce.com (NASDAQ: CRM). With this investment, the total amount of the company’s seed funding and angel investments has reached $750k. He joined Allen DeBevoise, Jim Moloshok, Larry Braitman; Angie […]
Swander Pace Capital, a private equity firm closed its fifth fund, at $350m. SPC Partners V, L.P., which received commitments from top-tier institutional investors, endowments, and family offices, will continue the firm’s strategy of investing in growing manufacturers and marketers of consumer products with revenues up to $400m and leading market positions in the United […]
Gordian Surgical, a Tel Aviv, Israel-based developer of a trocar with a built-in device for safe fascia closure, recently completed a $1m raise. Participants in the raise included angel investors, surgeons, and a private investment fund. The company intends to use the funds to finalize product design, receive regulatory clearance (FDA and CE mark), and […]
Venture capital firm RRE Ventures held the final closing of its latest fund at $280m. Fundraising for the vehicle was completed in approximately six weeks. Investors include corporate funds, financial service and insurance companies, family offices, endowments, foundations and substantial individual investors from the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. RRE Ventures VI, […]
WorkFusion (formerly CrowdComputing Systems), a New York City-based enterprise crowd computing platform, raised $15m in Series B funding. The round was led by Mohr Davidow Ventures, with participation from existing investors Greycroft Partners, iNovia Capital, and RTP Ventures. In conjunction with the funding, Mohr Davidow Ventures General Partner Katherine Barr will join WorkFusion’s board of […]
Pepperdata, a Sunnyvale, CA-based provider of software analytics platform for Hadoop, raised $5m in Series A financing. The round was led by Signia Venture Partners and Webb Investment Network with participation from Jerry Yang, founding partner of AME Cloud Ventures and cofounder of Yahoo; Ed Zander, former CEO and Chairman of Motorola; and Andy Ludwick, […]
Apigee, a San Jose, California-based developer of a platform for digital acceleration, completed a $60m round of financing. Backers included new investors Pine River Capital Management and Wellington Management Company and current investors Norwest Venture Partners (NVP), Bay Partners, Third Point LLC, SAP Ventures, with funds managed by BlackRock, Focus Ventures, and Accenture. The company, […]