Netherlands

Peerby, an Amsterdam, The Netherlands-based local borrowing platform, raised $2.1m in funding. The round was led by French XAnge Private Equity with participation from existing investor Sanoma Ventures and TechStars and angels from Canada and the United States. The company intends to use the funds for product development and international growth, with a specific focus […]

USA

Joyent, Inc., a San Francisco, CA-based container infrastructure company, raised $15m in funding. Existing investors Intel Capital, Orascom TMT Investments, El Dorado Ventures, EPIC Ventures, LGI Ventures and others. The company intends to use the funds to accelerate the adoption of application containers in the enterprise. Led by Scott Hammond, CEO, and Bryan Cantrill, CTO, […]

UK

Slack, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a team communication platform, raised $120m in funding. The round, which post-money valued the company at $1.12bn, was co-led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Google Ventures with participation from existing investors Andreessen Horowitz, Accel Partners and The Social+Capital Partnership. The company, which had previously raised $60m, […]

India

ZoomCar Private Limited, a Bangalore, India-based self-driven car rental startup, raised $8m in funding. The round was led by Sequoia Capital India with participation from Mohandas Pai, Abhay Jain, Empire Angels, FundersClub, Basset Investment Group, and Triangle Growth Partners. The company intends to use the funds to expand its presence into other cities, hire new […]

USA

Photofy, a Raleigh, NC-based social content creation app, raised $1m in funding. Backers included Capitol Broadcasting Corp, Highland Capital’s James Dondero and Michael Olander, Jr. of MDO Holdings and others. The company, which has raised $1.75m to date, intends to use the funds to grow the team, on the sales and marketing side. Led by President Jon LaNasa and […]

USA

Imago BioSciences, Inc., a San Francisco, CA-based biotech company developing innovative therapeutics, raised $26.5m in Series A financing. The round was led by Clarus Ventures with participation from Frazier Healthcare, Amgen Ventures, and Merck Research Labs Venture Fund. Representatives from Clarus Ventures and Frazier Healthcare will join the company’s board of directors. Proceeds will be […]

Canada

Peraso Technologies Inc., a Toronto, Canada-based fabless semiconductor company, closed a $20m funding round. The round was led by new investor Roadmap Capital, with participation from existing investors Celtic House Venture Partners, Ontario Emerging Technologies Fund (OETF) and VentureLink Funds. The company intends to use the funds to bring its technology into production and to […]

Italy

Harmont & Blaine, a Caivano, near Naples, Italy-based fashion brand, received an equity investment from Clessidra Sgr. With the transaction, whose amount was not disclosed, Clessidra will acquire a 35% stake in the company. Harmont & Blain now intends to use the funds to accelerate and consolidate the growth in international markets, opening new boutiques in Europe and North and […]

USA

Weaved, Inc., a Palo Alto, CA-based developer of Internet of Things Networking products, raised $2.3m in a seed financing. The round was led by Crunchfund with participation from Metamorphic, Core Ventures Group, TMT Investments, Alpine Meridian Ventures, Double M Partners, HB Rama capital, Ironfire Angel Partners, Maxfield Capital Fund, Haystack Fund, Big Basin Partners and […]

USA

Abbott (NYSE: ABT) is to acquire Topera, Inc., a Menlo Park, Calif.-based venture-backed medical device company focused on developing innovative electrophysiology technologies to improve the diagnosis and treatment of atrial fibrillation, for $250m. Through the purchase, whose completion is subject to customary closing conditions, including antitrust clearance, Abbott enters the catheter-based electrophysiology market, an approximately $3 billion […]

Australia

Stackla, a Sidney, Australia-based provider of a platform to aggregate and curate social media content, raised $2m in its first funding round. The round was led by venture capital fund rampersand awith participation from Tony Faure, Grant McCarthy, Alan Kohler and Sam Mackay. The company intends to use the funds for international expansion in the […]

India

AdPushUp, a New Delhi, India-based provider of an ad optimization platform for web publishers, raised $632k in seed funding. Have a look at the list of backers here and the story of the funding process here. The company is hiring to continue to develop the platform and hire new people. Led by Atul Agarwal and […]

USA

uBeam, a Santa Monica, CA-based wireless power startup, raised $10m in Series A funding. The round was led by Mark Suster’s Upfront Ventures with participation from existing investors Andreessen Horowitz, Mark Cuban and Ludlow Ventures. In conjunction with the funding, Suster and Katie McMahon of SoundHound joined uBeam’s board of directors. The company intends to […]

Finland

Jongla, a Helsinki, Finland-based cross-platform instant messaging app, closed a €3.4m round of funding. Backers included JSH Capital Oy, Ingman Finance Oy, Kontino Invest Oy and Holdington Ltd Oy. The company, which has raised €7.3m to date, intends to use the funds to scale the business globally, develop new innovations, and grow the team. Led […]