UK

Lightpoint Medical, a UK-based company which develops surgical imaging technologies, raised £2m ($3.1 m) in a Series A funding round. Investors included Oxford Technology and angel networks Cambridge Capital Group, London Business Angels, Envestors, Ruffena Capital and crowdfunding platform SyndicateRoom. The company intends to use the funds to bring its two lead products LightPath™ and […]

USA

VideoDesk, a NYC-based videochat solutions provider, secured $4.8m in angel and seed funding. The backers were not named. The company intends to use the capital for market expansion into the enterprise sector and product development. Led by Olivier Coste, CEO and Co-Founder, VideoDesk provides a cloud-based video sales support service that enables live video chat, […]

Italy

Drexcode, a Milan, Italy-based web-boutique to rent dresses and accessories from the latest collections, raised €1.03m. Backers included LVenture Group, which has committed €200k (€80k now + €120k within July 2015, reaching certain agreed milestones), Innogest, LigurCapital, and some members of Italian Angels for Growth (IAG). The company intends to use the funds to expand […]

USA

Scaled Inference, a Palo Alto, CA-based developer of software that offers machine learning as a cloud service, raised $13.6m in funding. The round valued the company at about $60m. Backers included Khosla Ventures, Data Collective, SV Angel, Amplify Partners, Innovation Works, Lux Capital, Tencent and Felicis Ventures. Led by CEO Olcan Sercinoglu and Dmitry Lepikhin, […]

Guest Posts

As 2014 draws to a close, while I read all the amazing achievements by my colleagues and all the upcoming new year solutions, I find myself thinking very philosophically about the topic of fear. As individuals we all have fears. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a Founder or a Funder, it’s an emotion nobody is […]

USA

Everplans, a New York, NY-based platform to store and share everything important, received an investment from Generator Ventures, an early-stage fund focused on startups in aging and long-term care. The amount of the deal, which brought total funding to more than $6m, was not disclosed. Co-founded by Adam Seifer and Abby Schneiderman, Everplans allows users to […]

USA

Arthena, a New York, NY-based cooperative investment platform that focuses on crowdfunding for investments in fine arts, received an investment from Boston, MA-based Beamonte Investments. The amount of the deal was not disclosed. Founded by Madelaine D’Angelo and a team of experts as part of the AngelPad Spring 2014 Class, Arthena is a crowdfunding platform […]

Italy

Eco4Cloud, a Rende, Italy-based startup that has developed an energy saving solution for data centers, raised €250k in funding. TIM Ventures, the venture capital arm of Telecom Italia, made the investment, joining current investors Principia and DPixel. Created as a spin-off of CNR, Eco4Cloud is an innovative and bio-inspired solution that aims to improve the economics […]

Italy

Pantex, a Sulmona, Italy-based company that designs and produces, perforated cover layer and skin contact materials for the personal care and household markets, has been acquired by Quadrivio. Bromioli Rocco Holdings Sa (Vision Capital and Banca Nazionale del Lavoro) sold the company in an operation which involved the company’s shareholders and which is planned to allow […]

USA

Sonoma Orthopedic Products, a Santa Rosa, Calif. and outside Chicago-based orthopedic device company, received $12m in funding. First Analysis made the investment. In addition to the investment, Tracy Marshbanks, managing director of First Analysis, joined Sonoma’s board of directors. The company intends to us the funds to receive FDA clearance on its new ankle implant, launch […]

Italy

Kolektio, a Brescia, Italy-based app that allows users to collect moments, raised €200k in seed funding. The company intends to use the funds to improve the platform and add new features. Led by Luigi Bajetti, Founder & CEO, Matteo Masserdotti, Co-founder & CMO, and Francesco Francesconi, Lead Developer, Kolektio allows users to collect photos automatically […]

USA

Outbox Systems, a Provo, UT-based provider of cloud integration for the global enterprise market, raised close to $1m in seed funding. Backers included Greg Warnock (Mercato Partners), Rick Alden (Skullcandy), Alan Hall (Marketstar), Josh James (DOMO) and Todd Pederson (Vivint), and Travis Johnson and Darby Smith from Infinite Investments. Led by CEO Ryan Westwood, CTO […]

USA

MacStadium, an Atlanta, GA-based provider of Mac hosting, cloud computing and infrastructure-as-a-service, raised $1m in Series A funding. An unnamed angel backer made the investment. The company intends to use the funds to accelerate its growth into Europe and the Asia Pacific region beginning in the first quarter of 2015, as well as to enhance […]