REAL TIME VC & PRIVATE EQUITY DEALS AND NEWS
Microtask Oy, a Helsinki, Finland-based digital labor expert based on crowdsourcing, has raised seed funding from venture capital firm Sunstone Capital. A group of private business angels also participated. In conjunction with the funding, Nikolaj Nyholm, Partner at Sunstone Capital, will join the company’s board of directors. The company plans to use the new capital […]
PocketGear, Inc., a Durham, NC-based open app store and content marketplace, closed a $15m Series B funding. The round was led by Trident Capital, with participation from BlackBerry Partners Fund. The company will use the funding to scale technical operations, build out its sales and marketing team and expand its global reach. In conjunction with […]
Nimbula, a Menlo Park, CA-based company that delivers a cloud infrastructure and services system, has secured $15m in its second round of venture capital funding. The round was led by Accel Partners, with participation from existing investor Sequoia Capital, which led Nimbula’s first round of financing. In conjunction with the funding, Ping Li of Accel […]
MindBody Inc., a San Luis Obispo, California-based provider of software for health and wellness organizations, has secured $11m of a $14m funding round. Investor include Bessemer Venture Partners and Catalyst Investors, which provided $5.6m in March 2009. In conjunction with the funding, Jeremy Levine, a partner with Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP), joins MindBody’s board of […]
Visual IQ, a Needham, MA-based provider of provides software and services supporting marketing investment decisions, completed a $3m growth funding. The investment was made by Fog City Capital. The company plans to use this new capital to expand its team, advance strong partner relationships and its technology infrastructure. Its software-as-a-service analytics solutions help marketers and […]
6fusion, a Durham, N.C.-based company that has developed an algorithm that simplifies the metering, consumption and billing of compute resources, has raised $3m in first institutional venture capital financing led by Intersouth Partners. In conjunction with the funding round, the company has moved its headquarters to the Research Triangle region of North Carolina. 6fusion will […]
BT Imaging Pty Ltd, a Surry Hills, NSW, Australia-based designer, developer and supplier of luminescence-based inspection and quality control systems for the photovoltaic manufacturing industry, completed its US$3.8m (approximately A$4.5m) Series A2 financing round. This round of financing includes existing investors Allen & Buckeridge and Uniseed, and new investor, Applied Ventures, LLC, the venture capital […]
Taligen Therapeutics, a Cambridge, MA-based biotechnology company developing therapies that regulate the complement system to treat inflammatory and immune diseases, has closed on a $10m tranche of a Series B financing. Based on substantial progress with the company’s product pipeline including advancing the lead product candidate, TT30, toward clinical development, the financing was completed with […]
Iptune, a Vantaa, Finland-based provider of mobile service management solutions, has raised €1,3m in a funding round led by Inventure. Ex-Nokia executives, Pekka Vartiainen and Kari Ahola also participated. The company, which specialises in software solutions to monitor and troubleshoot IP-based services in mobile data networks, will use the new capital to expand internationally. Iptune’s […]
AVAST Software, a Prague, Czech Republic-based company that develops one of the world’s most popular antivirus program, has received a $100m equity investment from Summit Partners. Summit Partners, which has taken a minority stake in the company, will help Avast to continue to follow its strategy of providing a free antivirus solution to the widest […]
Amdega Limited, a Faverdale, Darlington, UK-based designer and manufacturer of premium timber conservatories, has received a significant private equity investment from Endless LLP. The new capital will will be used to provide additional working capital for the business and support the ongoing development of the company. Endless worked on the deal alongside HSBC, who have […]
Realtime Technology AG, a Munich, Germany-based listed public limited company (Xetra: R1T; WKN: 701220; ISIN: DE0007012205) that provides high-end visualization software and services, has received an equity investment of undisclosed amount from Siemens Venture Capital GmbH. By providing 3D visualization solutions which highlight products informatively and enable them to be experienced in realtime, the company […]
RatePoint Inc., a Needham, MA-based provider of customer reviews, testimonials and online reputation management services, has closed a $7m Series C round of funding. This investment, which was co-led by Prism VentureWorks, .406 Ventures, and Castile Ventures, brings the total amount raised by the company to date to $23.5m. Launched by the founders of GeoTrust, […]
Anchor Therapeutics, a Cambridge, MA-based pre-clinical stage drug discovery and development company, has held an initial closing of $10m in Series B financing. The investment is being led by existing investors TVM Capital, HealthCare Ventures and the Novartis Option Fund. The company is currently in discussions with additional investors interested in joining this Series B […]
Inkling, a San Francisco, CA-based company that delivers interactive textbooks featuring powerful social collaboration, integrated multimedia, and instant learner feedback, has raised its Series A financing round. The round of undisclosed amount was led by Sequoia Capital, with participation from Kapor Capital, Sherpalo Ventures and Felicis Ventures. In conjunction with the funding, Peter Currie, Former […]