REAL TIME VC & PRIVATE EQUITY DEALS AND NEWS
The eTailers, a Barcelona, Spain-based e-commerce outsourcing company, has raised €400k in funding. Backers include “la Caixa”, which made a €300k investment through Caixa Capital TIC, and the founders, which invested €100k in the round. Founded in 2010, The eTailers, subsidiary of the Inspirit group, provides companies with an e-commerce platform to easily establish their […]
Undo Software, a Cambridge, UK-based developer of tools designed to allow developers to fix bugs in minutes, has raised its first injection of external capital. The amount of the funding was not disclosed. Backers in the round include Peter Harverson and other four investors from the Cambridge Angels. The company intends to use the funds […]
Copperfasten, a Salthill, Galway, Ireland-based software company that provides internet security solutions, received a €500k investment. Backers include Oyster Technology Investments Ltd and Enterprise Ireland. The company intends to use the proceeds from the investment to fund an export-led growth plan, which is expected to more than treble sales over the next 3 years. Copperfasten […]
Ark, a San Francisco, CA-based personal search company, recently raised $4.2m in seed funding. Backers included Andreessen Horowitz, Charles River Ventures, Greylock, Intel Capital, SV Angel, Atlas Ventures, Crosslink Capital, Expansion, Venture Capital, Felicis Ventures, Lightbank, Salesforce, Tencent, Transmedia Capital and unnamed angel investors. The company is using the funding to expand their current mobile […]
Serendipity Infolabs Pvt. Ltd., the parent company of TaxiForSure.com, a Bangalore, India-based online taxi booking site, has raised venture capital funding. The amount of the transaction was not disclosed. Backers include Accel Partners, Helion Venture Partners and Blume Ventures. In conjunction with the funding, Anand Daniel of Accel and Ritesh Banglani of Helion have joined […]
SecureKey Technologies Inc., a Toronto, Canada-based provider of online and mobile authentication solutions, has raised $30m in growth capital. The round was led by Intel Capital, the global investment organization of Intel Corporation, with whom SecureKey is working to deploy its solutions in Intel® Identity Protection Technology (IPT) beginning on Ultrabook devices later in 2012, […]
According to a written statement, Speaktoit, a developer of human-computer interaction technologies based on natural language conversations, has received an investment from Intel Capital. The company intends to use the capital to expand the capabilities of its virtual assistant app by establishing new partnerships with content providers and service, make the app available in other […]
TurningArt, a Boston, MA-based startup that allows users to shop for artwork and try it out in their homes, has raised $1.5m in funding. The company intends to use the new capital to introduce new delivery options, expand its artwork collection, and build up its core team. Launched in August 2010 by CEO Jason Gracilieri, […]
Habitissimo, a Palma de Mallorca, Spain-based website that connects homeowners with prescreened and customer-rated residential contractors, architects and interior designers, has closed a €300k in third funding round (read here). Backers include existing investors Cabiedes&Partners, and new investors Mola, Faraday Venture Partners and PADEInvest. Led by CEO Jordi Ber, and CTO Martín Caleau, and Commercial […]
EyeVerify, a Kansas City-based software startup that brings to market an authentication module that utilizes cameras on mobile devices to take images of an eye to use as a biometric identifier, has received a $250k investment from just launched Think Big Ventures I (read here). The amount of the deal was not disclosed. Founded in […]
Think Big Partners, a Kansas City based early-stage business incubator and technology-focused startup accelerator, has launched its first venture fund. Managed by Herb Sih and Tyler Prochnow, Think Big Ventures I will primarily focus on early-stage, technology-focused web services, apps, software and related opportunities. The fund will also have a preference for highly scalable business […]
remocean, a Naples, Italy-based start up that has developed an innovative real time sea state monitoring system, has recently received a €1m equity funding from Atlante Ventures Mezzogiorno. With the investment, Atlante Ventures Mezzogiorno, a fund of the IMI San Paolo venture capital subsidiary, has acquired a minority stake in the company, which intends to […]
Triptrotting, Inc., a Santa Monica, California-based global community designed to connect “world travelers with like-minded local hosts for meet-ups and authentic experiences” has added Golden Seeds to its Series A financing investors. The investment from Golden Seeds, which has joined Google Ventures, Idealab, LaunchpadLA, 500 Startups, WI Harper Group and individual angel investors (read here), […]
Precog, a Boulder, Colorado-based provider of infrastructure APIs for data analysis, has secured $2m in funding. The round was led by RTP Ventures, with participation from Resonant Ventures and David G. Cohen. The company intends to use the funding to advance its data analysis technology, launch marketing and business development programs, and accelerate customer adoption. […]
Liquid Metal Battery Corporation, a Cambridge, MA-based early-stage company working to develop and commercialize a new battery technology, has raised an additional $15m in Series B funding. The round was led by Khosla Ventures, with participation from Series A investors Bill Gates and the energy company Total. The company intends to use the capital to […]