REAL TIME VC & PRIVATE EQUITY DEALS AND NEWS
Sangart, Inc., a San Diego, CA-based global biopharmaceutical company, has received $50m in Series G equity funding from existing investor Leucadia National Corporation. Led by President and CEO Brian O’Callaghan, Sangart develops and commercializes targeted rescue therapies for patients in acute ischemic crisis. The company intends to use the funds to advance the development of the […]
Fullbridge, Inc., a Cambridge, MA-based provider of accelerated boot camps that prepare college and graduate students for transition between school and workplace, has raised a $5.5m in funding. Backers include GSV Capital Corp. (NASDAQ: GSVC), with participation from Tomorrow Ventures, an investment vehicle of Alan Quasha, managing partner at Vanterra Capital, and Harris Preston. The […]
Huddle, a London and San Francisco-based provider od enterprise content collaboration solutions, has closed a $24m Series C funding. The round was led by Jafco Ventures, with participation from DAG Ventures, existing investors Matrix Partners and Eden Ventures, as well as Subrah Iyar, the founder of WebEx, and Herb Madan. The company intends to use […]
Flowonix Medical Incorporated, a Mt. Olive, New Jersey-based medical device company focused on providing advanced implantable drug delivery solutions, has raised $25m in funding. The round was led by RFT Investment Company, LLC, with participation from new investor OmniCapital Fund, LP., and existing investor Clarus Ventures. The company intends to use the new capital to […]
Blueprint Medicines, a Cambridge, MA-based developer of personalized cancer therapies, announced Fidelity Biosciences as a new investor. Fidelity Biosciences has joined existing founding investor Third Rock Ventures in the company’s previously announced $40m Series A financing (read here). Founded in 2011 by Nicholas Lydon, Ph.D., Brian Druker, M.D., and Third Rock, and led by Chris […]
Blueprint for Business (BP4B), an Oklahoma City, OK-based mentorship-driven seed-stage investment program, has opened its doors. Web, mobile and software entrepreneurs seeking to expand their start ups may submit applications (via http://bp4b.com/application.html) for BP4B’s three-month mentoring and growth program, which will start in August 2012 For optimal consideration, the early application deadline is June 24. […]
Zebit, an end-to-end big data platform for financial transactions, has closed a $25m series D funding. The round was led by Mohr Davidow Ventures, which joins Crosslink Capital, Leapfrog Ventures, QED Investors, and a number of private strategic advisors. Zebit’s San Diego, CA- and Edgware, UK-based parent company Global Analytics Holdings, Inc. intends to use […]
Prosonix, a Oxford, UK-based specialty pharma company developing novel respiratory medicines, has held the second closing of a £17.1m Series B equity financing round. Backers include Gimv, which invested £5.7m, Ventech, Gilde Healthcare Partners, Entrepreneurs Fund, Quest for Growth and Solon Ventures. The company intends to use the proceeds of the financing to advance its […]
Firefly BioWorks, Inc., a Cambridge, MA-based developer of next-generation multiplexed assays for biomarker detection, has received a $500k grant from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center. The award was granted through the Center’s Small Business Matching Grant Program, which was created to accelerate the commercialization of new products for companies that have already received Phase II […]
Collaaj, a data centric technology company, has received an angel investment from AppSense Labs, the research arm of the AppSense global research and development team. Led by CEO Darron Antill, AppSense is a New York, NY-based global software provider of user virtualization solutions that works with customers to reduce IT complexity and enable enterprise consumerization […]
AcousticEye Ltd., a Leusden, Netherlands-based developer of non-invasive tube inspection technology for the global heat exchanger and boiler non-destructive testing markets, has raised $6m in funding. The round was led by Israel Cleantech Ventures (ICV), with participation from Sequoia Capital. The company intends to use the capital for continued research, development and global commercialization of […]
XINTEC Limited, a Dublin, Ireland-based provider of fraud management and revenue optimization solutions to telecom operators worldwide, has raised €900k in funding. The round was led by Kernel Capital, which made a €350k investment through the Bank of Ireland Seed and Early Stage Equity Fund, with participation from Enterprise Ireland, and private BES investors. The […]
Pangaea Ventures Ltd has held a first close of Pangaea Ventures Fund III, LP, at $50m. The fund, which has a final target of $100m, invests in early stage cleantech companies with compelling advanced materials technologies. Limited partners include Asahi Glass Co. Ltd., Asahi Kasei Innovation Partners, Inc., nv Bekaert sa, 9th Street Investments (a […]
Socialvest, a cause-based shopping platform, has closed its latest funding. The round, which was led by Bluff Point Associates, has brought the total amount raised by the company to date to more than €2m. The company intends to use the capital to continue to expand its product offerings and channel mix, including an upcoming iPhone […]
According to El Confidencial (read here), The Mad Video, a Madrid, Spain-based startup that provides an online tool for tagging and adding rich content to any object displayed in video, has closed a $585k in angel funding. Backers include Antonio Fontanini, Bernardo Hernández, Iñaki Arrola and Rafa Garrido of Vitamina K. The company intends to […]