REAL TIME VC & PRIVATE EQUITY DEALS AND NEWS
Cont3nt.com, a Dulles, Va.-based marketplace for breaking photo and video journalism that connects creators and acquirers in real-time, has received an investment from the Center for Innovative Technology (CIT). The company intends to use the capital to continue developing the product. Led by CEO Anton Gelman, Cont3nt.com allows media companies, freelancers and citizen journalists to sell […]
CapLinked, a Los Angeles, cloud-based platform that allows companies to raise capital, sell assets, syndicate deals, manage M&A transactions, conduct due diligence, and network, has closed its $1.6m Series A financing round. Backers, in the round, which brings the total amount raised by the company to date to $2.5m, include FF Angel, Siemer Ventures, 500 Startups, Peter Thiel, […]
CardiAQ Valve Technologies, Inc., an Irvine, Calif.-based medical device company developing technologies for percutaneous mitral heart valve replacement, has received $37.3m in its second equity financing. The round was led by OrbiMed, with participation from Versant Ventures, Advent Life Sciences and existing investors. Led by Rob Michiels, CEO, and Arshad Quadri, M.D., Founder, Chairman and […]
Isis Forensics Limited, a Lancaster, Uk company that provides software to combat online child abuse, has secured a “significant” investment. Backers include The North West Fund for Venture Capital and Lancashire County Council’s Rosebud Fund, both of which are managed by Enterprise Ventures (EV). The company intends to use the capital to further develop products […]
VetDC, a Fort Collins, Colorado-based veterinary biotechnology startup, has completed a $1.5m financing. The company intends to use the funds to advance its novel targeted agent VDC-1101 towards veterinary approval in canine lymphoma. Led by Steven Roy, President & CEO, VetDC is a Colorado State University startup focused on in-licensing, developing and commercializing novel biotechnologies […]
According to local reports, the Brazilian Government has launched a R$40m start-up program. Start-up Brasil aims to support the creation and accelerate the growth of approximately 150 high tech startups across the country by 2015. The investment, which is part of the Programa Estratégico de Software e Serviços de Tecnologia da Informação (TI Maior)”, will […]
Peerby, an Amsterdam, The Netherlands-based platform that allows users to find items in their neighborhood to borrow, has raised an undisclosed amount of venture capital funding from SanomaVentures. The company intends to use the capital to further develop and to reach a broader audience. Founded by Daan Weddepohl, Peerby has developed a mobile and online […]
Isogenica, a Cambridge UK and Aston University, Birmingham UK-based specializes in the discovery and optimization of therapeutic and diagnostic peptides, proteins and antibodies, secured funding from the Technology Strategy Board. The funding was provided for a £0.5M project to develop a gene library assembly technology invented by Dr Anna Hine and her team at Aston […]
Intelligent Dialogue Systems (INDISYS), a Seville, Spain-based company that has developed Natural Language and Intelligent Conversation solutions, has closed a US$5m funding. The round was led by Intel Capital, with participation from Inveready SCR (read here). The company intends to use the capital to accelerate its international expansion Founded in May 2005 by CEO Pilar Manchón, INDISYS […]
Italian crowdfunding platform Starteed has launched a €500 contest for creators who want to submit an idea (read here). Projects created on Starteed by 15.12. 2012, with a funding goal of €3,000 or more, will see the contribution added when their crowdfunding campaign reaches 20% of its goal. The contribution will be actually delivered only in […]
Teleportd, a Paris, France-based provider of social media marketing management solutions, has raised $1m in seed funding. Backers include Connect Ventures, Betaworks, SeedCamp, Joe Cohen (Seatwave.com) and Taavet Hinrikus (TransferWise). Co-founded by Gabriel Hubert and Stanislas Polu, Teleportd provides Nitrogram is a marketing and social engagement platform for brands to leverage their presence and community […]
musicx.fm, a San Francisco, CA-based marketplace solution to monetize free music, has raised $20,4k in crowdfunding. 88 backers have supported the project via Rock the Post. The company intends to use the funding to pay its Brazilian development team to finish the marketplace concept, to pay for legal fees, user testing, operations and marketing. Co-founded […]
Seeds, a New York-based startup that is developing a mobile game and API for microlending, has raised $24,727 in crowdfunding. 55 backers have supported the project via Fundable. The company intends to use the funds to launch an updated version of their social microlending game for iPhone and build out Seeds for Android and build the […]
MyHeritage, an online family history network, has acquired rival Geni.com and closed a new $25M funding. The round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP), with participation from existing investors Index Ventures and Accel Partners. In conjunction with the transactions, Geni.com Founder David Sacks, who also founded Yammer, and BVP Partner Adam Fisher are joining the […]
Ginger.io, a Cambridge, MA and San Francisco, CA-based behavioral health analytics startup, has raised $6.5m in Series A funding. The round was led by Khosla Ventures, with participation from existing investors True Ventures and Romulus Capital. The company intends to use the capital to scale the team and product (http://ginger.io/join-us/). Drawing on research from the […]