REAL TIME VC & PRIVATE EQUITY DEALS AND NEWS
DoubleDutch, a San Francisco, Ca.-based provider of data-driven mobile event applications, closed $10m in Series C funding. The round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from existing investors FLOODGATE Fund and Bullpen Capital. In conjunction with the funding, Byron Deeter, a partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, joined DoubleDutch’s board. Headquartered in San Francisco, […]
JobsTheWord, a Daresbury Science Park, UK-based innovative recruitment business, raised £525k in funding. The backer was The North West Fund for Venture Capital, managed by Enterprise Ventures. The company intends to use the funds to expand R&D, add new features, and create big data products for other sectors beyond recruiting. Founded in 2011 by IT […]
Inoapps, an Aberdeen, Scotland, UK-based Oracle Platinum Partner and Applications specialist, received a £10m equity investment from Business Growth Fund. BGF took a minority stake and BGF investment director Mike Sibson was appointed to the board. The company intends to use the funds to increase the size and scale of its operations and make acquisitions […]
Soysuper.com, a Madrid, Spain-based platform that aggregates and compares prices of online supermarkets, raised €154k in internal funding. The founding team, which includes Marta Esteve, François Derbaix, Diego Kuperman, Juan Leal, and Sol Fernández-Rañada, injected the new resources in the company, which added to a previous round of €380k (May 2012) and a €124k loan […]
edjing, a Paris, France-based provider of a DJ app, raised $2.5m in funding. The round was led by Entrepreneur Venture, with participation from Daniel Marhely (Deezer founder), who also joined edjing’s Advisory Board. The company intends to use the funds to accelerate international development, to diversify products, developing new verticals within the music app category. […]
VTL Group, a Huddersfield, UK-based manufacturer of precision engineered components for the automotive industry, received a £4m equity investment from Business Growth Fund. BGF, which has taken a minority stake and a seat on VTL’s existing board, will help VTL to grow the business organically by developing new customers in the automotive sector and increasing […]
User Replay, a Reading, UK-based provider of an online recording and reporting engine, raised £335k in venture capital funding. The round, which was led by EC1 Capital, with participation from Star-Achats, User Replay’s distributor in the French-speaking countries of Europe. It brings the total amount raised to £1.2m. The company intends to use the funds to accelerate […]
Aventura, a Denver, Colorado-based provider of awareness computing solutions for hospitals, completed a $4.3m funding round. Backers include current investors Clarion Direct Investment, Excel Venture Management, HLM Venture Partners, and MemorialCare Innovation Fund (MCIF). The company intends to use the funds to continue to grow operations. Led by newly appointed president and CEO John Gobron, […]
Let’s go to TechCrunch Italy. Today and tomorrow (September, 26/27), the gotha of the Italian startup scene join together at MAXXI, the Museum of contemporary arts. Workshops, keynotes, panels, instant lessons, one-to-one meeting, pitching sessions, a startup competition, will take place during the two day event, which was co-organized by Populis and TechCrunch. Speakers come […]
Shyp, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of an app designed to shipping anything, raised $250k in seed funding. Backers included: – Tim Ferriss (early-stage investor and advisor in companies including Twitter, Uber, Evernote, TaskRabbit, Facebook and Shopify) – David Marcus (Paypal President); – Hunter Walk and Satya Patel (Homebrew); and – Brian McClendon (Google Earth […]
BetterCloud, a New York-based provider of enterprise cloud management and security software for Google Apps, raised $6m in Series B funding. The round was led by Flybridge Capital Partners, with participation from Greycroft Partners, TriBeCa Venture Partners, Bear Creek Capital, Hallett Capital and BLH Venture Partners. The company intends to use the funds to grow […]
Ori Allon, Founder & Executive Chairman, Urban Compass, the NYC-based provider of a home rental platform, which raised $20m in Series A funding in a deal valuing the company at $150m (read here) FinSMEs 25/09/2013
Gyft, Inc., a San Francisco, CA-based digital platform that enables customers to buy, send, manage and redeem gift cards via mobile devices, raised $5m in Series A funding. Backers included new investors A-Grade Investments, Social+Capital Partnership, Karlin Ventures, Haas Portman and entrepreneur David O. Sacks. The company intends to use the funds to continue development […]
Tampa, FL–based Stonehenge Growth Equity Partners held the first close of its new venture capital fund at $40m. Backers included institutional investors and high net worth individuals. Stonehenge Growth Equity Fund, L.P. focuses on providing capital for high growth technology and business service companies in Florida and the southeast which generate at least $3m of […]
BioDigital Human, a NYC-based developer of 3D technology platform to interactively explore the human body, raised $4m in Series A funding. The round was led by FirstMark Capital with participation from the NYU Venture Fund and other angel investors. The company intends to use the funds to accelerate the development of features and API functionality. […]