REAL TIME VC & PRIVATE EQUITY DEALS AND NEWS
Q Factor Communications Corp., a Waltham, Massachusetts-based provider of dynamic packet recovery software, raised $6.5m in funding. Backers included Sigma Prime Ventures and Venrock. In conjunction with the funding, Mike Tyrrell, Partner at Venrock, and John Simon, General Partner at Sigma Prime Ventures, joined the company’s board. Led by founder and CEO Subhash Roy, Q Factor is developing […]
CartiHeal (2009) Ltd., a Tel Aviv, Israel-based medical device company, received an additional $5m funding. Backers included existing investors Elron, Accelmed and Access Medical Ventures. The company intends to use the funds to expand ongoing post-marketing clinical studies of its signature product Agili-C™ in Europe. Led by Nir Altschuler, founder and CEO, CartiHeal is a […]
Nextdoor, a San Francisco, CA-based social network for the neighborhood, raised $60m in funding. The round was led by new investors John Doerr and Mary Meeker of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) and Lee Fixel of Tiger Global Management. Comcast Ventures, as well as existing investors Benchmark, Greylock Partners, and Shasta Ventures also participated. […]
Brighter, a Los Angeles, CA-based platform that connects vetted dentists and patients, closed $15m in Series C funding. The round, which brought the total amount raised to date to $28m, was led by Tenaya Capital, with participation from existing investors Mayfield Fund and Benchmark. The company intends to use the funds to further accelerate the […]
9Lenses, a Sterling, VA-based provider of organization intelligence software, closed an additional $1.1m funding. Silicon Valley-based Icon Venture Partners made the investment, which was part of the Series A funding led by DC-based Kinetic Ventures and the Corporate Executive Board Company. The company intends to use the funds to expand its sales and marketing efforts […]
Rockabox, a London, UK-based provider of video engagement technology, completed a £3m Series A funding round. The round was led by Notion Capital with participation from existing investors Frog Capital, and fourteen17. The company plans to use the funding to expand into new markets, further develop its software-as-a-service platform and further consolidate its market position. […]
Magisto, a Tel Aviv, Israel-based mobile platform to create and share professional-quality personal movies, secured $13m in Series C funding. Backers included Qualcomm Incorporated, through Qualcomm Ventures, its venture capital arm, SanDisk Ventures and existing investors Magma Venture Partner and Li Ka Shing’s Horizons Ventures. The company intends to use the new funding to expand […]
Rumble Entertainment, a San Mateo, Calif.-based developer and publisher of premium, multiplatform free-to-play games, closed a $17.5m Series B round of financing. The round, which brought the total amount raised to date to over $35m, was led by Nexon (3659.TO), a developer of immersive free-to-play games, with participation from TriplePoint Capital, Google Ventures and Khosla […]
Pixlee, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of Personalized Visual Marketing (PVM) solution, raised $1.5m in seed funding. Backers included Andreessen Horowitz, XSeed Capital, Ariel Polar, Rothenberg Ventures and Mark Gorenberg. In addition to the funding, the company added Sharon Goldstein as Chief Marketing Officer. Led by Kyle Wong, co-founder and CEO, Pixlee provides brands and […]
Moscow, Russia-based 12BF Global Ventures launched a digital investment initiative. 12BF Digital will focus on investing in technologies related to power electronics, digital IT and commercial devices. It aims to invest in seed and Series A rounds in companies in the United States, Russia and South Korea, which are hosted in incubator programs such as […]
IK Investment Partners (IK), a mid-market private equity firm focused on investing in Northern Continental Europe, closed its seventh fund, at €1.4bn. Investors included Alberta Teachers Retirement Fund, Dansk Vækstkapital, HarbourVest, Hermes, MetLife Investments Limited, Minnesota State Board of Investment, SL Capital Partners and Varma. The IK VII Fund makes majority investments in medium-sized companies […]
Altia Systems, a Cupertino, Calif.-based developer of a video and web collaboration system, said it raised $6.7m to date. It includes a recent investment by Naya Ventures. In conjunction with the funding, Naya Ventures Managing Director Dayakar Puskoor joined its Board of Directors. The company intends to use the funds to scale operations. Led by […]
Lintes Technologies, a Taiwanese provider of innovative high-speed connectivity products, received an equity investment from Intel Capital. The amount of the deal was not disclosed. Lintes Technologies provides high-speed connectivity products that expand PC and server capabilities and performance with data transfer and communication technologies. Products include Thunderbolt peripherals with electrical/optical cable and the Active […]
Precipio Diagnostics LLC, a New Haven, Conn.-based provider of delivers high-quality pathology diagnostic services, raised $1.8m in Series B funding. Backers included Connecticut Innovations (CI), which made a $750,000 investment through its Eli Whitney Fund, Ironwood Capital, Enhanced Capital, Kuzari Capital and individual investors. In conjunction with Kevin Crowley, CI managing director of investments, joined Precipio’s board […]
Interlude, a NY and Tel-Aviv, Israel-based provider of a platform for creating interactive videos, received an equity investment from Intel Capital. The amount of the funding was not disclosed. Co-founded in 2009 by CEO Yoni Bloch and VP Product Tal Zubalsky, Interlude provides a platform for creating interactive videos. Its recently launched self service authoring suite, […]