REAL TIME VC & PRIVATE EQUITY DEALS AND NEWS
ClearSlide, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a sales engagement platform, closed a $50m Series C round of funding. The round, which brought total funding to $90m, was led by The Social+Capital Partnership with participation from current investors Greylock Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Felicis Ventures as well as Comcast Ventures and Silicon Valley Bank. […]
Nok Nok Labs, a Palo Alto, CA-based provider of authentication solutions, raised $16.5m in Series B funding. Backers included Lenovo Group Limited (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY), and current investors DCM and ONSET Ventures. In conjunction with the funding, George He, SVP and President of Ecosystem & Cloud Services Group at Lenovo, will join Nok Nok […]
Spire Technologies, a Bangalore, India-based Big Data technology company, raised US$8m in Series A funding from a strategic long-term investor. The deal valued the company at US$23m. The company intends to use the funds to grow its business in US, EMEA and APAC markets in addition to investing in technology, people and marketing. Founded in […]
Kanga, an Atlanta, GA-based crowdsourced delivery platform, raised $1m in seed funding. The company intends to use the funds to open its platform in late March 2014. To date, the company Led by veteran entrepreneurs Scott Miller (lead investor) of Payleap and Everett Steele of Baby Robot Industries, Kanga provides a mobile application and delivery […]
Square, the San Francisco, CA-based provider of mobile payment solutions, acquired BookFresh, a provider of online scheduling and appointment booking software. The amount of the transaction was not disclosed. Led by Evan Ginsburg, CEO, and Willem Avé, CTO, San Francisco-based BookFresh offers an online scheduling and appointment booking software for small businesses, which will continue […]
According to a blog post, New York-based venture capital firm Collaborative Fund raised $33m for its second fund. Limited partners include former Sequoia Capital General Partner Tom McMurray and artist Shepard Fairey. Led by Craig Shapiro, the firm focuses on supporting and investing in companies operating in two macro themes: the growth of the creative […]
EdSurge, a Burlingame, CA-based provider of news, analysis and events for the education-technology community, completed a $1.5m Series A financing round. The round was led by GSV Capital Corp. (NASDAQ: GSVC) with participation from NewSchools Venture Fund and LearnCapital as well as angel investors Nancy Peretsman, Judy Estrin, Gillian Munson, Kelly Pope and David Bulfer, […]
Website security and performance company CloudFlare acquired StopTheHacker, a San Francisco, California-based provider of SaaS web malware, security and reputation protection services. The amount of the transaction was not disclosed. The acquisition aims to bring end-to-end security to CloudFlare and enables StopTheHacker to benefit from CloudFlare’s global scale. The StopTheHacker development team (led by Peter […]
NxThera, Inc., a Maple Grove, Minnesota-based medical device company developing endourology applications, completed a Series C round of financing. The initial closing of this Series C round was reported in August of 2013 (read here). This financing is being used to fund NxThera’s: (i) Rezūm® U.S. pivotal clinical trial, the data from which will be […]
Bruin Biometrics, LLC, a Los Angeles, CA-based medical device company, closed a $10m funding round. Backers were not disclosed. The company intends to use the funds to deploye to market the developed products, complete clinical trials and continue R&D on the product pipeline. Led by Chief Executive Officer Martin Burns has two biometric sensing products […]
According to Chicago Business, Opternative, Inc., a Chicago, IL-based provider of a platform for Online Eye Exams, raised $1m in seed funding. The round was led by Chicago Ventures and Tribeca Venture Partners, with participation from: – Lon Chow, Armando Pauker and Wayne Boulais (Apex Venture Partners), – Tao Huang (partner at Range Light and former […]
Seno Medical Instruments, Inc., a San Antonio, Texas-based medical imaging company, raised $34.6m of a $39m Series C equity funding. The round was led by MedCare Investment Funds. Led by Janet Campbell, CEO, Seno Medical Instruments develops opto-acoustic imaging tools to improve the process of diagnosing breast cancer. The company intends to use the funds […]
Opal Labs, a Portland, Ore.-based developer of purpose-driven social business technology, raised $2.1m in funding. The round was led by Oregon Angel Fund. Led by George Huff, co-founder and CEO, Opal Labs has launched Opal Moments, a social enterprise application designed to simplify the planning and management of a brand’s content across social media channels. […]
ZEFR, a Venice, CA-based provider of a SaaS platform for brands and content management on YouTube, raised $30m in financing. The round was led by Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) with participation from existing investors U.S. Venture Partners, Shasta Ventures, First Round Capital and Richmond Park Partners. In conjunction with the financing, IVP General Partner Dennis […]
Respiratory Motion, a Waltham, Mass.-based medical device company, raised $5.8m in Series B financing. The round was led by Easton Capital, with participation from early investors. In conjunction with the funding, John Friedman, Managing Director of Easton Capital, will join the company’s Board of Directors. The company intends to use the funds to expand its […]