REAL TIME VC & PRIVATE EQUITY DEALS AND NEWS
Datumate Ltd., a Nazareth, Israel-basedĀ provider of “field-to-plan” technologies for the civil engineering and architecture industries, secured $5m in financing. The round was led by Battery Ventures with participation from existing investor Al-Bawader, an Israel-based investment firm. In conjunction with the funding, Itzik Parnafes, a general partner at Battery Ventures, is joining Datumate’s board. The company […]
SI-BONE, a San Jose, California-based medical device company, completed a $33m growth capital financing round. Backers included Orbimed and Novo A/S and current investors Skyline Ventures and Montreux Equity Partners. In conjunction with the funding, David Bonita MD, Private Equity Partner at Orbimed, will be joining the Board of Directors. The company intends to use […]
InsideSales.com, a Provo,Ā Utah,Ā cloud-based sales acceleration technology company, closed a $100m Series C financing. The round was led by Polaris Partners and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) with participation from Acadia Woods, EPIC Ventures, salesforce.com and Zetta Venture Partners, previous investors Hummer Winblad and U.S. Venture Partners and individual investorĀ Fraser Bullock, managing director at Sorenson […]
Ondot Systems, a San Jose, CA-based provider of a mobile platform for consumers to control their payment cards, raised $18m in funding. Unnamed private investors made the investment. Led by Dr. Vaduvur Bharghavan, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Ondot Systems launced CardControl, which allows card issuers to provide their customers with a single mobile application […]
secretsales.com, a London, UK flash sales website for fashion, accessories, footwear and lifestyle products, raised Ā£4.5m in funding. Backers included Partech Ventures‘ new Partech VI fund, French private equity firm 123Venture, existing investors Pentech and Doughty Hanson and co-founders and managers. The company intends to use the funds to accelerate strategic priorities, including the implementation […]
Vladislav Jez is one of the pioneers of the Czech and CEE venture capital industry. Now, as a Partner of Prague-based Credo Ventures, he is involved in the process of building a new generation of global companies starting from that area (and recently exited Credo Ventures portfolio company Coqnitive Security to Cisco, in which Vladislav […]
OurCrowd, an Israel-based global equity crowdfunding platform, closed a $25m Series B funding round. Terms of the investment and the list of participants in the round were not disclosed. Geoff Levy, the former CEO and Chairman of Investec Bank Australia and member of OurCrowd’s Advisory Board, is an investor in the current round, along with […]
Carmudi, an online car classified startup, raised about $10m in funding. A range of investors including Tengelmann Ventures, participated in the round. The company intends to use the funds to expand its Asian operations. Launched in 2013 by Stefan Haubold, Global Managing Director, Carmudi is an online car classified listings platform that currently operates in […]
Sequana Medical AG, a Zurich, Switzerland-based medical device company with innovative fluid management technologies, has raised CHF23m ($26.2m) in a Series C financing. The round was led by LSP (Life Science Partners), and co-led by NeoMed Management (which retained its role as the largest investor), VI Partners, BioMedInvest, Entrepreneurs Fund and Capricorn Venture Partners. In […]
Voluntis, a Paris, France-based therapeutic companion software, closed a ā¬20.75m ($29m) Series D financing. The round was co-led by Bpifrance and Innovation Capital, with participation from Vesalius Biocapital, Qualcomm, through its venture capital arm, Qualcomm Ventures, and existing investors CapDecisif Management, CM-CIC Capital Innovation and Sham. The company intends to use the funds to accelerate […]
Wanderful Media, which operates Find&Save, just raised $14.5m in funding (read here).Ā Ben T. Smith, IV, the CEO, helped us understandĀ the secrets behind the Los Gatos, CA-based company. FinSMEs: Hi Ben. First, can you tell us a little bit more about you? What’s your background? Ben: Iām the CEO of Wanderful Media, a startup reimagining the […]
Wanderful Media, the Los Gatos, CA-based company behind Find&Save, raised $14.5m in funding. Backers included existing media company investors (which are Advance Digital, A. H. Belo Corporation, Community Newspaper Holdings Inc., Cox Media Group, The E. W. Scripps Company, Gannett Co., Inc., GateHouse Media, Inc., Graham Holdings Co., Hearst Corporation, Lee Enterprises, MediaNews Group and […]
Stitch, a San Francisco, CA-based mobile, productivity platform for sales professionals, raised $3.25m in seed funding. Backers included Google Ventures, SoftTech VC, Freestyle Capital, Foundation Capital, Eniac Ventures, SparkLabs Global Ventures, Tekton Ventures, and TriplePoint Ventures, and individual investors Eric Hahn, Brad Garlinghouse, Michael Wolfe, Tom Conrad, Richard Chen, Ty Danco, and Kevin Barenblat. The […]
Tiny Speck, the San Francisco, CA-based provider of Slack, an enterprise collaboration app, reportedly raised $42.75m in funding. The round was led by new investor The Social+Capital Partnership, with participation from existing investors Accel Partners and Andreessen Horowitz. Founded in 2009 by four of the original members of the Flickr team, including Stewart Butterfield, the […]
One Rock Capital Partners, a New York, NY-based lower middle-market private equity firm, closed aits maiden fund at $431.5m. One Rock Capital Partners, LP, which surpassed its fundraising target of $300m, received support from government and corporate pension plans, insurance companies, health organizations, endowments and foundations, and high net worth families. Formed in 2010 by […]