REAL TIME VC & PRIVATE EQUITY DEALS AND NEWS
SmashFly Technologies, a Boston, Massachusetts-based provider of a Recruitment Marketing Platform technology, raised $9m in Series A funding. The round was led by OpenView Venture Partners. In conjunction with the funding, OpenView Venture Partner George Roberts, will take a seat on SmashFly’s board of directors. The company intends to use the funds to accelerate product […]
RedOwl Analytics, a Baltimore, MD-based company that applies analytics to internal corporate data streams for proactive risk oversight, closed a $4.6m Series A financing. Investors included Marc Benioff, Salesforce.com Chairman and CEO, Igor Sill of Geneva Venture Group, Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank (via Sagamore Ventures), Christian Lawless of Conversion Capital, Attractor Ventures LLC, Propel […]
OMsignal, a Montreal, Canada-based smart clothing technology and maker of the collection of Biometric Smartwear, raised $10m in Series A funding. The round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP) with participation from existing investors Real Ventures, Mistral Venture Partners, Golden Venture Partners, David Cohen (managing partner, Techstars), Flextronics and Primera Capital. In conjunction with […]
eCurv, Inc., a Cambridge, MA-based provider of technology to reduce electricity charges for commercial customers, closed a $2.5m Series A round of funding. The round was led by Constellation Technology Ventures, with participation from Vodia Ventures and Massachusetts Clean Energy Center. The company intends to use the funds to scale operations and hire new employees. […]
Aerospike Inc., a Mountain View, CA-based provider of a flash-optimized in-memory NoSQL database, raised $20m in Series C venture capital funding. The round was led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA) with participation from Columbus Nova Technology Partners, Alsop Louie Partners, Regis McKenna, and others. In conjunction with the round of financing, Kittu Kolluri, NEA general partner; […]
Schoology, a New York City-based provider of a learning management system (LMS) and social network that allows users to create and share academic content, closed a new $15m round of funding. The round, which brought the total capital raised to $25m, was led by Intel Capital with participation from new investors Great Oaks Venture Capital […]
Vascular Pathways Inc., a Naples, FL-based medical device manufacturer specializing in wire-guided Peripheral Intravenous catheter technology, received a $5m credit facility. Square 1 Bank provided the loan. The company intends to use the funds to commercialize its proprietary peripheral, AccuCath™ Intravenous Catheter. Developed by founder Dr. Amir Belson, the company’s AccuCath™ Intravenous Catheter System offers guidewire […]
White Ops, a NYC-based developer of an online fraud detection platform, secured $7m in funding. Backers included new investors Paladin Capital Group and Grotech Ventures. In conjunction with the funding, Philip Eliot from Paladin and Steve Fredrick from Grotech joined White Ops’ Board of Directors. The company intends to use the funds to further develop […]
CloudPhysics, a Mountain View, CA-based provider of predictive analytics for virtual datacenter management, secured $15m in Series C funding. The round was led by venture capital firm Jafco Ventures with participation from existing investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Mayfield. The company, who has raised $27.5m to date, will use the funding to develop its […]
Helpshift, a San Francisco CA-based CRM for mobile apps, closed a $10m Series A financing round. The round was led by Intel Capital with participation from Visionnaire Ventures and existing investors True Ventures and Nexus Venture Partners. In conjunction with the funding, Susan Choe, managing partner at Visionnaire Ventures, will be joining Helpshift’s board. The company intends […]
Seal Software, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of Contract Discovery and Contract Analytics solutions, secured $4m in funding. The round was led by Vinny Smith’s Toba Capital and supported by existing investors. In addition to the funding, software industry veteran Paul Sallaberry joined its board of directors. The company intends to use the funds to continue […]
RelayRides, a San Francisco, CA-based peer-to-peer car rental marketplace, raised $25m in Series B funding. The round, which brought the total amount raised to $44m, was led by Canaan Partners, which joined existing investors August Capital, Google Ventures and Shasta Ventures. In conjunction with the funding, Canaan Partners General Partner Deepak Kamra joined the company’s […]
AdEspresso, a Milan, Italy- and San Francisco, CA-based provider of a SaaS platform to manage and optimize Facebook Ads, raised a total $1.3m seed funding. Backers included new investors SierraMaya Ventures and VegasTech Fund, existing investor 500 Startups and other angels. A huge portion of the round, around 75%, which includes the $500k first close […]
Slyce, a Toronto, CA-based provider of a visual product search platform, raised over $12m in funding. The round was led by Canaccord Genuity Corp. with participation from Salman Partners Inc., Cormark Securities Inc., and Beacon Securities Ltd. The company, which has now raised over $27m, has engaged with a number of North American retailers and […]
Solo, a developer of a system for stores to create a personalized web page to accept payments via credit cards with no POS or e-commerce needed, has just won InnovAction Lab 2014, the Italian leading learning initiative which allows participants to transform their business ideas into a startup and pitch to investors. The final took […]