REAL TIME VC & PRIVATE EQUITY DEALS AND NEWS
Venture capital firm Rothenberg Ventures has launched an accelerator exclusively focused on virtual reality. River, which runs February through April 2015, is focused on infrastructure, platforms, applications, and content, and teams that are ready to iterate, refine, polish, and launch their technology and experiences. Led by Tipatat Chennavasin, Creative Director, the accelerator will provide startups with […]
According to a regulatory filing with the S.E.C. (read here), Ginger.io, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of behavioral health analytics platform, raised $20m in funding. Three (still) unnamed backers participated in the round. Co-founded by Anmol Madan, PhD, CEO & Data Scientistm and Karan Singh, Sales & Marketing, Ginger.io uses patient smartphones to identify patterns in […]
MangoPlate, a South Korean restaurant search and discovery mobile app, raised seed funding from SparkLabs Global Ventures. The amount of the deal was not disclosed. Founded by a four-member team from Samsung, KaKao, Naver, and Apple, MangoPlate provides customized recommendations based on a user’s food personality and social profile. The recommendation engine runs on a […]
Code Kingdoms, a UK-based developer of a learning to code game, raised seed funding from SparkLabs Global Ventures. The amount of the deal was not disclosed. The company intends to use the funds to continue to develop the game and officially launch in January 2015. Led by Ross Targett, Co-founder and CEO, Code Kingdoms allows […]
Menlo Park-based Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), a later-stage venture capital and growth equity firm with $4 billion of committed capital, presented a report of its 2014 including milestones, exits, IPOs and investments. IPOs in 2014 included: – Aerohive (HIVE), a provider of controller-less Wi-Fi and cloud-managed mobile networking solutions, which went public in March. – […]
Ecommerce provider CommerceHub agreed to acquire Mercent, a Seattle-based retail technology company. The deal, of undisclosed amount, is expected to be finalized in January 2015, subject to customary closing conditions. Led by CEO Frank Poore, CommerceHub provides cloud-based technologies and services that enable retailers to expand their product offering without inventory risk. The two organizations plan to […]
BitGold Inc., a Toronto, Canada-based consumer-focused internet platform offering free global payments combined with access to secure, redeemable gold for savings, closed a $3.5 Series A financing round. Backers included PortVesta Holdings, Soros Brothers Investments, PowerOne Capital, Sandstorm Gold, and other financial service professionals. The company, which had raised angel financing from its co-founders in […]
Assurex Health, a Mason, OH-based personalized medicine company, secured $30m in equity financing. Backers included new investors American Financial Group and Cross Creek Advisors and existing investors Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Sequoia Capital, Claremont Creek Ventures, Mayo Clinic, CincyTech, Allos Ventures and Danmar Capital. The company intends to use the funds to support increased […]
Triotech Solutions Pvt. Ltd., a Gurgaon, India-based provider of Value Added Services, mobile commerce service delivery and software solutions, raised $3m (approximately 19 crore) in its first round of funding. Singapore-based venture capital firm BlueHill Asset Management Pte. Ltd., made the investment. Founded in 2009 by Rajesh Kaul, Chief Executive Officer, and Munish Dhingra, Chief […]
MeetonVC, a Swindon, UK-based video conferencing services provider that allows people and businesses to connect via video, raised £203k in equity crowdfunding. 46 investors acquired a 10.15% stake in the company via CrowdCube. The company intends to use the funds to expand sales, marketing, customer support and development efforts. Founded by Phil Marshman, MeetonVC provides […]
Appcues, a Boston, MA-based SaaS-based platform for user onboarding, secured $1.2m in seed funding. Backers included Atlas Venture and individual investors Ty Danco, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, David Cancel, Elias Torres and Ric Calvillo, among others. The company intends to use the funds to expand its core product and move into mobile and native desktop […]
Basel, Switzerland-based Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) acquired Bina Technologies, a Redwood City, Calif.-based big data science platform. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Backed by Sierra Ventures and AME Cloud Ventures and led by Narges Bani Asadi, Founder and CEO, Bina Technologies provides a big data platform for centralized management and processing of next generation […]
Front Desk, a Seattle, WA-based mobile-first software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform delivering integrated client management and payment processing for personal services businesses and franchises, raised $4m in Series A funding. Backers included existing investors Floodgate, Version One Ventures, Second Avenue Partners, Zillow co-founder Rich Barton, Front Desk CEO Jon Zimmerman and Demandforce co-founders Sam Osman and Rick […]
Mixpanel, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a advanced analytics platform for mobile and web, raised $65M in Series B funding. The round valued the company at $865M. It was led by Andreessen Horowitz. The company intends to use the funds to improve its products and expand its operations. Led by Suhail Doshi, Mixpanel provides users […]
NYC-based ad tech company AppNexus acquired MediaGlu, a cross-device technology business. The amount of the transaction was not disclosed. Founded in 2010 and led by Chairman and CEO Marcus Startzel, MediaGlu develops probabilistic technology that enables cross-device insights and attribution without being tied to personally identified users. By integrating MediaGlu’s cross-device mapping capabilities into AppNexus’s […]