REAL TIME VC & PRIVATE EQUITY DEALS AND NEWS
Vectorious Medical Technologies, a Tel Aviv, Israel-based medical device company, closed a $5m financing round. Backers included the RadBioMed incubator, which is owned jointly by Yehuda Zisapel and Prof. Nava Zisapel; private investors Zohar Gilon, Gur Muntzer and others; and the U.S.-based Global Cardiovascular Innovation Center (GCIC) of the Cleveland Clinic. The company will use […]
Emailage, a Chandler, Arizona-based provider of fraud prevention solutions, secured $3.8m in funding. The round was led by Felicis Ventures with participation from Double M Partners and Mucker Capital. The companyu intends to use the funds to grow in international markets. Founded in 2012 and led by Rei Carvalho, CEO, Emailage leverages email addresses to […]
Lyric Pharmaceuticals Inc., a South San Francisco, CA-based clinical-stage pharmaceutical company, announced the initial closing of a Series A financing round totaling $20.4m. The round was co-led by RiverVest Venture Partners, Sante Ventures and Third Point Ventures, with participation from Aperture Venture Partners. The company intends to use the funds to perform two clinical studies, […]
Branch Metrics, a Palo Alto, California-based mobile linking platform, raised $15m in Series A funding. The round was led by New Enterprise Associates and Ben Narasin with participation from Pejman Mar Ventures, Zach Coelius, Cowboy Ventures and TriplePoint Capital. The company, which had raised $2.75m in seed financing in September 2014 (read here), intends to use the funds […]
Accela, a San Ramon, California-based provider of civic engagement solutions for government, closed $143.5m in new financing. The round was led by ABRY Partners with participation from Landmark Partners, J.P. Morgan Private Equity and Karlani Capital. In conjunction with the funding, Tyler Wick of ABRY Partners joined Accela’s board. The company intends to use the funds […]
InMoji, Inc., a Boston, MA and San Francisco, CA-based platform that connects consumers with their favorite brands, secured $1m in seed funding. The round was led by David Chang with participation from Paypal’s StartTank in Boston, Atlas Venture and other undisclosed investors. Founded in May 2014 by Michael Africk and Perry Tell, InMoji enables brands […]
Citymaps, a New York City-based social mapping platform, raised an additional $6m in equity financing. Backers included Nokia Growth Partners, Coatue Management, Acadia Woods and existing investors. In conjunction with the funding, Paul Asel, Managing Partner at Nokia Growth Partners, will join Citymaps’ board of directors. The updated Citymaps app, which launches today for the […]
Radnor House School, a South West London, UK-based co-educational school for students ages 7 to 18, received an investment of up to £9.5m from Albion Ventures. Albion had already invested in Radnor In 2010. The company intends to use the funds to acquire Combe Bank School, a co-ed school for students ages 3 to 18 […]
Toro, a mobile marketing platform built by San Francisco, California-based Red Hot Labs, has been acquired by Google (GOOG). The amount of the transaction was not disclosed. Founded in March of 2012 by Amitt Mahajan, Joel Poloney and Dave Pekar, Toro provides app companies with a Facebook advertising platform to set up, run and optimize marketing campaigns. The company, which will now shut down […]
Sensorberg, a Berlin, Germany-based Beacon-infrastructure developer, received a new seven-figure investment.
Jampp, a Buenos Aires (Argentina) and London (UK)-based platform for mobile app advertisers to acquire and re-engage their users globally, raised $7m in Series A funding. The round was led by Highland Europe with participation from Endeavor Catalyst, Innova and NXTP Labs. The company will use the funds to expand operations in key markets and […]
Actions srl, a Turin, Italy-based startup that has developed a mobile app to transform a device in a smart and customizable controller for Mac or PC, raised venture capital funding from Programma 101 (P101). The amount of the deal was not disclosed. The company intends to use the funds to update the iPad app (called […]
Exablox, a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based provider of a storage management application, received $16m in Series C funding round. Backers in the tound, which brought total funding to $38.5m, included strategic investor Dell Ventures and existing investors DCM Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners and US Venture Partners. Founded in 2010 by Douglas Brockett, CEO, Exablox provides a cloud, object-based storage […]
JRNL, a Las Vegas, NV-based developer of a journaling application designed for both Web and Mobile use, secured its seed funding round. The amount of the transaction was not disclosed. Varkain, a venture capital group based in Las Vegas, made the investment. The company intends to use the funds to continue to devleop the product. […]
Trov, a San Francisco Bay Area-based platform for people to organize, value and protect their things, closed a $6.5m financing round. The round was led by Anthemis Group. In addition to the financing, Ken Rudin, Director of Analytics at Facebook, and Sean Park, founder of the Anthemis Group, joined Trov’s board of directors. The company, […]