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Northleaf Venture Catalyst Fund* has committed $10m to global healthcare venture capital manager Versant Ventures to support investment in Canada’s early-stage life sciences industry. Founded in 1999 and led by Brad Bolzon, PhD., Managing Director, Versant Ventures is a global venture capital firm that invests in bio-pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and other life science opportunities.The firm […]

Patreon, a Francisco, California-based crowdfunding and media company, closed a $15m Series A round of financing. Backers included Index Ventures, Charles River Ventures, Thrive Capital, Freestyle Capital, Atlas Ventures, SV Angel, UTA, CAA, Alexis Ohanian (cofounder of Reddit), Garry Tan, Aaron Harris, Sam Altman (President of Y Combinator), Joshua Schachter (founder of Delicious), David Marcus […]

Numerate, Inc., a San Bruno, CA-based biotechnology company, completed an $8m financing. The round was co-led by Atlas Venture and Lilly Ventures, with participation from existing investors. In conjunction with the funding, Bruce Booth, Ph.D, Partner at Atlas Venture, and Steve Hall, Ph.D., Venture Partner at Lilly Ventures, joined Numerate’s Board of Directors. The company […]

Kreditech, a Hamburg, Germany-based enterprise credit rating platform, raised $40m in Series B funding. The round was led by Värde Partners with participation from existing investors Point Nine Capital and Blumberg Capital. The company intends to use the capital to launch in new markets. Founded in 2012 by Sebastian Diemer and Alexander Graubner-Müller, Kreditech has […]

Tasktop Technologies, a Vancouver, BC, Canada-based provider of Software Lifecycle Integration (SLI) platform and creators of the Eclipse Mylyn open source tool, closed an $11m Series A funding. The round was led by Austin Ventures, syndicated with Yaletown Venture Partners. In conjunction with the funding, John Thornton, General Partner at Austin Ventures, and Mike Satterfield, […]

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 […]