venture capital

Simply Hired, a Sunnyvale, California-based provider of a job search platform, secured $12m in a combination of equity and debt financing. Backers included existing investors Foundation Capital and IDG Ventures as well as City National Bank. The company intends to use the funds for ongoing innovation in job search and job seeker user experience and […]

Automated Insights, a Durham, North Carolina-based creator of personalized narrative content from big data, raised $5.5m in Series B funding. The round was led by Osage Venture Partners with participation from Samsung Venture Investment Corp., the Associated Press, AOL co-founder Steve Case, Court Square Ventures, OCA Ventures and IDEA Fund Partners and other existing investors. […]

Rotation Medical, a Plymouth, MN-based medical device company focused on developing new technologies to treat rotator cuff disease, secured $27.2m in Series B financing. The round was co-led by new investor Life Sciences Partners (LSP) and New Enterprise Associates (NEA) with participation from new investor Pappas Ventures and others. In conjunction with the funding, Fouad Azzam, […]

ArtBinder, a New York-based app that allows galleries to present artworks remotely, raised $3.17m in Series A funding. The round was led by Index Ventures with participation from Leon Black, CEO and Founder Apollo Global Management; Matt Cohler former VP of Product at Facebook; Adam Freed, former COO of Etsy; Bruce Gibney, former partner at […]

HZO, Inc., a developer of liquid protection technologies for electronics, secured $20m in Series B growth funding. The round was led by Iron Gate Capital with participation from new investors Translink Capital and Delta Electronics and existing investors Harris & Harris Group, Prudence Holdings and VY Capital. The company intends to use the funds to […]

Trendrating, a London and New York-based provider of proven market and portfolio analytics to global investment managers, raised $1m in seed financing. Backers included New York based Angelic Ventures, a family office headed by former Thomson Reuters CEO, Tom Glocer, who is also Chairman of the Trendrating Advisory Board, with participation from a group of […]

Lisnr, a Cincinnati, OH-based provider of an audio-based marketing and content distribution platform, closed a $3.5m Series A financing round. The round was led by Progress Ventures with participation from Jump Capital, CincyTech, Serra Ventures and Mercury Fund. Led by Josh Glick, Nikki Pfahler, Chris Ridenour, Chris Ostoich, and Rodney Williams Lisnrprovides a mobile engagement […]

electroCore, a New Jersey-based electroceutical company, raised $50m in funding. Backers included Merck’s Global healthcare Innovation fund and private equity groups Easton Capital and Core Ventures. Led by CEO and founder JP Errico, electroCore has developed and patented a non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation (nVNS) therapy for the treatment of a variety of conditions in neurology, […]

Streetline, a Foster City, CA smart parking company, closed $10m financing. Backers included Citi, Fontinalis Partners, RockPort Capital Partners, Sutter Hill Ventures, True Ventures, and Qualcomm Incorporated, acting through its venture investment group, Qualcomm Ventures. In conjunction with the funding, Abe Yokell, a partner with RockPort Capital Partners, joined the company’s Board of Directors. The […]

Wasatch Microfluidics, a Salt Lake City, UT-based company dedicated to the advancement of label-free biomolecular interaction analysis, closed a $2m funding round. Backers included existing investors and Kirk Ririe, founder of BioFire Diagnostics. The funding will be used to expand sales and marketing activity. Led by Josh Eckman, CEO, Wasatch Microfluidics provides label free analysis […]

SavvyCard, a St. Petersburg, Florida-based startup developing a web application platform for mobile devices, closed a $1.5m Series A funding round in May 2014. Backers included accredited investors by Florida Funders, who committed $80k. Other investors were not disclosed. The company intends to use the funds plans to use the funding for expanding sales and R&D activities […]

Databricks, a Berkeley, CA-based provider of a cloud platform for analyzing and extracting value from big data, closed a $33m Series B funding. The round was led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA) with follow-on investment from Andreessen Horowitz. Led by Ion Stoica, CEO, and Matei Zaharia, CTO, Databricks provides has launched Databricks Cloud, a platform built around […]

Milk Mantra, an Odisha, India-based dairy food company, closed a Rs. 80 crores Series C funding. The round was led by Fidelity Growth Partners India with participation from Aavishkaar India II Company Limited. The transaction also provided an exit to angel investors and Aavishkaar India Micro Venture Capital Fund. In conjunction with the funding, Abhinav […]

Flikdate, a Los Angeles, CA-based mobile video dating app, raised $350k in funding. mbloom, backed by the Hawaii Strategic Development Corporation (HSDC), made the investment along with two other parallel investments. The company intends to use the funds to launch the second version of the app incorporating a new video platform, real-time chat, and video […]

Tapad, a NYC-based provider of unified cross-device marketing solutions, closed a $7m Series B-2 round of funding. The round was led by founding investors FirstMark Capital with participation from new investors Battery Ventures X L.P., Battery Investment Partners X, L.L.C., and G&H Partners and existing investors Avalon Ventures and the publicly traded Firsthand Technology Value […]