Romania

123ContactForm, a Timisoara, Romania-based provider of web forms and surveys for companies and NGOs globally, received an over $1m minority investment. Private equity growth and venture capital fund Catalyst Romania* made the investment. The company intends to use the funds to develop new products, increase marketing efforts, and expand its team of 42 people. Founded […]

USA

FullContact, aĀ Denver, CO-basedĀ provider of address book solutions, closed $10m in funding. The round, which brought total funding to nearly $20m, was led by Foundry Group and Baird Capital, with participation from Blue Note Ventures and 500 Startups. In conjunction with the funding, Baird’s Benedict Rocchio will be joining the board of FullContact. The company intends […]

LatviaUSA

FullContact, a Denver, Colorado and Riga, Latvia-based provider of a contact management platform, raised an additional $7m in funding. The company, which has raised just under $16m in total, intends to use the funds to continue developing applications for more devices, with upcoming releases of FullContact for Mac and FullContact for Android. Led by Bart […]

Italy

ContactLab, a Milan, Italy-based provider of a direct digital marketing platform, raised ā‚¬4m in funding. The round was led by Andrea Di Camillo’s venture capital firm Programma 101 (P101). The company intends to use the funds to speed up its product research and development plan and its expansion in international markets. Founded in 1998 by […]

USA

Contactually, a Washington, D.C.-based provider of a relationship management platform, closed a $2m funding round. Backers included Point Nine Capital, Boston SeedĀ­Ā­, Middlebridge Partners, 500 Startups, Middleland Capital, Crystal Tech and Gil Penchina’s AngelList syndicate, which includes Dave Morin (Path, Facebook), Jonathan Abrams (Nuzzel, Friendster), and Dr. Hossein Eslambolchi (former CTO of AT&T). The company, […]

Mergers and AcquisitionsUSA

inContact, a Salt Lake City, UT-basedĀ provider of cloud contact center software and optimization tools, acquired Uptivity (formerly CallCopy), a Columbus, OH-based provider of a complete workforce optimization suite. The amount of the transaction was not disclosed. With the deal, Edison Ventures exited Uptivity, which provides a workforce optimization suite including speech and desktop analytics, agent […]

LatviaMergers and AcquisitionsStart UpUSA

FullContact, a Denver, Colorado-based provides a contact management solution for businesses, developers, and individuals, acquired Cobook. The amount of the transaction was not disclosed. Founded in 2011 by Kaspars and Janis Dancis and backed by Hackfwd, Cobook has created a unified address book for iPhone, iPad and Mac. As part of the acquisition, the Cobook […]

fundingStart UpUSA

ContactUs.com, Inc., a Miami, Fl.-based provider of Ā a suite of online marketing tools for small businesses,Ā raised a $400k inĀ seed funding. The round was led by PeopleFund and founders Brad Seiler and Howard Yeh. The company is using the funds to build out the capabilities, features and UI of ContactUs, as well as to begin sales […]

fundingStart UpUSAventure capital

Contactually, a Washington D.C.-based technology provider of a new marketing channel focusing on managing professional relationships, raised $1m in seed funding. The round was led by Point Nine Capital and Boston Seed Capital, with participation from existing investors 500 Startups and previous angel investors. The company intends to use the funding to develop and scale […]

CanadafundingStart Upventure capital

ContactMonkey, a Toronto, Canada-based provider of a cloud solution that allows people to share their contact information, has closed an $800k seed funding round. Backers include Plazacorp Ventures and other (unnamed) angel investors. The company intends to use the capital to expand sales into the North American enterprise market. Founded in 2011 by CEO Scott […]

USA

Beltsville, MD-based Vocus (NASDAQ: VOCS), a provider of cloud-based marketing and PR software, has acquired iContact, a Durham, North Carolina-based provider of cloud-based email and social marketing software. Under the terms of the agreement, Vocus acquired iContact for approximately $91m of cash, $9m of common stock and $79m of redeemable convertible preferred stock, aggregating $169 […]