Private Equity
Social music discovery platform Soundrop has closed a $3.4 million funding round (20 million NOK), led by Northzone and Investinor. Northzone invested in Soundrop’s first round and is also the lead investor in Spotify and X5 Music.
4 min read · 01 October 2013
Dataguise, an innovator of data security intelligence and protection solutions, has closed a $13 million Series B funding round. The financing was led by Toba Capital with additional capital coming from the investment arm of a multi-billion dollar electronic conglomerate.
4 min read · 30 September 2013
Ministry of Supply has raised a total of $1.1 million in seed funding to expand its tech-infused line of clothing. Tony Hsieh’s VegasTechFund led the round, with participants including Boston Red Sox pitcher Craig Breslow, SK Ventures and Kevin Henrikson.
3 min read · 30 September 2013
Love Home Swap, a home swap holiday service, has raised follow-on funding from MMC Ventures. The additional funding will be used to invest in marketing, product development and new hires.
3 min read · 30 September 2013
Albion Ventures has backed UK-based Relayware, a global provider of B2B collaboration and multi-channel communication solutions. The investment will enable Relayware to accelerate its growth and extend its lead in technological innovation.
3 min read · 30 September 2013
Venture firms completed 131 exits totaling $6.7 billion in Q3 2013, according to the latest venture capital data from PitchBook Data. Liquidity activity in terms of capital is significantly lower than the same period a year ago -in Q3 2012, VC firms completed 148 exits for $9 billion, a cash flow drop of 34%.
2 min read · 30 September 2013
Clairvest Group has made a $15 million investment in Cieslok Media, formerly Titan Outdoor Canada Company. Cieslok Media is a Canadian outdoor advertising firm, operating predominantly large format digital and static billboards throughout major cities in Canada. Clairvest's portion of the investment is $4 million.
2 min read · 30 September 2013
Aventura has completed a $4.3 million investment led by current investors Clarion Direct Investment, Excel Venture Management, HLM Venture Partners and MemorialCare Innovation Fund. The financing builds on Aventura’s previously announced $13 million equity financing in 2011.
3 min read · 26 September 2013
Predilytics has secured additional funding from Foundation Medical Partners and has added Andrew D. Firlik to the board of directors. Predilytics is an advanced analytics company.
4 min read · 26 September 2013
Minneapolis¬based software company LeadPages has announced a $5 million Series A round of funding led by Foundry Group with participation from Arthur Ventures. LeadPages was launched in January of 2013 by co-founders Clay Collins, Tracy Simmons, and Simon Payne
3 min read · 26 September 2013
