Private Equity
Secret Escapes, an online luxury travel club, has secured 8 million pounds ($12.9 million) of new funding. Index Ventures led the funding round with participation from existing investors Octopus Ventures and Atlas Venture. Torch Partners advised Secret Escapes on the fundraising.
4 min read · 15 October 2012
Aspen Avionics has closed a $12.8 million round of financing. All of Aspen's previous investors, including Granite Ventures, Sun Mountain Capital, Signal Peak Ventures, EPIC Ventures, Fort Washington Capital Partners and New Mexico Community Capital participated.
3 min read · 11 October 2012
Laguna Hills, Calif-based LoneStar Heart has completed a $20 million financing to support the clinical testing and regulatory clearance of its lead product, Algisyl-LVR. Hong Kong-based private equity fund Themes Investment Partners led the round. The new financing brings total funding in the company up to $35 million.
3 min read · 10 October 2012
Lufa Farms, a commercial rooftop farm, has completed a $4.5 million financing to fund the expansion of its new rooftop farming operations in Quebec. The funds will also be used to begin expansion drives into Boston, New York, Chicago and Toronto. Montreal's Cycle Capital Management led the investment round, which also included Lufa Farms' founding team of Hage, Lauren Rathmell and Dave Furneaux.
3 min read · 10 October 2012
Edison Ventures has sold Octagon Research Solutions to Accenture. Based in Wayne, PA Octagon's regulatory and clinical solutions support drug development at over 200 life sciences companies.
3 min read · 10 October 2012
Emailvision Holdings, a provider of customer intelligence and marketing automation, has completed a $30 million equity investment from London-based investment firm, Izurium Capital. Emailvision is located in 22 countries around the world and is majority owned by Francisco Partners.
2 min read · 10 October 2012
Rapid7, a provider of security risk management solutions, has acquired Mobilisafe, a Seattle-based mobile risk management provider. Rapid7 is backed by Bain Capital Ventures and Technology Crossover Ventures.
4 min read · 10 October 2012
HouseTrip.com, a holiday rental websites has secured a $40 million Series C funding round led by Accel Partners, with existing investors Balderton Capital and Index Ventures also participating. The investment will be used to expand its marketplace into more territories and develop new products and services for travellers and hosts.
4 min read · 09 October 2012
Calxeda has secured $55 million in additional funding, one of the largest semiconductor capital deals this year. Investors include Austin Ventures and Vulcan Capital plus additional participation by the firm’s existing investors. Calxeda will use the funding to accelerate adoption and innovation in the emerging market for ultra-low power scalable computing.
2 min read · 09 October 2012
The SeedStep Angels and the OKAngel Sidecar Fund, managed by i2E have closed a $400,000 investment in Oklahoma City-based Altheus Therapeutics, a company that has developed a combination therapy for ulcerative colitis. The investment was a second closing of a Series B financing round, the first of which included the Oklahoma Seed Capital Fund, which totaled $3.0 million.
2 min read · 09 October 2012
