HackerRank has raised $9.2 million dollars in Series B funding from Khosla Ventures, Battery Ventures and angel investors. HackerRank is a platform used by hackers to hone their skills and companies to streamline their recruiting process.
4 min read · 12 June 2014
Enlightenment Capital has backed PIXIA, a developer of high-performance, big-data access solutions. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
3 min read · 12 June 2014
Peak Rock Capital has appointed Ryan Fitch as a senior vice president of the firm. Fitch was previously part of the business development team at Platinum Equity where he was responsible for deal origination and managing strategic relationships with corporate sellers, investment banks and other intermediaries.
2 min read · 12 June 2014
Clinical stage biotechnology company Aduro BioTech has closed a $55 million Series C financing. New investor Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation joined the Morningside group and other new and existing investors in the transaction.
4 min read · 12 June 2014
Southcross Energy is acquiring a stake in TexStar Midstream Services. The business is a privately held gas gathering and processing partnership located in the Eagle Ford shale region of South Texas.
10 min read · 12 June 2014
Quarton Partners has hired Matt Schloop and Doug Shinkle. Schloop joins as a director and Shinkle joins as an analyst.
2 min read · 12 June 2014
Hudson Ferry Capital has backed Soft-Tex International. Based in Waterford, New York, Soft-Tex manufactures, imports, and distributes bedding products.
2 min read · 12 June 2014
Altium has appointed Oliver Vaughan as an assistant director in its London office. He joins Altium from Livingstone Partners where he was also an assistant director.
1 min read · 12 June 2014
CapMan is selling Finnish home textile manufacturer Finlayson & Co Oy to Jukka Kurttila and Petri Pesonen, founders of Finnish advertising agency Bob the Robot, and to its third new owner Risto Voutilainen. Funds managed by CapMan invested in Finlayson in 1999, when a manufacturer of flexible foam products Espe Group Oy was purchased from Royal Dutch Shell plc Group.
4 min read · 12 June 2014
IK Investment Partners is selling Minimax Viking to Kirkbi and Intermediate Capital Group. Financial details have not been disclosed.
4 min read · 12 June 2014
