Angela Sormani

uuzuche.com innks $10 mln Series A led by Lightspeed China Partners

uuzuche.com, a private car sharing platform, has received $10 million in Series A funding. The financing is led by Lightspeed China Partners with participation from China Renaissance K2 Ventures and Angel Investor Wang Gang.

Apptentive raises Series A led by SurveyMonkey and Origin Ventures

Apptentive has completed a $5.3 million Series A fundraising round led by SurveyMonkey and Origin Ventures. The company's previous investors including Founders Co-op and Golden Venture Partners, also participated, along with the company's founders.

Tower Arch Capital completes Hard Rock recap

Tower Arch Capital has completed the recapitalization of Hard Rock Directional Drilling. Hard Rock is a San Antonio, TX based specialty-boring and services company primarily serving the energy industry.

Davison gets growth equity backing from Accel-KKR

F.W. Davison & Company, a provider of software solutions has received a minority growth equity investment from Accel-KKR. In conjunction with the investment, Greg Williams, managing director at Accel-KKR and David Cusimano, vice president at Accel-KKR, will join the board of directors.

POW secures $2.5 mln from Columbia Pacific Advisors

POW has secured $2.5 million from Columbia Pacific Advisors. Headquartered in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood, POW operates three apparel brands catering to skiers, snowboarders and outdoor sports enthusiasts.

New Capital Partners promotes

New Capital Partners has promoted Adam Cranford, Seton Marshall and Paul Pless as principals of the firm. The firm has also promoted Ryan Berg to senior associate.

Catawiki scores Series B led by Accel

Online auction house Catawiki has secured a Series B investment led by Accel Partners. Berlin-based investor and company builder Project A Ventures, Booking.com’s former CMO Arthur Kosten and Dutch media and Internet entrepreneur Willem Sijthoff, an existing investor, also participated in the round.

peHUB First Read

In First Read this morning Coller and Goldman back American Capital mid-market Fund III, Vantage Energy postpones its IPO, U.S. Venture Partners raises first fund in six years and find out which firms are more likely to dip into corporate venture capital.

Numerify inks $15 mln Series B led by Sequoia

Cloud-based analytics company Numerify has raised $15 million in an oversubscribed Series B funding round led by Sequoia Capital. Numerify has secured a total of more than $23 million to date including a Series A round of $8.25 million led by Lightspeed Venture Partners who also participated in the Series B round.

Middle East Venture Partners and Rising Tide Fund back Fuel

Fuel has raised $3.5 million from Middle East Venture Partners and Rising Tide Fund. Fuel is a platform for creating connected experiences on mobile games.