Israel-based Intuition Robotics, a maker of social companion technologies, has raised an overall funding of $6 million. The company's investors include iRobot Corp and OurCrowd.
4 min read · 14 February 2017
Israel-based Kado, a developer of ultra-thin charging technology, has secured $1.2 million in funding. The investors included AltaIR Capital.
4 min read · 14 February 2017
Samanage, a provider of employee service success solutions, has raised $20 million in funding. The investors included Carmel Ventures, Gemini Israel Ventures, Marker LLC, Salesforce Ventures and Vintage Investment Partners.
1 min read · 14 February 2017
Passport, a provider of mobile payment technology for parking and transit, has hired Michael Scully as chief product officer. Previously, Scully worked at Virgin Mobile, Nokia, 2ergo/SoundBite (now part of Genesys) and Skookum. Passport's backers include Grotech Ventures, Relevance Capital and MK Capital.
3 min read · 14 February 2017
BirdEye, a customer feedback platform for businesses, has raised $25 million in funding. World Innovation Lab led the round with participation from return backer Trinity Ventures. In addition to the funding, Rob Theis has been added to BirdEye’s board of directors.
1 min read · 14 February 2017
Bamba, an African data collection startup, has raised $1.1 million in seed funding. Bamba's investors include Star Powers Partners II LLC, which is comprised of Foundry Group, Right Side Capital, Draper Associates, Landscape Capital, Silicon Valley Bank, Winshall Walt and Iron Gate Capital.
1 min read · 14 February 2017
Sensely, a provider of patient engagement solutions, has raised $8 million in Series B funding. Chengwei Capital led the round with participation from Bioveda Ventures, Fenox Venture Capital, Mayo Clinic and Stanford StartX.
1 min read · 14 February 2017
Xignite, a provider of market data cloud solutions for financial institutions and financial tech companies, has hired Mark Rowe as chief financial officer. Previously, Rowe was interim CFO and vice president of finance and operations at 3D Robotics. And prior to that, he worked at Microsoft for over ten years in several finance leadership positions. Xignite's backers include StarVest Partners, Altos Ventures and Startup Capital Ventures.
2 min read · 14 February 2017
Accion Venture Lab has sold its stake in Palo Alto and Mexico City-based Clip, a provider of digital payment solutions to micro, small and medium-sized businesses in Mexico. The buyer was not specified. No financial terms were disclosed.
3 min read · 14 February 2017
Frazier Healthcare Partners has promoted Philip Zaorski to vice president and hired Ryan Lucero, also as vice president. Zaorski joined the the firm in 2012 as an associate while Lucero previously worked at Kohlberg and Company where he focused on leveraged buyout and growth equity investments.
2 min read · 14 February 2017
