The Noodle Companies, which is comprised of education technology companies, has secured $5 million in Series A funding. The investor was SWaN & Legend Venture Partners.
1 min read · 23 January 2017
Shoptalk, which organizes retail and ecommerce-focused events, has raised $2 million in funding. Primary Venture Partners led the round with participation from other backers that included Commerce Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures and New Enterprise Associates. The capital infusion will be used to launch Shoptalk Europe.
1 min read · 23 January 2017
Arizona and Michigan-based The CORE Institute, a provider of healthcare solutions, care redesign and service line management for musculoskeletal medical practices, has secured an undisclosed amount of financing. The investors were Frazier Healthcare Partners and Princeton Ventures.
1 min read · 23 January 2017
San Francisco-based Boku, a direct carrier billing mobile payments company, has named Gillian Davies as chief financial officer. Her appointment becomes effective immediately. Previously, Davies worked at Banner Management Communications, which is part of the Adare Group. There she served as interim finance director. Boku's backers include Andreessen Horowitz, Benchmark Capital, DAG Ventures, Index Ventures, Khosla Ventures and New Enterprise Associates.
2 min read · 23 January 2017
Silicon Valley-based Aryaka, a SD-WAN provider, has closed $45 million in Series D funding. The investors included Third Point Ventures and Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners. Union Square Advisors was the financial adviser and placement agent to Aryaka on the transaction.
4 min read · 23 January 2017
UK-based Habito, a digital mortgage broker, has secured 5.5 million pounds in Series A funding. Ribbit Capital led the round with participation from return backer Mosaic Ventures.
3 min read · 23 January 2017
Mithril Capital has raised over $740 million for its second fund, according to an SEC filing. Co-founded by Peter Thiel, San Francisco-based venture firm focuses on the technology, macroeconomics and finance sectors.
1 min read · 20 January 2017
San Leandro, California-based iHear Medical Inc, a hearing solutions provider, has raised $4.1 million in Series C-2 financing. Ameritas led the round with participation from other investors that included Aphelion Capital and Lighthouse Capital.
1 min read · 20 January 2017
Vancouver, British Columbia and San Francisco-based Iris Automation Inc, an industrial drone startup, has secured US$1.5 million in funding. The investors included Social Capital, GGV, Bee Partners and Liquid 2. Founded in 2015, Iris Automation is a recent graduate of the YCombinator startup accelerator program.
4 min read · 20 January 2017
Time Warner Investments, which targets new opportunities in early to mid-stage companies that "generate strategic value for Time Warner's businesses," has named Allison Goldberg as senior vice president. Goldberg will replace Rachel Lam who will be leaving the company this spring. Most recently, Goldberg was vice president and managing director of Time Warner Investments. She joined Time Warner in 2001.
3 min read · 19 January 2017
