Debugging startup Backtrace has raised Series A funding, according to a blog post on its site. Although the amount was not specified in the company announcement, TechCruch reported the figure to be $5 million. The investors in this round were Amplify Partners, Work-Bench, Rally Ventures and Tribeca Venture Partners.
1 min read · 22 December 2016
Ryan Blair, CEO of Los Angeles-based multilevel marketing company ViSalus, is leaving his post to devote more time to his venture capital firm HashTagOne. Nick Sarnicola, a co-founder of ViSalus, will succeed him. The appointment becomes effective January 1, 2017. Blair will remain on ViSalus' board of directors and serve as a key adviser to Sarnicola during the transition.
3 min read · 22 December 2016
Taiwan-based Next Entertainment, a live broadcasting platform company, has closed $25 million in Series A financing. Inke led the round with participation from FunPlus, GSR Ventures and Mayfield. The capital will be used to launch Next Entertainment's new live streaming app MeMe.
1 min read · 22 December 2016
St. Louis, Missouri-based Veran Medical Technologies, a medical device company, has secured $31 million in debt and equity financing. Oxford Finance LLC provided the debt funding while Versant Ventures and River Cities Capital Funds provided the equity.
1 min read · 21 December 2016
New York City and Poland-based Explain Everything Inc, a screencasting interactive whiteboard app, has raised $3.7 million in funding round. EBRD Venture Capital Investment Programme led the round with participation from return backers Credo Ventures, New Europe Ventures and RTAventures.
1 min read · 21 December 2016
Iguama, a cross-border shopping club that lets Latin Americans buy top brands from U.S. merchants at affordable prices, has named Weihua Yan as chief technology officer. Yan is a company co-founder and member of its board of directors. Iguama is backed by PeopleFund.
3 min read · 21 December 2016
5 min read · 21 December 2016
San Francisco-based software company LaunchDarkly has raised $8.7 million in Series A funding, the company reported in a blog post on its site. Josh Stein of DFJ led the round. Also, Stein will be joining LaunchDarkly's board.
1 min read · 21 December 2016
Finnish clean tech company Visedo has secured 20 million euros in funding. The investors were not named although according to Crunchbase, Visedo's backers include Emerald Technology Ventures. In addition to the funding, Visedo has appointed Tarja Järvinen as chief financial officer.
1 min read · 21 December 2016
Machine learning startup Dynamic Yield has secured $22 million in Series C funding, according to an announcement on the company site. Vertex Ventures and ClalTech led the round with participation from Baidu, Global Founders Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Marker LLC and Innovation Endeavors.
1 min read · 21 December 2016
