Chicago-based ForeverCar, a provider of car repair protection plans, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding. CMFG Ventures is the lead investor.
1 min read · 27 October 2016
Social video creation platform Wochit has secured $13 million in funding. The investors included ProSieben, Singapore Press Holdings’ SPH Media Fund, Carlo de Benedetti, Redpoint, Marker LLC and Cedar Fund.
3 min read · 27 October 2016
Pure Harvest Smart Farms, a Middle East agribusiness startup, has raised $1.1 million in funding. The investor was Shorooq Investments.
4 min read · 26 October 2016
New York-based lingerie brand Lively has secured $4 million in funding. GGV Capital, Gelmart International and Harvey Sanders led the round.
3 min read · 26 October 2016
IrisVR, a virtual reality company, has secured $8 million in Series A funding. Emergence Capital led the round with participation from other investors that included Indicator Ventures, Pritzker Group Venture Capital, Valar Ventures, Azure Capital Partners, Locke Mountain Ventures and Morningside Group. In addition to the funding, Kevin Spain, a general partner at Emergence Capital, has been appointed to IrisVR’s board of directors.
3 min read · 26 October 2016
Israel-based PointGrab, a provider of smart sensing solutions for the building automation sector, has raised $7 million in funding. The investors included Philips Lighting, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital Co. Ltd and ABB Technology Ventures.
1 min read · 26 October 2016
Culture Trip, a media startup for the "culturally curious," has raised $20 million in Series A funding. The investor was PPF Group.
3 min read · 26 October 2016
Genomics Medicine Ireland, an Irish life-sciences startup, has raised $40 million in Series A funding. The investors included ARCH Venture Partners, Polaris Partners, the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund and GV.
6 min read · 26 October 2016
BloomReach Inc has acquired Hippo B.V., a web content management company. No financial terms were disclosed. BloomReach is backed by Bain Capital Ventures, Battery Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Salesforce Ventures and Lightspeed Ventures.
5 min read · 26 October 2016
Boston-based TVision, a next-generation attention measurement company for TV, has raised $6.8 million in funding. Accomplice led the round with participation from Golden Venture Partners, Jump Capital, ITOCHU Technology Ventures and Project 11 Ventures.
1 min read · 26 October 2016
