UK-based Notonthehighstreet.com, a curated marketplace for creative small businesses, has secured 21 million pounds in Series E funding. Hubert Burda Media led the round with participation from Index Ventures, Industry Ventures and Eight Roads Ventures.
6 min read · 30 August 2016
Safeguard Scientifics has named Dr. Scott A. Snyder as senior vice president, managing director and chief technology and innovation officer. Previously, Snyder worked at Mobiquity Inc where he served as president and chief strategy officer.
4 min read · 30 August 2016
Berlin-based hardware startup Senic has raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding. The investor was Target Partners.
3 min read · 30 August 2016
Camino Financial, an online credit marketplace that provides financing to Hispanic-owned businesses, has secured $2 million in funding. Collaborative Fund and Hunt Holdings LP led the round with participation from other investors that included Comcast Ventures and Impact America Fund.
2 min read · 29 August 2016
Genvid Technologies, a developer of tools for eSports broadcasts, has secured $1.5 million in seed funding. March Capital Partners led the round with participation from OCA Ventures.
3 min read · 29 August 2016
London and New York-based hospitality mobile app Velocity has raised $22.5 million in Series B funding. DIG Investments led the round with participation from other backers that included Barry Sternlicht, founder of Starwood Hotels Group and concierge company John Paul. In addition to the funding, Velocity has named Amanda Terry as chief operating officer.
1 min read · 29 August 2016
Los Angeles-based sneaker marketplace GOAT has raised $5 million in funding. Matrix Partners led the round with participation from other backers that included Upfront Ventures and Webb Investment Network. In addition to the funding, Josh Hannah, a general partner at Matrix Partners, has been added to GOAT's board of directors.
1 min read · 29 August 2016
Bellevue, Washington-based Apptio, a provider of tech business management software, has filed for an IPO. The number of shares that will be sold as well as the stock's pricing terms have yet to be set. Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and BofA Merrill Lynch will serve as the lead underwriters. Apptio's backers include Janus Capital, the Hillman Company, Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock Partners, Madrona Venture Group, Shasta Ventures and T. Rowe Price Associates.
2 min read · 29 August 2016
Big data software developer Galactic Exchange has raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding. The investors were Signia Venture Partners and Floodgate. In conjunction with the funding, Rick Thompson, a founding partner at Signia, has been added to Galactic Exchange's board.
3 min read · 29 August 2016
Sherman Oaks, California-based Vroozi, a cloud-based B2B procurement company, has secured $4 million in funding. Ally Holdings led the round.
1 min read · 29 August 2016
