Sweden-based Universal Avenue, an on-demand direct salesforce startup, has secured $10 million in funding, according to an announcement on its site. The company's backers include Eight Roads Ventures, Northzone, Moor and Salesforce Ventures.
1 min read · 12 July 2016
Codeacademy, a provider of digital skills education provider, has raised $30 million in Series C funding. Naspers Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Union Square Ventures, Flybridge, Index Ventures and Sir Richard Branson. In addition to the funding, Larry Illg, CEO of Naspers Ventures, has been added to Codeacademy's board of directors.
3 min read · 12 July 2016
CirraGroup, a medical debt settlement solutions provider, has raised $500,000 in Series B funding. The investor was Lafayette General Foundation’s health innovation fund.
1 min read · 12 July 2016
Flashpoint, a provider of data from the "deep and dark web" has raised $10 million in Series B funding. Greycroft Partners led the round with participation from Jump Capital, Leaders Fund, TechOperators, K2 Intelligence, Bloomberg Beta and Cisco Investments. In conjunction with the funding, Ellie Wheeler, a partner at Greycroft Partners, has been added to Flashpoint’s board.
3 min read · 12 July 2016
Australian fintech startup Airwallex has secured $3 million in funding. Gobi Partners led the round with participation from Gravity VC and Huashan Capital One.
3 min read · 12 July 2016
Palo Alto, California-based Pat Inc, an artificial intelligence company that provides an API for companies to enable more natural human to machine communications, has raised $2.5 million in seed funding. The investors were not named.
1 min read · 12 July 2016
Financial services tech solutions provider Fiserv Inc has named John Kim to its board of directors. Kim is president of New York Life Insurance Company. He is a senior adviser and member of the advisory committee of venture firm RRE.
2 min read · 11 July 2016
According to an announcement on its site, ecommerce titan eBay has agreed to acquire Israel-based SalesPredict, a provider of analytics that predict customer-buying behavior and sales conversion. No financial terms were disclosed. SalesPredict's backers include Redline Capital, KGC Capital and Pitango Venture Capital.
1 min read · 11 July 2016
Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based Vigilant Biosciences Inc, a provider of solutions that help detect cancer, has closed $5 million in funding. The investors included White Owl Capital Partners and venVelo.
1 min read · 11 July 2016
Austin, Texas-based data startup Data.world has launched with $14 million in Series A funding. Shasta Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Capital Factory, Chicago Ventures, Floodgate, FYRFLY Venture Partners, Homebrew, Lead Edge Capital, LiveOak Venture Partners and Rothenberg Ventures.
6 min read · 11 July 2016
