Florida-based Raw Shorts, which helps users create customized explainer videos, has raised $1 million in Series A funding. New World Angels led the round with participation from Mosley Ventures and Accelerated Growth Partners.
3 min read · 29 January 2016
Sunnyvale, California-based BirdEye, a business reputation and customer experience provider, has secured $8 million in Series A funding. Trinity Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Yahoo co-founder and former CEO Jerry Yang. In addition to the funding, Ajay Chopra of Trinity Ventures has been added to BirdEye's board of directors while Clara Shih, CEO of Hearsay Social, has been named to its advisory board.
3 min read · 29 January 2016
Valmiki 504 LLC, a subsidiary of Valmiki Capital Management LP, has named Peggy A. Babin as president and CEO. In this role, Babin will run the company's venture capital operations in New Orleans. Previously, she worked at Tulane University where she served as associate dean at the A.B. Freeman School of Business. Her appointment begins February 1, 2016.
3 min read · 29 January 2016
San Jose, California-based Mercatus, a provider of energy finance solutions, has secured $11.7 million in Series B funding. by Traverse Venture Partners and TPG led the round with participation from previous backers Vision Ridge Partners, Trepp and Augment Ventures. In conjunction with the funding, Josh Green of Traverse Venture Partners and Mark Gudiksen of TPG have been added to the Mercatus board.
3 min read · 28 January 2016
Farmers Edge, a provider of precision agriculture and independent data management solutions, has raised C$58 million in funding. The investors were Mitsui & Co. Ltd, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Osmington Inc. In addition to the funding. Kenji Otake of Mitsui & Co has been added to Farmers Edge's board of directors.
4 min read · 28 January 2016
Luxembourg-based Job Today, a job marketplace that quickly connects employers and job-seekers, has raised $10 million in Series A funding. Accel led the round with participation from Felix Capital and return backer Mangrove Capital Partners.
5 min read · 28 January 2016
Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Insurify, a car insurance shopping startup, has raised $2 million in seed funding. Rationalwave Capital Partners led the round.
2 min read · 28 January 2016
Fuel delivery startup Booster Fuels has secured $9 million in Series A funding. Maveron led the round with participation from other investors that included Madrona Venture Group, Version One Ventures and RRE Ventures. In addition to the funding, David Wu, general partner at Maveron, has been added to Booster Fuels' board.
3 min read · 28 January 2016
Atlanta-based Pindrop, a provider of in voice-fraud prevention and authentication, has raised $75 million in Series C funding. Google Capital led the round with participation from GV, Andreessen Horowitz, IVP, Citi Ventures and Felicis Ventures.
3 min read · 28 January 2016
New York City-based Laconia Capital Group LP has launched a new B2B venture fund. According to the firm, the fund will focus on late-seed stage companies that have "reached an inflection point in their business development." Laconia plans on making eight to 10 investments that average between $250,000 and $750,000 over the next 18 months.
2 min read · 28 January 2016
