Vector Watch, a wearable technology provider, has raised $5 million in funding. GECAD Group led the round with participation from other investors that included Catalyst Romania.
2 min read · 25 November 2015
Japanese 3D printing startup Kabuku Inc has raised $750 million JPY (about $6.1 million) in Series A funding. Global Brain Corporation, Dentsu Digital Holdings Inc and Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Venture Capital Co led the round.
2 min read · 25 November 2015
Santa Ana, California-based Agility Fuel Systems, a maker of natural gas fuel systems for heavy duty vehicles in North America, has named Kathleen Ligocki as CEO. The appointment becomes effective December 3. Ligocki is a former operating partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
3 min read · 25 November 2015
Online mortgage platform Lenda has raised $2 million in seed funding. Lakestar led the round with participation from other investors that included Rubicon Ventures and 500 Startups.
3 min read · 24 November 2015
Greenhouse Software has acquired San Francisco-based Parklet, an employee onboarding and experience software company. Parklet's backers included Storm Ventures, FundersClub and Greylock Ventures.
2 min read · 24 November 2015
Waltham, Massachusetts-based Harvest Power, a provider of organics management solutions, has raised $20 million in funding. True North Venture Partners, Industry Ventures and Generation Investment Management led the round. Also, Harvest has named Christian G. Kasper as CEO.
2 min read · 24 November 2015
Boston-based real estate marketing platform Placester has raised $27 million in Series C funding. The investors included New Enterprise Associates and Romulus Capital.
3 min read · 24 November 2015
Shiftgig, which connects people with jobs on their smartphones, has closed $22 million in Series B funding. Renren Inc led the round with participation from other investors that included Chicago Ventures, DRW Venture Capital, GGV Capital, Garland Capital Group, KGC Capital, Pritzker Group and Wicklow Capital.
3 min read · 24 November 2015
London-based Clarisite, which provides companies with on-demand insight into their customer’s behavior on web and mobile, has raised $5.5 million in Series A funding. Lazarus Israel Opportunities Fund led the round. In addition to the funding. Clarisite has named Yaron Morgenstern as CEO.
3 min read · 24 November 2015
San Mateo, California-based data security firm Fortscale Security has secured $16 million in funding. The investors included CME Ventures and UST Global.
3 min read · 24 November 2015
