Sidecar, a provider of ecommerce marketing technology, has closed $8 million in Series B funding. Ascent Venture Partners led the round with participation from other investors that included Osage Venture Partners.
3 min read · 23 November 2015
San Francisco-based digital learning tool Quizlet has secured $12 million in Series A funding. Union Square Ventures and Costanoa Venture Capital led the round with participation from Altos Ventures and Owl Ventures. In addition to the funding, Fred Wilson of USV and Greg Sands of Costanoa have been added to Quizlet's board.
3 min read · 23 November 2015
Swiss biopharmaceutical company ObsEva, a developer of drugs that focus on "serious conditions compromising pregnancy from conception to birth," has raised $60 million in Series B funding. The investors included HBM Healthcare Investments, New Enterprise Associates, OrbiMed, Rock Springs Capital, Sofinnova Partners, Sofinnova Ventures, Novo Ventures and MS Ventures. In addition to the funding, Ed Mathers of NEA has been added to ObsEva's board of directors. Leerink Partners LLC was the advisor on the funding.
3 min read · 23 November 2015
Sunfire GmbH, a developer of reversible high-temperature electrolysers and high-temperature fuel cells, has secured an undisclosed amount of funding. The investors included Inven Capital, Total Energy Ventures and Electranova Capital, managed by Idinvest Partners.
4 min read · 23 November 2015
MindTickle, a sales readiness platform, has secured $12.5 million in Series A funding. The investors were New Enterprise Associates and Accel Partners.
4 min read · 23 November 2015
Santa Monica, California-based PatientPop, a practice growth platform for healthcare providers, has raised $10 million in Series A funding. The investor was Toba Capital.
2 min read · 23 November 2015
Europe-based professional moving services operator Movago has raised 7 million euros in Series A funding. DN Capital led the round with participation from other investors that included Holtzbrinck Ventures and Piton Capital. In addition to the funding, Nenad Marovac from DN Capital has been added to Movago's board of directors.
3 min read · 23 November 2015
Freebird, a maker of a travel booking app, has raised $3.5 million in funding. The investors included General Catalyst, Accomplice and Slow Ventures.
3 min read · 20 November 2015
Toronto-based photo community and marketplace 500px has hired Kelly Thompson as head of marketplace. Thompson is the former chief operating officer of iStock by Getty Images. The company’s backers include Andreessen Horowitz, Harrison Metal, ff Venture Capital and Visual China Group.
2 min read · 20 November 2015
San Francisco-based Le Tote, an on-demand fashion rental service, has secured $15 million in Series B funding. AITV led the round with participation from return backers Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Azure Capital, Simon Venture Group, Epic Ventures and Funders Club.
4 min read · 19 November 2015
