Silicon Valley-based interconnection company IIX Inc has raised $26 million in Series B funding. Formation 8 led the round with participation from other investors that included New Enterprise Associates and AME Cloud Ventures. In conjunction with the funding, Jim Kim, a founding partner at Formation 8, has been added to IIX’s board of directors.
4 min read · 17 November 2015
Canada-based Jobber, which helps service businesses get organized, has raised C$8 million in Series A funding. OMERS Ventures led the round participation from return backers Version One Ventures and Point Nine Capital.
3 min read · 17 November 2015
San Francisco-based tech-focused financial services company Earnest has secured $275 million in funding. Included in this amount is $75 million in a Series B funding round led by Battery Ventures with participation from other investors that included Maveron and Adams Street Partners. The remaining $200 million was from New York Life and unnamed backers.
4 min read · 17 November 2015
AirGrub, an app for air travelers to pre-order and pick up freshly prepared food without waiting in line, has raised $1.5 million in angel funding. The investors were not named.
3 min read · 17 November 2015
Fitness tracker maker Skulpt has raised $4.1 million in Series A funding. Nautilus Venture Partners led the round with participation from Caerus Venture Partners.
3 min read · 17 November 2015
Codiak BioSciences Inc, which is focused on using exosomes to treat and diagnose cancer and other diseases, has secured over $80 million in committed funding. Codiak's investors include Fidelity Management and Research Company, the Alaska Permanent Fund and Alexandria Venture Investments. In addition to the funding, Codiak has appointed Dr. Douglas E. Williams as its founding president and chief executive officer. Previously, Williams worked at Biogen where he served as executive vice president of research and development.
7 min read · 17 November 2015
ThinkingPhones has acquired San Francisco-based Fuze, a cloud-based video conferencing company. No financial terms were disclosed. Fuze's backers included Hermes Growth Partners, Index Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Insight Venture Partners.
3 min read · 16 November 2015
According to a blog post on its site, PatientPing has secured $9.6 million in funding. Google Ventures and FPrime Capital led the round with participation from other investors that included First Round Capital and SV Angel. Boston-based PatientPing is a network of healthcare providers focused on sharing medical information on patients.
1 min read · 16 November 2015
London-based LoveCrafts, a crafting community and marketplace, has raised $20 million in funding. Highland Europe led the round with participation from return backer Balderton Capital.
4 min read · 16 November 2015
Boston-based MAVRCK, a micro-influencer marketing platform provider, has secured $5 million in funding. The investors were Kepha Partners and GrandBanks Capital.
3 min read · 16 November 2015
