New York City-based Honest Buildings, a commercial real estate marketplace that connects industry professionals, has raised $5 million in funding. Circle Ventures led the round with participation from Thrive Capital, Westly Group and Rockport Capital.
3 min read · 26 June 2015
Silicon Valley-based big data analytics provider Guavus Inc has secured $30 million in funding. The investors were not named.
2 min read · 26 June 2015
San Francisco-based ForgeRock, a provider of identity management solutions, has named Aled Miles as executive vice president of global sales. Previously, Miles worked at Symantec. ForgeRock is backed by Meritech Capital Partners, Accel Partners and Foundation Capital.
3 min read · 26 June 2015
San Francisco-based mobile retail app Just Sales, which is rebranding as ShopJester, has secured $600,000 in seed funding. The investors included company co-founders Bob Pack, a former vice president of sales at NetZero and Roger Smith, former CEO of Silicon Valley Bank.
3 min read · 26 June 2015
Mountain View, California-based Matterport, which develops technology that creates immersive spaces in VR, web and mobile apps, has secured $30 million in Series C funding. Qualcomm Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included GIC.
3 min read · 26 June 2015
New York-based hardware startup LittleBits Electronics Inc has raised $44.2 million in funding. DFJ Growth led the round with participation from other investors that included Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners, Grishin Robotics, Wamda Capital, Foundry Group, True Ventures, VegasTechFund, Two Sigma Ventures and Khosla Ventures. In conjunction with the funding, Barry Schuler of DFJ Growth, has been added to the LittleBits board.
4 min read · 26 June 2015
San Francisco-based Postmates, an on-demand delivery service, has secured $80 million in funding, the company announced in a blog post on its site. Tiger Global Management led the round. In conjunction with the funding, Lee Fixel, a partner at Tiger Global, has been added to the Postmates board.
1 min read · 25 June 2015
San Francisco-based Zumper, a home and apartment rental search platform, has secured $6.35 million in funding. Goodwater Capital and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers led the round.
2 min read · 25 June 2015
Personal philanthropy social network STAND has secured $2.25 million in funding. Resolute Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Jack Dorsey, Greylock Discovery, Fresco Capital, MGM, LinkedIn, CITI Ventures and former Square CTO Bob Lee. In addition to the funding, STAND has appointed Biz Stone as chairman.
4 min read · 25 June 2015
Arlington, Virginia-based Brazen, an engagement platform that connects organizations with their stakeholders, has raised $4.7 million in funding. Osage Venture Partners led the round with participation from Randstad Innovation Fund, Militello Capital and Kegonsa Capital Partners.
3 min read · 25 June 2015
