Advanced Cell Diagnostics Inc, a developer of cell and tissue-based diagnostic tests for precision medicine, has secured $22 million in Series C funding. Summit Partners led the round with participation from Kenson Ventures, Morningside Ventures and New Leaf Venture Partners. In addition to the funding, Harrison Miller, a managing director at Summit Partners, has been added to ACD’s board of directors.
4 min read · 18 June 2015
Irvine, California and New York-based content creation platform Visage has raised $2.15 million in seed funding. Venture51 led the round with participation from other investors that included K5Ventures and Kima Ventures.
3 min read · 18 June 2015
Investment management workplace platform Harvest Exchange has secured $5 million in Series B funding. Highland Capital Management led the round with participation from return backers Third Point LLC, Golden Tree Asset Management and Marketplace Fund I. In addition to the funding, Highland Capital will take a seat on Harvest Exchange's board of directors.
2 min read · 18 June 2015
Application intelligence provider AppDynamics has added David Scott to its board. Scott was a senior vice president and general manager of HP's global storage business. He is also the former president and CEO of 3PAR. AppDynamics' backers include Battery Ventures, ClearBridge Investments, Sands Capital, Greylock Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Institutional Venture Partners.
3 min read · 18 June 2015
California Bay area Indian restaurant chain Tava Indian Kitchen has raised $4.5 million in funding. The investors were CircleUp Growth Fund, Kensington Capital, Agilic Capital and former Smashburger CEO David Prokupek via his investment fund HiGrowth Advisors. In addition to the funding, Prokupek has been added to Tava’s board of directors.
3 min read · 18 June 2015
Los Angeles-based clinical diagnostics company Cynvenio Biosystems has closed $25.5 million in Series B funding. Livzon Pharmaceutical Group led the round with participation from other investors that included Greenwoods Private Equity Funds and Syno Capital.
3 min read · 17 June 2015
Newly launched open source company Minio has raised $3.3 million in seed funding. General Catalyst and Nexus Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included AME Cloud Ventures and Index Ventures.
2 min read · 17 June 2015
Los Angeles-based mobile services provider FreedomPop has raised $30 million in Series B funding. Partech Ventures led the round with participation from DCM Capital and Mangrove Capital. In addition to the funding, Mark Menell, a general partner at Partech Ventures, has been added to FreedomPop's board of directors.
3 min read · 17 June 2015
Minneapolis-based LeadPages, a landing page and lead generation platform provider, has raised $27 million in Series B funding. Drive Capital led the round with participation from Foundry Group and Arthur Ventures. In addition to the funding, Drive Capital's Chris Olsen has been appointed to LeadPage's board of directors.
3 min read · 17 June 2015
San Francisco-based Doctor on Demand, which provides video visits with board-certified physicians via smartphones, tablets and desktop computers, has secured $50 million in Series B funding, the company announced in a blog post on its site. Tenaya Capital led the round with participation from other investors that included Qualcomm Ventures, Dignity Health, Shasta Ventures and Sir Richard Branson. To read the post, visit here.
1 min read · 17 June 2015