New York City-based Personali, an incentives personalization platform for online retailers, has secured $12 million in Series B funding. Norwest Venture Partners led the round with participation from other investors that included Cedar Fund and Gemini Venture Partners. In addition to the funding, Dror Nahumi, a general partner at Norwest, has been appointed to Personali's board of directors.
3 min read · 11 June 2015
Cambridge, Massachusetts-based biopharmaceutical company XTuit Pharmaceuticals Inc has secured $22 million in Series A funding. New Enterprise Associates led the round with participation from Polaris Partners, CTI Life Sciences, Arcus Ventures and Omega Funds. In addition to the funding, David Mott, a general partner at New Enterprise Associates, has been appointed to XTuit's board.
4 min read · 11 June 2015
New York City-based hiring startup Vettery has secured $1.7 million in seed funding. The investors are unnamed New York-based angel investors.
3 min read · 11 June 2015
San Francisco-based Pax Labs, a vapor technology provider for e-cigarettes, has secured $46.7 million in funding. The investors included Fidelity Management & Research Company, Sivia Capital, Tao Capital Partners and Sand Hill Angels.
2 min read · 11 June 2015
New York City-based TripleLift, a programmatic native advertising platform, has raised $10.5 million in Series B funding. Edison Partners led the round with participation from return backers iNovia Capital, Laconia Capital and NextView Ventures. In conjunction with the funding, Ryan Ziegler, a general partner at Edison Partners, has been added to TripleLift’s board of directors.
3 min read · 11 June 2015
Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Unum Therapeutics, a developer of antibody-directed cellular immunotherapy, has closed $65 million in Series B funding. New Leaf Venture Partners led the round with participation from other investors that included Brace Pharma Capital, Cowen Private Investments, Novo A/S, Sabby Management LLC, Wellington Management Company LLP, Fidelity Biosciences, Atlas Venture and Sanofi-Genzyme BioVentures. In addition to the funding, Dr. Liam Ratcliffe, managing director at New Leaf Venture Partners, has been added to Unum's board of directors.
3 min read · 11 June 2015
Los Angeles-based Local ID, a local intelligence platform that provides brands with solutions for their local marketing, has raised $1.9 million in seed funding. Crosscut Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Technicolor, TenOneTen, Baroda Ventures, Double M Partners, Tallwave, Wavemaker Partners and Queens Bridge Venture Partners.
4 min read · 11 June 2015
8tracks has raised $2.5 million in debt funding from Silicon Valley Bank. Based in San Francisco, 8tracks helps music listeners create their own playlists.
3 min read · 11 June 2015
Connected electric toothbrush maker Kolibree has secured Series A funding. No financial terms were disclosed. The investors were SEB Alliance, Innovacom, Cap Horn Invest and the Dental Investment Group for Health.
4 min read · 10 June 2015
San Francisco-based dry cleaning and laundry service Rinse has secured $3.5 million in seed funding. The company's backers include Arena Ventures, ff Venture Capital, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Accelerator Ventures, MESA Ventures, Expansion Venture Capital, Rothenberg Ventures, Base Ventures, Structure Capital and Otter Rock Capital.
3 min read · 10 June 2015
