Montreal-based luxury vacation rental company Luxury Retreats has secured $11 million in funding. iNovia Capital led the round.
3 min read · 08 June 2015
Dublin, Ireland-based mobile marketing company Brandtone has secured 18.5 million euros in funding. Ares Capital Corp led the round with participation from return backers Unilever, Syngenta, Verlinvest and Vision Private Equity.
2 min read · 08 June 2015
Dallas-based connected car platform Vinli Inc has closed $6.5 million in Series A funding. Samsung Venture Investment Corp led the round with participation from Cox Automotive, The Westly Group and Continental. In addition to the funding, Luis Arbulu and David Liniado have been added to Vinli’s board of directors.
6 min read · 08 June 2015
David Strasser has joined SWaN & Legend Venture Partners LLC as a managing director. Previously, Strasser worked at Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, where he served as a managing director in equity research for the retail sector.
3 min read · 08 June 2015
Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Spero Therapeutics LLC, a biopharmaceutical company that focuses on treating bacterial infections, has raised $30 million in Series A funding. Lundbeckfond Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Merck Research Ventures, The Kraft Group, Atlas Venture, SR One and Partners Innovation Fund. In conjunction with the funding, Lundbeckfond Ventures’s Casper Breum and Merck’s Dr. Josh Resnick have been added to Spero's board.
5 min read · 08 June 2015
Sales engagement platform Colabo has secured $7 million in Series A funding. The backers included Marker LLC, Kaedan Capital and The Hive.
2 min read · 08 June 2015
Menlo Park, California-based Menlo Security, a cyber security company that has launched from stealth mode, has raised $25 million in Series B funding. Sutter Hill Ventures led the round with participation from return backers General Catalyst, Osage University Partners and Engineering Capital.
4 min read · 08 June 2015
Envelop VR, a builder of virtual reality software, has raised $2 million in seed funding. The backers included Hank Vigil and Fritz Lanman of Acequia Capital and Shana Fisher of High Line Venture Partners.
3 min read · 08 June 2015
Atlanta-based Springbot, an ecommerce marketing platform for small to mid-sized online businesses, has secured $6 million in funding. TTV Capital led the round with participation from other investors that included TechOperators and Silicon Valley Bank. In addition to the funding, Mark Johnson, a partner at TTV Capital, has been added to Springbot's board of directors.
4 min read · 05 June 2015
Silicon Valley-based Zentera Systems, a provider of cloud overlay network hybrid infrastructure, has closed $4.9 million in Series A funding. CDIB Venture Capital led the round.
2 min read · 05 June 2015
