Big data consulting marketplace Experfy has secured $1.5 million in seed funding, according to a source at the company. XPRIZE Chairman and CEO Peter Diamandis led the round with participation from other investors that included Harvard Business School Professor Tarun Khanna; Intrado President George Heinrichs; and Thomson Reuters' Global Head of Trading Compliance Miftah Khan.
1 min read · 04 June 2015
Direct response video network Joyus has secured $24 million in funding. Marker LLC and Steamboat Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Accel Partners, InterWest and Time Warner Investments. Also, the company has added to its leadership team by naming David Lazar as president and chief customer officer; Kathy Samuels as chief content officer; Jennifer Sharp as vice president of partnerships; Sandra Szahun as head of sales and branded content; and Jonathan Hoeh as vice president of operations.
5 min read · 04 June 2015
Bloomberg Beta has made an undisclosed investment in Diffbot. Based in Palo Alto, California, Diffbot is a provider of tools for developers "to find, extract and understand the objects from any web page for use in their applications."
2 min read · 04 June 2015
TabbedOut, a mobile payment app for bars and restaurants, has raised $21.5 million in Series C funding. Wellington Management Company led the round with participation from return backers New Enterprise Associates and Morgan Creek Capital Management.
3 min read · 04 June 2015
San Francisco-based PicsArt, a photo editing and drawing app, has secured $15 million in funding. The investors were Insight Venture Partners and Sequoia Capital. According to the company, the capital will be used for global expansion and to develop new tools.
3 min read · 04 June 2015
India-based hyper-local mobile marketplace Zopper has secured $20 million in Series B funding. The investors were Tiger Global and Nirvana Ventures Advisors.
2 min read · 04 June 2015
Telemedicine provider Carena has secured a total amount of $13.3 million in funding. The company's investors include Cambia Health Solutions, McKesson Ventures and Catholic Health Initiatives.
4 min read · 04 June 2015
S4M, a performance advertising platform for mobile, has secured $8 million in Series A funding. The investors were Entrepreneurs Venture and Bpifrance Digital Fund.
4 min read · 04 June 2015
LaunchDarkly, a platform that allows software teams to launch, test and optimize their features, has secured $2.6 million in funding, the company announced in a blog post on its site. The company's backers include SoftTech VC, Bloomberg Beta, 500 Startups and Cervin Ventures. To read the post, visit here.
1 min read · 04 June 2015
Calhoun Vision Inc, a provider of adjustable intraocular lens technology, has raised $69 million in funding. Longitude Capital led the round with participation from H.I.G. BioVentures, Balance Point Capital Partners and RA Capital Management.
2 min read · 04 June 2015
