OpenView Venture Partners has promoted Blake Bartlett, Mackey Craven, Devon McDonald and Ricky Pelletier to partner. Bartlett joined the firm in 2013 as a vice president while Craven came on board the same year as an associate. And, McDonald first joined OpenView in 2009 and Pelletier has been with the firm since 2011.
3 min read · 03 June 2015
PillPack, a pharmacy that simplifies medication management, has closed $50 million in funding. CRV led the round with participation from Accel Partners, Atlas Venture, Menlo Ventures and Sherpa Ventures. In addition to the funding, George Zachary, a partner at CRV, has been appointed to PillPack's board.
3 min read · 03 June 2015
San Francisco-based Mirror, a peer-to-peer trading platform that uses bitcoin, has raised $8.8 million in Series A funding. Route 66 Ventures led the round with participation from return backers that include RRE Ventures, Crosslink Capital, Battery Ventures and Tim Draper. In conjunction with the funding, Pascal Bouvier, a general partner at Route 66 Ventures, has been added to the company’s board.
2 min read · 03 June 2015
Reston, Virginia-based VideoBlocks, a subscription-based provider of royalty-free stock video, has secured $8 million in funding. North Atlantic Capital led the round.
3 min read · 03 June 2015
Austin, Texas-based sports media company FloSports has acquired fast-pitch softball news provider Full Count Softball. No financial terms were disclosed. In addition to the acquisition, FloSports has secured $3 million in venture debt from Silicon Valley Bank. FloSports is backed by Causeway Media Partners.
4 min read · 03 June 2015
Waltham, Massachusetts-based cyber security startup Virtual Software Systems has raised $2 million in seed funding. The investors included Bulldog Investors and Sequel Capital Management.
2 min read · 03 June 2015
Chicago-based logistics tracking platform FourKites has raised $1.25 million in seed funding. Hyde Park Venture Partners led the round with participation from Hyde Park Angels, Harvard Business School Angels, Bluestein & Associates and Otter Consulting.
3 min read · 03 June 2015
Cloud-based financial applications provider Coupa Software has raised $80 million in funding. T. Rowe Price Associates Inc and Iconiq Capital led the round with participation from other investors that included Premji Invest, Crosslink Capital, Battery Ventures, El Dorado Ventures and Rally Ventures. Also, Qatalyst Partners was the placement agent.
4 min read · 02 June 2015
Woburn, Massachusetts-based Nantero, a provider of carbon nanotube electronics, has raised $31.5 million in Series E funding. The investors included Charles River Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Globespan Capital Partners and Harris & Harris Group.
7 min read · 02 June 2015
Digital content and commerce company Purch has secured $135 million in Series C funding. Canso Investment Counsel led the round. RBC Capital Markets served as the placement agent.
3 min read · 02 June 2015
