Paris-based logs analytics platform provider Logmatic.io has secured $1 million in funding. ISAI Seed Club led the round.
3 min read · 19 May 2015
Boston-based venture firm OpenView Venture Partners has expanded its team with three new additions. The company has named Kelsey Heavey as analyst, Allie Letourneau as senior accountant and Gail Axelrod as PR and community maager. Previously, Heavey worked at Fiksu; Letourneau was at PricewaterhouseCoopers; and Axelrod worked at BetterCloud.
2 min read · 19 May 2015
Canada-based Kik Interactive, maker of the chat app Kik, has named Josh Jacobs as president of Kik Services. Previously, Jacobs was global CEO of Accruen. Kik Interactive's backers include Foundation Capital, RRE, Spark Capital and Union Square Ventures.
3 min read · 19 May 2015
San Carlos, California-based Farmers Business Network, a farmer-to-farmer information network, has received $15 million in funding. Google Ventures led the round with participation from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and DBL Investors. In addition to the funding, Google Ventures General Partner Andy Wheeler has been added to FBN’s board of directors.
4 min read · 19 May 2015
Santa Monica, California-based Mobcrush, a mobile games' live streaming platform, has secured $4.9 million in seed funding. The investors included Raine Ventures, First Round Capital, Lowercase Capital, CrunchFund, Rincon Venture Partners, Crosscut Ventures, Lionsgate, Advancit Capital, CAA Ventures, BAM Ventures and MTGx Ventures.
2 min read · 19 May 2015
New York City-based Hightower, a commercial real estate leasing management platform, has secured $13 million in Series B funding. RRE Ventures led the round with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, Thrive Capital and Pritzker Group Venture Capital.
3 min read · 19 May 2015
Online stock brokerage startup Stox has raised $8 million in Series A funding. Singulariteam led the round.
2 min read · 19 May 2015
San Francisco-based DataHero, a provider of self-service Cloud BI, has raised $6.1 million in Series A funding. Return backer Foundry Group led the round. Also, the company has named Ed Miller as CEO.
3 min read · 19 May 2015
German travel tech start-up bd4travel has secured $4.2 million in Series A funding. Hoxton Ventures led the round with participation from Talis Capital and Robin Klein of The Accelerator Group. In conjunction with the funding, Simon Breakwell, Expedia founder and a partner at TCV, has been named chairman of the company.
3 min read · 19 May 2015
Nanotronics Imaging, which is backed by Founders Fund, has closed its buy of Franklin Mechanical & Control Inc, a Hollister, California-based maker of advanced mechanical and optical equipment. No financial terms were disclosed.
3 min read · 19 May 2015
