San Mateo, California-based Feedzai, a data science company that provides fraud prevention and detection solutions, has secured $17.5 million in Series B funding. The investors were Oak HC/FT, Sapphire Ventures (formerly SAP Ventures) and Espirito Santo Ventures. Financial Technology Partners advised Feedzai on the transaction. In addition to the funding, Oak HC/FT's Patricia Kemp and Jonathan Weiner have been added to Feedzai's board of directors.
1 min read · 18 May 2015
Alcohol delivery app Drizly has raised $13 million in Series A funding. Polaris Partners led the round with participation from other investors that included First Beverage Group. In conjunction with the funding, Pat Kinsel of Polaris Partners has been added to Drizly's board.
3 min read · 18 May 2015
Chicago-based YCharts, a provider of tools and services for stock research and analysis, has raised $6 million in Series C funding. Morningstar led the round with participation from other investors that included Reed Elsevier, I2A, Amicus Capital Partners and Hyde Park Angels. Also, the company has hired Jeremy Diamond as chief revenue officer. Previously, Diamond worked at Morningstar where he served as head of buy side solutions.
3 min read · 18 May 2015
Bitcoin Shop has made a $1.5 million investment in Israel-based bitcoin mining manufacturer Spondoolies-Tech Ltd. The investment comes in the wake of the announcement that BTCS and Spondoolies are planning on merging. Spondoolies-Tech's backers include Agile Wings, BRM Group and Genesis Partners.
3 min read · 18 May 2015
San Francisco-based advocate marketing platform SocialChorus has beefed up its ranks with four new appointments. The company has named Tim Christensen as vice president of engineering; Adam Stiles as director of engineering for the company's Pasadena, California office; Blake Hayward as vice president of product; and Alan Tarkowski as vice president of sales. The company's backers include Kohlberg Ventures, Western Technology Investment and Windforce Ventures.
2 min read · 18 May 2015
San Francisco-based Bugcrowd, a provider of crowdsourced security testing for the enterprise, has named Jason Haddix as director of technical operations. Previously, Haddix worked at HP Fortify where he was the director of penetration testing. The company is backed by Costanoa Venture Capital, Rally Ventures, Paladin Capital Group and Blackbird Ventures.
3 min read · 18 May 2015
AllSeated, an events industry collaboration network, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding. The investors included Magma Venture Partners.
2 min read · 18 May 2015
Austin, Texas-based RealMassive, a provider of commercial real estate data, has closed $8 million in Series A funding. RHS Investments led the round with participation from other investors that included Hurt Family Investments and Capital Factory.
4 min read · 15 May 2015
Harrison Metal Capital has raised $68 million for its fourth fund, according to an SEC filing. Based in Palo Alto, California, Harrison Metal backs early-stage tech companies.
1 min read · 15 May 2015
According to an SEC filing, New York-based Collaborative Fund, which backs startups, has raised $65 million for its third fund. Its previous fund, as reported by peHUB, closed $33 million.
1 min read · 15 May 2015
