Toronto-based product search platform Slyce Inc has raised $8.7 million in funding, confirmed a company spokesperson. Salman Partners Inc and Beacon Securities Ltd led the round with participation from PI Financial Corp.
1 min read · 14 May 2015
San Francisco-based sports ticketing app Gametime has secured $13.3 million in Series A funding. Accel Partners led the round with participation from other investors that included David Blitzer, co-owner of the Philadelphia 76ers and the New Jersey Devils and Vivek Ranadive, owner of the Sacramento Kings.
3 min read · 14 May 2015
BodyGuardz, a device protection solutions provider, has named Kendall Cooper as its new chief financial officer. Cooper is a former CFO and chief compliance officer of Allegis Capital.
2 min read · 14 May 2015
Washington, D.C. -based XAPPmedia, an interactive audio service provider, has secured $3.8 million in funding. The investors were not named.
2 min read · 14 May 2015
San Francisco-based Vouch, a social network for credit, has raised $6 million in Series A funding. The investors were Core Innovation Capital, Data Collective, Stanford StartX Fund, Cooley LLP, First Round Capital, Greylock, IDG Ventures and AngelList.
3 min read · 14 May 2015
Greece-based yachting holiday marketplace Incrediblue has raised $1.8 million in funding. Connect Ventures led the round with participation from Seedcamp, Howzat Ventures, Firestartr and Openfund. In addition to the funding, Sitar Teli of Connect Ventures has been added to Incrediblue's board of directors.
3 min read · 14 May 2015
New York City and Poland-based education tech startup Explain Everything has raised $2 million in Series A funding. Credo Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included New Europe Ventures and RTAventures.
2 min read · 13 May 2015
Propel Equity Partners has acquired children's toys brand Buzz Bee Toys as an add-on for its portfolio company ALEX BRANDS. No financial terms were disclosed.
4 min read · 13 May 2015
Laguna Hills, California-based Glaukos Corporation, a developer of treatments for glaucoma, has filed for an IPO. The number of shares that will be sold as well as the IPO's pricing terms have yet to be set. The company plans on trading the stock on the NYSE under the ticker symbol "GKOS." J.P. Morgan, BofA Merrill Lynch and Goldman, Sachs & Co are serving as the lead underwriters. Glaukos' backers include OrbiMed Advisors, Frazier Healthcare Ventures, InterWest Partners, Domain Associates, Fjord Ventures, Montreaux Equity Partners and Versant Ventures
2 min read · 13 May 2015
India-based data integration platform ZapStitch has secured $2 million in funding. Helion Venture Partners and Orios Venture Partners led the round. In addition to the funding, Alok Goyal of Helion and Rehan Yar Khan of Orios Venture Partners have been added to ZapStitch's board.
4 min read · 13 May 2015
