Restaurant ordering and marketing platform ChowNow has raised $10 million in funding. Upfront Ventures led the round with participation from Steadfast Venture Capital, Daher Capital and Karlin Ventures. Also, the company has hired Nick Kellermeyer as vice president of sales and Arpan Jhaveri as vice president of product and marketing.
2 min read · 26 March 2015
Leesburg, Virginia-based PhishMe, a provider of phishing threat management solutions, has secured $13 million in Series B funding. Paladin Capital Group and Aldrich Capital Partners led the round. In conjunction with the funding, Raheel Zia, a partner at Aldrich Capital, has been named to PhishMe's board of directors as an observer.
4 min read · 26 March 2015
Vancouver-based mineral exploration and development company Ivanhoe Mines has named Livia Mahler to its board of directors. The appointment is effective immediately. Mahler is president and CEO of Computational Geosciences Inc and co-founder of Greenstone Venture Partners.
2 min read · 26 March 2015
Mountain View, California-based FusionOps, a provider of cloud supply chain analytics, has received $12 million in Series B funding. New Enterprise Associates led the round.
3 min read · 26 March 2015
New York City-based BetterCloud, a provider of critical insights, automated management and intelligent data security for cloud office platforms, has raised $25 million in funding. Accel led the round with participation from all previous backers that included Flybridge Capital Partners, Greycroft Partners through its new Greycroft Growth Fund, Tribeca Venture Partners, New Amsterdam Growth Capital and Millennium Technology Value Partners.
3 min read · 26 March 2015
GreenRoad, a fleet performance service provider, has secured $26 million in funding. Israel Growth Partners led the round with participation from return backers Amadeus Capital Partners, Benchmark Capital, DAG Ventures, Generation Investment Management and Virgin Green Fund. In addition to the funding, Haim Shani, general partner at IGP, has been added to GreenRoad's board of directors.
3 min read · 26 March 2015
New York City-based education company Socratic has secured $6 million in Series A funding. Shasta Ventures led the round with participation from Spark Capital and Omidyar Network. According to the company, the capital infusion will be used for growth.
2 min read · 25 March 2015
San Francisco-based August, a builder of home security products, has received $38 million in Series B funding. Bessemer Venture Partners led the round with participation from other investors that included Comcast Ventures and Qualcomm Ventures.
4 min read · 25 March 2015
Vancouver-based cleantech venture firm Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital has appointed Peter Bryant to its advisory board. Bryant is a partner at Clareo and a senior advisor at Q Advisors.
3 min read · 25 March 2015
Menlo Park, California-based Ayasdi, a provider of machine intelligence software, has secured $55 million in Series C funding. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers led the round with participation from Institutional Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures, FLOODGATE, Citi Ventures, Centerview Capital Technology and Draper Nexus.
8 min read · 25 March 2015
