Merck Global Health Innovation Fund has made an undisclosed investment in Liaison Technologies. According to Liaison, this investment brings the company's total funding to over $90 million. With offices in the U.S., Finland, Netherlands, Sweden and the UK, Liaison is a provider of data integration and data management solutions.
2 min read · 13 March 2015
Chattanooga, Tennessee-based digital cobbler Feetz has secured $1.25 million in seed funding. Khosla Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included JumpFund and former Reebok CEO Uli Becker. In conjunction with the funding, Becker has been added to the Feetz board of directors.
3 min read · 13 March 2015
Chicago-based online educational resource ThinkCERCA has closed $3.2 million in Series A funding. Follett Knowledge Fund led the round with participation from other investors that included Math Venture Partners, Amicus Capital, Great Oaks Venture Capital and Chuck Templeton.
4 min read · 13 March 2015
Hackensack, New Jersey-based Champions Oncology Inc, a developer of advanced tech solutions to personalize the use of oncology drugs, has closed $14 million in funding. New Enterprise Associates led the round with participation from other investors that included Battery Ventures, Perceptive Advisors and Sabby Capital. MTS Securities, LLC, an affiliate of MTS Health Partners LP, served as the placement agent.
3 min read · 13 March 2015
Canadian biotech company Prevtec Microbia has raised $4.7 million in funding. The investors included VVC, Telesystem Ltd, Groupe Jafaco Gestion Inc and Desjardins-Innovatech, S.E.C.
2 min read · 13 March 2015
Redwood City, California-based Highfive, a provider of video conferencing device and cloud software for businesses, has received $32 million in Series B funding. Lightspeed Venture Partners led the round with participation from other investors that included Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, Google Ventures, SV Angel, Aaron Levie of Box and Marc Benioff of Salesforce.com.
3 min read · 12 March 2015
Educational tech platform Classkick has raised $1.7 million in seed funding. The investors included Kapor Capital, Lightbank, Yammer founder Adam Pisoni and Great Oaks Venture Capital.
2 min read · 12 March 2015
Eko, a smart stethoscope provider, has raised $2 million in funding. Founder.Org Capital and Michael Baum, founder of Splunk, led the round with participation from other investors that included Stanford University’s StartX Fund, and former senior advisor to the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services John Noonan.
4 min read · 12 March 2015
Passion Capital has made an undisclosed seed investment in Ravelin. In addition to the funding, Robert Dighero, a partner at Passion Capital, has been appointed to Ravelin's board of directors. Based in London, Ravelin is a smarter fraud prevention platform.
3 min read · 12 March 2015
Mount Laurel, New Jersey-based Agilence, a provider of next-generation exception reporting solutions for retail loss prevention and operations, has raised $4.3 million in funding. Laurel Capital Partners led the round with participation from Drayton Park Capital, Granite Ventures, Next Stage Capital and Aster Capital.
2 min read · 12 March 2015
