Marketing platform BrightTALK has named Brian Goffman to its board of directors. Currently, Goffman is a venture partner at Technology Crossover Ventures.
1 min read · 02 March 2015
Lisbon-based Tradiio, a music discovery platform, has raised $975,000 in seed funding. The investor was Espirito Santo Ventures.
2 min read · 02 March 2015
Seattle-based live games platform PlayFab Inc has secured $7.4 million in Series A funding. Benchmark led the round with participation from other investors that included Madrona Venture Group, Startup Capital Ventures and Orbitz CEO Barney Harford. According to the company, the capital will be used for growth and personnel hiring.
3 min read · 27 February 2015
SOLS, a provider of 3D printing and custom mass-manufacturing technology, has closed $11.1 million in Series B funding. The investors included Founders Fund, Lux Capital, Tenaya Capital and Melo7 Tech Partners. In addition to the funding, SOLS has named Terdema Ussery, president and CEO of the Dallas Mavericks, to its board of directors.
3 min read · 27 February 2015
Peoplevox has raised $6 million in a funding round led by Index Ventures, the latter company confirmed on its site. Based in the UK, Peoplevox is a warehouse management system provider. To read the announcement, visit here.
1 min read · 27 February 2015
Mobile app marketing platform Jampp has received $7 million in Series A funding. Highland Europe led the round with participation from other investors that included Endeavor Catalyst, Innova and NXTP Labs.
2 min read · 27 February 2015
Virtual reality startup High Fidelity has raised $11 million in funding, the company announced in a blog post on its site. Vulcan Capital led the round. To read more about the funding, visit here.
1 min read · 27 February 2015
India-based express delivery marketplace Grofers has received $10 million in Series A funding. The investors were Sequoia Capital and Tiger Global.
2 min read · 27 February 2015
Finland-based LeadDesk, a provider of outbound call center software, has secured 5.5 million euros in funding. Dawn Capital led the round with participation from Finnish Industry Investment. In conjunction with the funding, Teddie Wardi of Dawn Capital has been added to LeadDesk's board of directors.
4 min read · 27 February 2015
Peter Jobse, president and CEO of The Center for Innovative Technology, said he will step down at the end of the year. Prior to joining CIT, Jobse worked at EDS and was a founder of ArcSight, which was later acquired by Hewlett-Packard. He first came to CIT in October 2002 as an executive vice president and chief operating officer.
3 min read · 27 February 2015