Knowmail has closed $1.2 million in seed funding. Plus Ventures, 2B Angels, AfterDox and INE Ventures led the round. Knowmail is a Software-as-a-Service that acts as a personal assistant for professionals to help them manage email overload and communicate more effectively.
3 min read · 24 February 2015
RallyPoint, which is backed by DBL Investors, has appointed Konstantin Guericke to its board of directors. Guericke is a co-founder of LinkedIn. RallyPoint is an online network for the military community.
3 min read · 24 February 2015
San Francisco-based object storage company SwiftStack has hired Don Jaworski as CEO. In this position, Jaworski replaces company co-founder Joe Arnold who will remain SwiftStack’s president and chief product officer. SwiftStack's backers include OpenView Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund and Storm Ventures.
3 min read · 24 February 2015
Main Street Hub, a marketing automation and CRM platform for local businesses, has secured $20 million in funding from Silicon Valley Bank, said a source at the company. In January 2014, Main Street Hub raised $14 million in Series B funding. Bessemer Venture Partners led the round.
1 min read · 24 February 2015
New York City-based menswear brand Mack Weldon has raised $4 million in Series A funding. The investors were RiverPark Ventures, Bridge Investments and Lyrical Partners. In conjunction with the funding, Howard Socol has been named to Mack Weldon's board of directors.
2 min read · 24 February 2015
Tilson Technology Management, a provider of information technology professional services and network construction solutions, has raised $2.2 million in funding. The investors were Rand Capital Corp and CEI Ventures Inc.
3 min read · 23 February 2015
San Francisco-based Postmates, an on-demand delivery service, has raised $16 million in Series B funding. Spark Capital led the round. In conjunction with the funding, Nabeel Hyatt of Spark Capital has been added to Postmates' board of directors.
3 min read · 23 February 2015
Car financing marketplace DriverUp has raised $50 million in Series A funding for its launch. Emerald Development Managers and RRE Ventures led the round.
3 min read · 23 February 2015
Foster City, California-based Lifecode Inc, a next-generation sequencing based molecular diagnostics company, has secured $20.5 million in Series A funding. Sequoia Capital, The Mayo Clinic and Mayo Ventures led the round.
2 min read · 20 February 2015
Cambridge, Massachusetts-based big data analytics company Sqrrl has raised $7 million in Series B funding. Rally Ventures led the round with participation from previous backers Atlas Venture and Matrix Partners.
3 min read · 20 February 2015
