Silicon Valley software company DigiSight Technologies Inc has received $7.8 million in Series B funding. The backers included Biosys Capital, Waycross Ventures, GE Ventures and Lagunita LLC.
3 min read · 10 February 2015
BitPesa, a Kenya-based bitcoin remittance platform, has secured $1.1 million in follow-on funding, the company said in a blog post on its site. Pantera Capital Management LP led the round with participation from other investors that included Crypto Currency Partners LP, Stephens Investment Management LLC, Bitcoin Opportunity Corp. and Future/Perfect Ventures. In addition to the funding, BitPesa has named Dan Morehead of Pantera Capital Management to its board of directors. To read the announcement, visit here.
1 min read · 10 February 2015
Jahia, a Swiss open source user experience platform vendor, has closed about $22.5 million in funding from Invus. Bryan, Garnier & Co. advised Jahia on the transaction.
4 min read · 10 February 2015
Inoviem Scientific, a contract research biotech company in France and Germany, has received $566,000 in seed funding. The investor was Cap Innov’Est.
4 min read · 10 February 2015
San Francisco-based Humanity.com, a cloud-based workforce management platform, has closed $9 million in Series B funding. MHS Capital led the round with participation from Point Nine Capital, Klever Internet Investments, Team Builder Ventures and Boku CEO Mark Britto.
2 min read · 10 February 2015
Rainforest, a quality assurance-as-a-service company, has secured $4 million in seed funding. The investors were Storm Ventures, Rincon, Andreessen Horowitz, Morado and Crosslink.
3 min read · 10 February 2015
Silicon Valley-based NEXTracker Inc, a maker of axis PV trackers, has closed $25 million in financing. The investors in this round included SJF Ventures, Tennenbaum Capital Partners, Sigma Partners and DBL Investors.
3 min read · 10 February 2015
Metamorphic Ventures has led a $9 million funding round for Move Loot, an online furniture marketplace. Other investors included First Round Capital, Index Ventures, Great Oaks, IDG, Sherpa Ventures, Y Combinator and Google Ventures.
3 min read · 10 February 2015
Blume Distillation LLC, a provider of bioethanol production equipment, has received $1 million in Series B funding. The investor was GreenTech seed and venture fund Climate Change Investigation, Innovation and Investment Company.
4 min read · 10 February 2015
Vaxxas, a developer of a next-generation vaccine delivery platform, has raised $20 million in Series B funding. The investors in this round were not named.
3 min read · 10 February 2015