LEGO subscription service Pley has raised $10 million in Series B funding. Sozo Ventures led the round with participation from previous backers Floodgate, Correlation Ventures, Maven Ventures and Allegro Venture Partners. Concurrent with the funding, Phil Wickham, managing director at Sozo Ventures, has been added to Pley¹s board of directors.
3 min read · 04 February 2015
MaxPoint Interactive, a digital advertising company that helps brands increase in-store sales, has filed for an IPO. The number of shares that will be sold as well as the pricing terms have yet to be set. Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc and Pacific Crest Securities LLC will serve as the lead underwriters. The company plans on listing the stock on the NYSE under the ticker symbol "MXPT." MaxPoint is backed by Madrona Venture Group and Trinity Ventures.
2 min read · 04 February 2015
Boston-based HourlyNerd, an online marketplace for freelance business talent, has secured $7.8 million in Series B funding. Highland Capital Partners led the round with participation from other investors that included GE Ventures, Greylock Partners and Suffolk Equity Partners.
5 min read · 04 February 2015
Tracx has raised $18 million in a funding round led by Edison Partners. Other investors included Flybridge Capital, Mousse Partners, Klingenstein, and Fields & Co. Headquartered in New York City, Tracx is a social enterprise platform.
3 min read · 04 February 2015
Liftoff Inc, a mobile app marketing and retargeting platform, has raised $5 million in Series A funding. Steve Anderson of Baseline Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Michael Dearing of Harrison Metal and Fred Warren of Sage Venture Partners.
2 min read · 04 February 2015
SuVolta said Tuesday that it has raised $10.6 million in funding. The investors included Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, August Capital, New Enterprise Associates, Northgate Capital and DAG Ventures. Based in Silicon Valley, SuVolta is a semiconductor company.
2 min read · 14 January 2014
ChargeBee said Tuesday that it has secured $800,000 in Series A funding from Accel Partners. According to the company, the capital infusion will be used for growth and customer support. ChargeBee is a subscription management and recurring billing platform.
3 min read · 14 January 2014
Visually said Tuesday that it has raised $8.1 million in Series A financing. Crosslink Ventures led the round with participation from Correlation Ventures, SoftTechVC, 500 Startups, Giza Ventures, Quest Ventures and Kapor Capital. Based in San Francisco, Visually is a marketplace for visual content.
3 min read · 14 January 2014
Ecommerce company Groupon has acquired Ideeli, the latter announced in a blog post on its site. No financial terms were disclosed; however, various news outlets report the sum to be $43 million. Based in New York, Ideeli is a flash sale website. Its backers included Kodiak Venture Partners, betaworks, Constellation Partners, StarVest Partners, Next World Capital, Cue Ball and Credit Suisse.
1 min read · 14 January 2014
According to an announcement posted on Facebook, online dialogue platform provider Branch Media has been acquired by the social network titan. No financial terms were disclosed. As a result of the transaction, Branch Media will launch a new "Conversations group" based in New York City. Its backers included SV Angel, Lerer Ventures, betaworks, Obvious Corp. and BoxGroup.
1 min read · 14 January 2014
