Sailthru said Tuesday that it has raised $20 million in Series C financing round. Scale Venture Partners led the round with participation from Benchmark, RRE, DFJ Gotham, AOL Ventures and Occam Partners. According to the company, the capital will be used to expand its global sales, engineering and marketing teams. Headquartered in New York City, Sailthru is a provider of personalized marketing communications technology.
4 min read · 17 December 2013
Trinity Pharma has closed $15 million in Series A funding. New York growth equity firm Health Enterprise Partners led the round. Also, David Tamburri, general partner at HEP, will join Trinity's board of directors. Based in Waltham, Mass., Trinity Pharma is a provider of cloud-based data, analytics and mobile solutions for the global life sciences industry.
3 min read · 17 December 2013
WyzAnt has closed $21.5 million in funding from Accel Partners. According to the company, the capital infusion will be used to drive product innovation and scale WyzAnt’s technology platform. In conjunction with the funding, Ryan Sweeney and John Locke of Accel have joined the company’s board of directors. Headquartered in Chicago, WyzAnt is a tutoring marketplace.
4 min read · 17 December 2013
MicroBiome Therapeutics has closed $1.3 million in bridge financing. Existing investor BVM Capital led the round with participation from MBT's other existing investors. Headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado, MicroBiome Therapeutics is a clinical stage biotechnology company that develops pharmaceutical and medical food products.
2 min read · 16 December 2013
Invincea said Monday that it has closed $16 million in Series C funding. New investors Aeris Capital and Dell Ventures led the round with participation from return backers Grotech Ventures, Harbert Ventures and New Atlantic Ventures. Based in Fairfax, Virginia, Invincea is a provider of cyber security solutions.
4 min read · 16 December 2013
According to an SEC Form D filing, Fashion Playtes has raised $2.85 million in a partial close funding. The targeted amount is approximately $4.2 million. Based in Beverly, Mass., Fashion Playtes allows girls ages 5 to 12 to design their own clothes and sell them. Fashion Playtes' backers include Fairhaven Capital, New Atlantic Ventures, LaunchCapital and Golden Seeds.
1 min read · 16 December 2013
Qazzow has secured $2.4 million in Series A funding. WRF Capital and Voyager Capital led the round with participation from Summit Capital and the W Fund. As a result of the transaction, WRF Capital's Thong Le, Voyager Capital's Bill McAleer and Ken Myer will join Qazzow’s board of directors. Based in Seattle, Qazzow develops Q&A technology for websites and web applications.
3 min read · 16 December 2013
Toronto-based investment firm McRock Capital has raised $50 million in the first close for its industrial internet VC fund. Investors include BDC Venture Capital and "significant" Canadian and U.S. institutional investors and family offices.
3 min read · 16 December 2013
Mobiquity Technologies said Monday that it has named Robert F. Hussey to its board of directors. Hussey is the former CEO of Hipcricket.com. Mobiquity is a provider of mobile solutions. Its backers include NewSpring Capital, Longworth Venture Partners and Sigma Partners.
3 min read · 16 December 2013
Infinio said Monday that it has closed $12 million in Series B financing. Investors included Bessemer Venture Partners, Highland Capital Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Osage University Partners. Based in Cambridge, Mass., Infinio is a provider of data storage performance solutions.
2 min read · 16 December 2013
