VCJ Staff

Trimble acquires VC-backed Sefaira

Trimble acquired New York and London-based Sefaira Ltd, a developer of cloud-based software for the design of sustainable buildings. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Sefaira investors include Braemar Energy Ventures, SET Ventures, and Hermes GPE.

HorseCom raises $1.13 mln in seed funding from Seventure

HorseCom raised 1 million euros ($1.13 million) in seed funding from Quadrivium 1, a seed fund managed by Seventure Partners. Paris-based HorseCom makes Bluetooth technologies for horses and riders.

IfOnly nabs $10.25 mln in Series B funding

San Francisco-based IfOnly, a marketplace for experiences, raised $10.5 million in Series B funding from investors including Advance Newhouse, Digital Garage, XB Ventures, Dropbox founder and CEO Drew Houston, and Yucaipa Capital chief Ron Burkle. IfOnly has raised $25 million to date.

First Stop Health raises $2.1 mln in seed funding

First Stop Health LLC, a Chicago-based telemedicine provider, raised $2.1 million in seed funding, bringing total funding to date to $5.6 million. The round was led by existing investors, including several family offices and angel investors.

Pocket Games acquires VC-backed Viximo for $3.5 mln

Pocket Games acquired Viximo, a social games platform, for $3.5 million. Founded in 2008, Viximo received funding from Northbridge Venture Partners and Sigma Partners.

DuKlaw Ventures leads $3 mln financing round for NuuED

DuKlaw Ventures led a $3 million financing round for Oakland, California-based NuuED Inc, an education technology startup. Deutsche Gruppe also participated in the round.

Stellar Loyalty raises $4 mln in new Series A funding from TDF, InterWest

Cognitive Logic raises $3 mln in seed funding

UK-based Cognitive Logic raised $3 million in seed funding from Upfront Ventures and IA Ventures. The three-week-old company plans to connect and analyze businesses’ datasets.

Sapphire joins Iron.io Series A funding round

Sapphire Ventures joined Iron.io’s Series A funding round, bringing the round’s total to $11.5 million. Iron.io, a provider of cloud infrastructure services, previously raised $8 million in Series A funding from Baseline Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Divergent Ventures, Ignition Partners and Cloud Capital Partners. The company has raised $17.4 million to date.

Tata joins Series A funding of Invictus Oncology

Ratan N. Tata, chairman emeritus of Tata Sons Ltd, invested an undisclosed amount in Invictus Oncology Pvt. Ltd, an Indian company developing cancer therapeutics. Tata invested in the company as part of the first close of Invictus’ Series A financing round, joining backers Navam Capital and Aarin Capital.