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CarGlass lands $3 mln in seed funding

CarGlass, a San Francisco-based startup connecting drivers to content, landed $3 million in seed funding from Byron Asset Management, Morning Crest Capital and two other family offices.

Atom Tickets secures Series B funding from trio of Hollywood studios

Santa Monica, California-based Atom Tickets, a theatrical mobile ticketing platform and app, completed a Series B round of financing from investors that include The Walt Disney Company, 20th Century Fox, Lionsgate, and others. Lionsgate led the two-year old company’s Series A round.

Lexumo raises $4.89 mln in seed funding

Lexumo, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based cloud service that monitors software for vulnerable open source components, raised $4.89 million in seed round funding from Accomplice, .406 Ventures, and Draper.

Kraken inks multi-million dollar deal with SBI to lead Series B

SBI Investment reached a multi-million dollar agreement with Kraken, a global bitcoin exchange, to invest in the company and lead its Series B funding round. Exact terms of the deal were not disclosed. Kraken completed a $5 million Series A financing round in March 2014.

Qiming closes Fund V at $648 mln

Qiming Venture Partners closed its fifth US Dollar venture capital fund with $648 million in commitments. The firm raised $500 million for Fund IV in 2014, after collecting $450 million for Fund III in 2011. Fund V will continue to focus on China-based startups in the internet and consumer, IT, healthcare and clean tech sectors.

WebRadar scores funding from Qualcomm, DGF Investimentos

Cronofy nabs $1.6 mln seed round

U.K. startup Cronofy, a calendar API service, closed a $1.6 million seed round led by Firestartr. Amsterdam-based henQ also invested.

Susa Ventures targets $50 mln for second fund

Data spotlight: Top deals from December 2015

Palantir raised the largest venture round of any tech company in December

Next Games nabs $10 mln

Next Games, a Finnish mobile game developer, secured $10 million in funding from existing investors. IDG Ventures and Jari Ovaskainen led the round with participation from AMC Networks, Lionsgate, Lowercase and IDG Capital. To date Next Games has raised $18 million in external funding.