Distil.it, a maker of a cloud-based enterprise service to protects website content from scraping and malicious bots, has raised $1.8 million in seed financing. The round was led by ff Venture Capital with participation from Correlation Ventures, Idea Fund Partners, CIT, Piedmont RIA, Cloud Power Fund, and TechStars.
3 min read · 25 January 2013
True Office, a company that gamifies regulatory and compliance training, has raised $3 million in Series A financing from investors including Rho Ventures, the Partnership for New York City Fund and Contour Venture Partners.
3 min read · 24 January 2013
Columbus, Ohio-based online payment processor 2Checkout has raised an undisclosed amount from Chicago Growth Partners and Trident Capital. Terms were not disclosed. The money will be used for growth efforts.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
San Francisco-based Extole, maker of a social advocacy platform, has inked $7.6 million in fresh capital. Current investors Shasta Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures and Trident Capital provided the capital. The company has raised a total of $29.6 million. The latest infusion will be used for growth efforts.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Bolder, Colo.-based FlixMaster has raised $1.125 million for its enterprise online video platform. The money comes from a syndicate of investors led by New York-based investment firm Golden Seeds, the company said.
3 min read · 23 January 2013
Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund has backed four Michigan companies to the tune of $1 million. The companies are The four companies are Fusion Coolant Systems, Local Orbit, New Eagle Products, and Seelio.
3 min read · 23 January 2013
Mercato Partners has put $7 million into Goal Zero, a developer of portable solar power systems. The company’s products are designed to help consumers charge gear on a camping trip, run essential devices in a natural disaster, and other such situations.
2 min read · 23 January 2013
Leyden Energy, a developer and manufacturer of advanced batteries, has raised $10 million in Series C financing. The infusion came from existing investors, including New Enterprise Associates, Lightspeed Ventures, Sigma Partners and Walden International. The money will help fund production of the company’s next-generation battery chemistries. Leyden Energy is based in Fremont, Calif.
3 min read · 23 January 2013
Puppet Labs, a maker of IT automation software for system administrators, announced Wednesday that VMware has invested $30 million into the company. The company said the funding, and resulting strategic partnership, will help it accelerate development efforts.
4 min read · 23 January 2013
AppDynamics Inc., a maker of application performance management technology, has closed $50 million in Series D financing. Institutional Venture Partners led the round, which included current investors Greylock Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and Lightspeed Venture Partners. The money will be used for expansion.
4 min read · 23 January 2013
