Quebec City-based Hortau Inc., a company that designs and manufactures irrigation management technologies, has inked $3 million in equity financing from Avrio Capital. The company is also backed by Telesystem, Desjardins, Capital Financière agricole, SDÉ Lévis and SOLIDE.
2 min read · 09 January 2013
Great Basin Corp., a privately held molecular diagnostics company, has raised $9.5 million in Series B financing. Details of the round were not released. The money will be used to expand manufacturing, and continue research and development.
3 min read · 07 January 2013
Goldman Sachs made a $54 million growth capital investment in Infusionsoft, maker of sales and marketing software for small businesses. The money will be used for product development and marketing and sales, among other growth efforts. The latest round includes participation from Arthur Ventures. Infusionsoft has received a total of $71 million to date, and is also backed by Mohr Davidow Ventures and Signal Peak Ventures.
4 min read · 07 January 2013
PatientSafe Solutions has closed a $20 million Series C found led by the Merck Global Health Innovation fund. Camden Partners, TPG Capital, and Psilos Group also participated in the round. As a result, Max Kahn, an investment principal at Merck GHI, has joined PatientSafe’s board. Based in San Diego, PatientSafe Solutions develops point-of-care mobile technology for healthcare, designed to aid in patient safety and increase clinician efficiency.
3 min read · 07 January 2013
Marinus Pharmaceuticals Inc., has added $21 million in Series C financing from Domain Associates, RusnanoMedInvest, Canaan Partners, Sofinnova Ventures and Foundation Medical Partners. Branford, Conn.-based Marinus is the developer of the neuroactive steroid Ganaxolone.
3 min read · 07 January 2013
Chinese cloud storage company Gokuai Technology Inc. has raised RMB 40 million ($6.4 million) in new financing. The money will be used to expand the company’s product portfolio, and for marketing. The company closed an initial angel round of investment in May 2012, through Gobi Partners' Oasis Program, the company said.
3 min read · 07 January 2013
GetYourGuide, an online platform for booking travel tours and activities, closed on $14 million in Series A financing from Spark Capital and Highland Capital Partners Europe. The money will be used for expansion into new markets. GetYourGuide has offices in Zurich, Berlin and Las Vegas.
3 min read · 07 January 2013
Shape Security has raised $20 million in Series B financing from investors including Venrock, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Allegis Capital, Google Ventures, TomorrowVentures and former Symantec CEO Enrique Salem. Venrock led the round for web security technology company. Ray Rothrock, partner at Venrock, has joined the company's board. Shape Security has raised $26 million to date.
2 min read · 07 January 2013
Roam & Wander Ltd., a children's entertainment studio based in Hong Kong and Taipei, inked an undisclosed amount of Series A financing from venture firms WI Harper and TMI. Roam & Wander is focused on connecting software, devices and toys for kids ages 2 to 6.
2 min read · 07 January 2013
Ovuline, a provider of healthcare IT for pregnancy, closed on $1.4 million in seed financing led by Lightbank. Launch Capital, LionBird, and Techstars founder David Cohen also participated.
3 min read · 07 January 2013
