Rent the Runway, an online company for dress and accessory rentals, has sealed $20 million in new capital from investors including Conde Nast parent company Advance Communications, as well as venture firms Bain Capital Ventures, Highland Capital Partners and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. The company has raised $31 million in total funding to date.
2 min read · 30 November 2012
Nantero, a developer of carbon nanotubes for the development of semiconductor devices, has raised $10 million in Series D financing. The round includes existing investors, including Charles River Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Globespan Capital Partners, Stata Venture Partners and Harris & Harris Group. Two undisclosed strategic corporate investors led the round.
3 min read · 30 November 2012
New Zealand software company Xero, which makes online accounting software for small businesses, has closed on $49 million in new funding. Existing investors Valar Ventures and Matrix Capital Management invested $49 million, and also purchased $18 million in additional shares from Xero's three largest shareholders. Of the $67 million total, Matrix Capital Management is investing $47 million and Valar Ventures $20 million, the firms said in a statement. Xero has U.S. offices in San Francisco.
5 min read · 30 November 2012
ClickFuel, a Burlington, Mass.-based maker of SaaS-based marketing analytics and performance management tools, recently closed a $4 million Series B round. Baird Venture Partners was among the investors in the round. The money will go toward development of new products and services, the company said.
3 min read · 30 November 2012
Macheen Inc., a mobile cloud application service provider, sealed an undisclosed amount of financing from Qualcomm. Terms of the strategic investment were not released. Macheen is based in Austin, Texas.
4 min read · 29 November 2012
CardiAQ Valve Technologies Inc., a medical device company developing technologies for “percutaneous mitral heart valve replacement,” has raised $37.3 million in a second round of funding. OrbiMed led the round and was joined by Versant Ventures, Advent Life Sciences and existing investors. The latest funding incorporates conversion of a 2011 bridge financing, the company said in a press release.
4 min read · 29 November 2012
NanoBio Corp. has closed an $11 million Series C financing from exiting investors, the company announced. Specifics of the round were not released. The infusion will go toward development of its products to treat conditions including cystic fibrosis, and for its nanoemulsion-based vaccines for respiratory syncytial virus.
2 min read · 29 November 2012
CapLinked, maker of a cloud-based platform for business transactions such as asset sales, financings, and mergers & acquisitions, has raised $1.6 million in Series A financing. Investors include FF Angel, Siemer Ventures, 500 Startups, Peter Thiel, Andrej Henkler, and Alexsis de Raadt-St. James. The company has raised $2.5 million to date.
3 min read · 29 November 2012
Acquia, a U.S. startup that advises enterprises on open source content management system Drupal, said it has raised $30 million from Investor Growth Capital and other venture firms to finance its expansion. Acquia has now raised a total of $68.5 million from also Goldman Sachs, Accolade Partners, Northbridge Venture Partners, Sigma Partners, and Tenaya Capital.
1 min read · 29 November 2012
The One-Page Company, a San Francisco-based creator of communication tools for corporations and individuals to write one-page proposals, has raised $1.5 million in seed financing. Investors include Blumberg Capital, TMT Investments, and angel investor Tuff Yen.
2 min read · 29 November 2012
