Branding Brand, a Pittsburgh-based mobile commerce platform used by retailers, has closed on $7.5 milion in Series A financing. Insight Venture Partners led the round, with CrunchFund and Eastern Advisors participating. The money will help fund customer acquisition, technology development, and operations.
2 min read · 15 October 2012
Newton, Mass.-based Attivio has closed a $34 million growth capital round led by Oak Investment Partners. Per-Olof Soderberg and Tenth Avenue Holdings also contributed to the round. The money will go toward sales and marketing, and product development. Oak general partner Ifty Ahmed has joined Attivio's board of directors.
3 min read · 12 October 2012
EcoFactor, a provider of residential energy management services, has raised $8 million in new capital. Investors include Aster Capital, Claremont Creek Ventures and RockPort Capital Partners. Based in Redwood City, Calif., EcoFactor was founded in 2006.
4 min read · 12 October 2012
Shutl, maker of e-commerce delivery technology, has added $3.2 million in new financing. The company is backed by e.ventures, Notion Capital, UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund, Hummingbird Ventures. Shutl is based in the U.K., and closed a $2 million funding round earlier this year.
5 min read · 11 October 2012
Movie star Jennifer Aniston has become a “co-owner” of beauty products company Living Proof. The Cambridge, Mass.-based startup was formed by MIT professor Robert Langer and by Jon Flint and Amir Nashat of Polaris Venture Partners. The company aims to turn scientific discoveries into women’s beauty products. Anniston will also be the “hair care spokesperson” for living proof.
5 min read · 11 October 2012
Oyster, the maker of a digital book-reading app, has found backing from Founders Fund, the startup announced on its blog. The company reportedly closed a $3 million first round, which was led by Founders Fund. Oyster is based in New York.
4 min read · 11 October 2012
Online document transfer startup TitalFile has raised $1.1 million from investors including Nova Scotia-based early-stage investor Innovacorp and the First Angel Network.
2 min read · 11 October 2012
RegisterPatient.com has closed on $4.1 million in Series A financing, the company announced. Harbert Venture Partners III, L.P. led the current round, and was joined by the Florida Opportunity Fund. The company has now raised a total of $5.1 million. In conjunction with the financing, the company announced that it has named Jana Skewes as President, CEO and member of its Board. RegisterPatient.com provides online patient registration, automatic insurance verification, email, text and voice appointment reminders and electronic patient referrals.
4 min read · 10 October 2012
Preen.Me, a Tel Aviv-based social beauty site, has raised $800,000 in seed funding from investors including Horizons Ventures, Genesis Partners and Oren Zeev. The money will be used to expand the Preen.Me team.
4 min read · 10 October 2012
Zenoss Inc., a provider of unified IT operations software for physical, virtual, and cloud-based IT infrastructure, has raised $25 million in Series C financing. Summit Partners led the round. Existing investors Grotech Ventures, Intersouth Partners and Boulder Ventures also participated. The latest infusion brings the company’s total funding to $45 million.
3 min read · 09 October 2012
