Buuteeq, maker of a cloud-based digital marketing system for hotels, has closed on $10 million in new funding. Madrona Venture Group and by Concur, a provider of integrated travel and expense management, co-led the round. This brings the company’s total financing to $17 million.
5 min read · 04 October 2012
Aragon Pharmaceuticals has closed a $50 million Series D round, the company announced Thursday. Aragon is developing therapeutics for hormone-driven cancers. venBio led the financing with participation from existing investors Topspin Fund, Aisling Capital, OrbiMed Advisors and The Column Group.
3 min read · 04 October 2012
NGDATA has raised $2.5 million from ING, Sniper Investments, Plug and Play Ventures and unnamed angel investors. The consumer intelligence startup also said that it would expand into offices in San Francisco and near New York City. NGDATA is based in Gent, Belgium.
3 min read · 03 October 2012
CallApp has launched a beta version of its crowd-sourced universal social contact-book, the company announced. Formed in 2011, CallApp has raised more than $1 million from Moshe Lichtman, former president of Microsoft's Strategic Global Center; and Giza Venture Capital.
3 min read · 03 October 2012
SingTel Innov8 is among the investors backing Hong Kong-based QVIVO Limited with $1 million in new capital. The cloud based media company will use the infusion to expand its infrastructure. QVIVO’s technology allows users to sync their entire media collection to the cloud to be streamed to any browser.
3 min read · 03 October 2012
Boston-based publishing startup Libboo has raised $1.1 million in seed financing led by Boston-based MassVentures. Other investors included Hubspot CTO and founder Dharmesh Shah; Avid and Wildfire founder Bill Warner; and past President and CEO of Compete, Don McLagan, the company said. Libboo recently launched a pilot program with publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and aims to connect readers with books and authors.
2 min read · 03 October 2012
Genesis Media, a video advertising startup, has raised $3 million in Series A financing. New York-based technology holding company Black Ocean and ad tech focused investment fund SamStella provided the round. The money will help boost the company’s engineering and sales efforts. Genesis Media is based in New York.
2 min read · 02 October 2012
Emergence Capital Partners led a $3 million round for Insightly, a maker of customer relationship management software for small businesses. The company is using this financing to expand its service outside of the Google Apps platform. Emergence Capital Partners is based in San Mateo, Calif.
2 min read · 02 October 2012
Sao Paulo-based Oppa.com.br has raised a total of $13 million from Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures, Monashees Capital, Kaszek Ventures, Thrive Capital, and Micky Malka. This marks Peter Thiel’s first investment in a Brazilian startup. Formed in 2011, Oppa.com is an e-commerce company focused on making smart design furniture.
2 min read · 02 October 2012
Online video analytics company Ooyala has closed its Series E financing round with investments from Singapore-based investment firm EDBI, Australian telecom company Telstra and other unnamed investors. The total amount raised is $35 million. Ooyala has operations in Singapore and Mountain View, Calif.
3 min read · 02 October 2012
