Anaplan, a developer of planning and enterprise performance applications, has added $11.4 million in fresh capital. New investors Granite Ventures and Shasta Ventures contributed to the Series B round, as did existing backers. Standish O'Grady, a managing director of Granite Ventures, and Ravi Mohan, a managing director of Shasta Ventures, join the company’s board. San Francisco-based Anaplan was formed in 2008 and has raised a total of $17.5 million.
3 min read · 19 January 2012
Ignition Partners led a $20 million Series C round for cloud identity technology company Symplified. As a result, Cameron Myhrvold of Ignition Partners has joined its board of directors. Existing investors Allegis Capital, Granite Ventures and Quest Software also participated in the financing, which brings the company’s total funding to $38.8 million.
4 min read · 18 January 2012
Cambridge, Mass.-based RaNA Therapeutics Inc. has raised $20.7 million in a round of financing co-led by Atlas Venture, SR One and Monsanto, with participation of Partners Innovation Fund. The money will be used for continued development of RaNA’s technology platform to “enable selective activation of target genes and expression of therapeutic factors by targeting a type of regulatory RNA called long non-coding RNA,” the company says.
4 min read · 18 January 2012
Motorola, through its investment arm Motorola Solutions Venture Capital, has invested in mobile marketing company Retailigence. Terms of the deal were not released. The funding will be used for development and expansion of the Illinois-based company’s hyperlocal marketing platform.
3 min read · 18 January 2012
Carticept Medical Inc., a developer of treatments for cartilage injuries and osteoarthritis, has raised $10 million in financing led by existing investors Domain Associates, New Enterprise Associates and SonoSite Inc. The money is aimed at commercial launch of the company’s computer-controlled drug delivery system. In total, Carticept has raised $53 million from investors.
2 min read · 18 January 2012
Menlo Ventures led a $21 million Series C round for Mountain View, Calif.-based storage company Nexenta Systems. Sierra Ventures and Razor’s Edge Ventures also participated, joining existing shareholders Javelin Venture Partners and TransLink Capital. The Series C round will be used for growth.
3 min read · 18 January 2012
Tidemark, a maker of enterprise performance management software, has raised $24 million in new financing. Redpoint Ventures led the round along with existing investors Greylock Partners, Andreessen Horowitz and Dave Duffield, co-founder and co-CEO of Workday. The Redwood City, Calif.-based company has raised a total of more than $35 million.
3 min read · 18 January 2012
Flagship Ventures, along with undisclosed investors, have poured $70 million into alternative fuel developer Joule. The company was formed in 2007 and is based in Bedford, Mass. The latest round brings Joule’s backing to more than $110 million. The latest round will be used to build out the company’s facility in Hobbs, New Mexico.
3 min read · 17 January 2012
Bessemer Venture Partners led a $21 million Series B round for Boulder, Colo.-based SendGrid, which makes a cloud-based platform for email deliverability. Existing investors Foundry Group, Highway 12 Ventures, SoftTechVC, 500 Startups and Bullet Time Ventures also participated. The money will help bolster the company’s staff and continue development efforts.
3 min read · 17 January 2012
Atlanta-based Sharecare, developer of an interactive health and wellness social platform, has raised $14 million in a round led by Galen Partners along with TomorrowVentures. The company also announced that it has acquired physician practice reference company The Little Blue Book from Galen Partners and other investors in exchange for Sharecare common stock. Sharecare was formed in 2010.
4 min read · 17 January 2012
