Los Angeles-based SteelHouse has raised $6.3 million from venture investors Greycroft Partners, Rincon Venture Partners, Lighthouse Venture Group, Baroda Ventures and SV Angel. The company makes a behavioral ecommerce platform, which provides shoppers different offers based on their buying behavior.
3 min read · 02 December 2011
3 min read · 01 December 2011
Sociocast, a developer of “Big Data” analysis tools, has added $1.5 million in bridge financing. Investors include Detroit Venture Partners and New York Angels. The company raised $3.35 million across two previous rounds.
3 min read · 01 December 2011
San Francisco-based awe.sm has closed on $4 million in venture capital led by Foundry Group and GRP Partners. The company’s software is designed to allow developers to add social-media performance tracking to their websites and online applications.
4 min read · 01 December 2011
MedLumics, a Madrid-based medical imaging diagnostics company, has raised 3.5 million euro ($4.7 million) in Series A financing, the company announced Thursday. Ysios Capital Partners and Caixa Capital Risc co-led the round. The financing will be used to continue development and expand the staff.
4 min read · 01 December 2011
GE Capital and GE Healthcare have put an undisclosed amount of financing into C8 MediSensors Inc., a developer of non-invasive continuous glucose monitors for diabetic patients. The investment comes through the GE healthymagination Fund. Details of the investment were not released.
4 min read · 01 December 2011
arGEN-X, a biopharmaceutical company developing human monoclonal antibodies, has raised 27.5 million euro ($37 million) in Series B financing. OrbiMed Advisors and Seventure Partners co-led the round, which included participation from existing shareholders Forbion Capital Partners, Credit Agricole Private Equity, LSP, BioGeneration Ventures, the Erasmus Biomedical Fund, Thuja Capital and VIB. Mike Sheffery of OrbiMed will join the company’s board.
4 min read · 01 December 2011
100Plus, a startup developing interactive applications that will give predictions about a person’s future health, has added seed financing from Greylock Discovery Fund partners John Lilly and Reid Hoffman, Felicis Ventures and Band of Angels Acorn Fund. PEHub previously reported that the company had inked an undisclosed amount from Founders Fund. 100Plus is keeping quiet about the amount raised so far. 100Plus is based in San Francisco.
2 min read · 01 December 2011
Kekanto, developer of a popular online community in Brazil, has raised an undisclosed amount in Series A financing from Accel Partners and Kaszek Ventures. Florian Otto, CEO of Groupon Brazil; and Vinicius Marchini, partner of the Brazilian investment bank and private equity fund BR Partners, are also investors in the company. The company’s site provides consumers with information on local businesses, tourist attractions and and other local reviews. Accel partner Andrew Braccia, who will join Kekanto's board.
3 min read · 01 December 2011
Alton Capital Partners launches; Apax Partners France adds to its health care team
3 min read · 01 December 2011
