Andreessen Horowitz, along with SV Angel, Y Combinator, Yuri Milner, General Catalyst, Ignition Partners, Raymond Tonsing and Alexis Ohanian – have put a combined $1 million into video gaming startup MinoMonsters Inc. The company is run by 19-year-old Joshua Buckley. The company, which recently opened offices in San Francisco, is the maker of MinoMonsters, a monster battle and trading game for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
4 min read · 10 November 2011
Mingly Inc., developer of a web service to bring together email and social networks, has launched with $500,000 in seed funding led by Pasadena-based Idealab. Individual angel investors Allen Morgan and Alex Karelin also contributed. Mingly is based in San Francisco.
2 min read · 10 November 2011
Lexington, Mass.-based Avaxia Biologics Inc. has closed on $2.2 million in Series A financing. Cherrystone Angels of Providence, Rhode Island, led the round, with participation from Boston Harbor Angels and other individual investors. Robert Manning, the co-Chairman of Cherrystone Angels, will join the Avaxia board. Avaxia is developing oral antibody drugs that act locally within the gastrointestinal tract.
2 min read · 10 November 2011
Scribble Technologies Inc. has closed on $4 million in new financing led by Summerhill Venture Partners. Rogers Ventures, an existing early stage investor, also participated in the financing. The company, a provider of real-time content publishing and delivery, will use the infusion to expand its sales, marketing and software development.
3 min read · 10 November 2011
Los Angeles-based Phorus has raised $2 million in Series A financing for its wireless home audio products. Details of the investment round were not released.
2 min read · 09 November 2011
San Francisco-based Schematic Labs has raised $4.75 million for its social entertainment applications for mobile devices. Accel Partners led the round. True Ventures also participated, as did SoftBank Capital. The money will go toward development and adding staff.
5 min read · 09 November 2011
True Ventures, along with angel investors Eghosa Omoigui, Taher Haveliwala, Jyri Engestrom and Joshua Schachter, have put $1 million into 3D printing company Tinkercad. The company is based in Helsinki.
3 min read · 09 November 2011
India’s Aspiring Minds has closed on an undisclosed amount of Series A financing from Omidyar Network. Jayant Sinha, a partner at Omidyar, will join the company’s board. The company provides tests to help employers to evaluate students for effective job placement.
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