San Francisco-based social learning startup Grockit has raised $7 million in Series D financing led by Atlas Venture. Benchmark Capital and Integral Capital Partners, both return investors, also participated in the round, along with new investors NewSchools Venture Fund and GSV Capital Corp. With a total of $24 million in financing, Grockit will use the money for growth.
4 min read · 17 October 2011
Website building took Onepager has raised $350,000 in seed funding from New York angel investors Daniel Eskapa and Mark Birch. The infusion will be used to bolster marketing efforts. Onepager is based in New York.
2 min read · 14 October 2011
Digital Assent, the developer of self-service patient check-in and patient education software, has sealed $2.5 million in debt financing from Silicon Valley Bank. The money will be used to purchase the hardware needed for its flagship product, the company said.
3 min read · 14 October 2011
2 min read · 13 October 2011
2 min read · 13 October 2011
2 min read · 13 October 2011
Union Square Ventures has invested in new search engine company DuckDuckGo. The firm’s Brad Burnham announced the news today in a blog post. Burnham didn’t say how much Union Square put into the company. DuckDuckGo was formed by Gabriel Weinberg about three years ago.
2 min read · 13 October 2011
Care.com has raised $25 million in new funding, according to a regulatory filing. The company is an online search portal that helps people find caregivers – ranging from babysitters to housekeepers and senior caregivers. Care.com inked a $20 million round last year from investors including New Enterprise Associates, Matrix Partners and Trinity Ventures.
1 min read · 12 October 2011
Energy storage company Prudent Energy has raised $29.5 million in new funding led by Mitsui. Vangoo Investment Partners, Idinvest Partners and Asia Clean Energy Limited also participated, as did existing investors Draper Fisher Jurvetson, DT Capital Partners, Northern Light Venture Capital and CEL Partners.
2 min read · 12 October 2011
DNAnexus, a DNA data management and analysis platform, has closed a $15 million second round led by Google Ventures and TPG Biotech. First Round Capital, SoftTech VC, K9 Ventures, and Felicis Ventures also participated in the financing, which will be used for development. Krishna Yeshwant of Google Ventures, and Geoff Duyk of TPG Biotech, have joined the company’s board.
4 min read · 12 October 2011
