3 min read · 02 August 2011
2 min read · 02 August 2011
GRA Venture Fund and Imlay Investments Inc. have put $2.2 million in Series A financing into Urjanet Inc., an Atlanta-based company that helps large-scale energy consumers manage energy use and environmental impact. The company is based in Atlanta, and also supported by the Georgia Research Alliance, the GRA VentureLab commercialization program at Georgia Tech and the National Science Foundation.
2 min read · 02 August 2011
ChoozOn, a start-up developing a personalized service for deal discovery and social shopping for deals, has inked $3.2 million in a first round of angel financing. The series A round included investors Michael Orsak of Worldview Technology Partners, and James Brown of AVG Ventures. Bellevue, Wash.-based ChoozOn will use the cash for continued development.
3 min read · 02 August 2011
CampusBookRentals.com, a Utah-based provider of online textbook rentals, has raised $20 million from investors including Level Equity, Five Elms Capital and Cherokee & Walker. The combined equity and debt financing will be used for growth.
3 min read · 02 August 2011
ZocDoc has raised $50 million in Series C financing from DST Global, bringing the total raised by the company to $70 million. The company, who’s service allows patients to find nearby doctors who accept their insurance, and book appointments instantly online, will use the money to expand into new markets. Founded in 2009 by Russian billionaire Yuri Milner, DST Global focuses on Internet-related investments.
3 min read · 02 August 2011
Tim Draper, the founder and a managing director of venture firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson, has invested in Clearbridge Accelerator, the Singapore incubation arm of Asian venture firm Clearbridge Partners. The incubator works with local and overseas research institutions to commercialize various technologies in sectors including biomedical devices, nanotechnology, advanced material sciences and computational algorithms, the company said. Terms of the investment were not released.
6 min read · 02 August 2011
Securus Medical Group has scored $750,000 from RiverVest Venture Partners and from Ohio-based non-profit investor JumpStart. Securus Medical is developing a product that provides real-time temperature mapping within a hollow body cavity, the company said in a written release. Securus is based in Cleveland.
2 min read · 02 August 2011
San Mateo, Calif.-based FirstRain, which develops business monitoring technology, has raised $6.4 million in venture capital. Oak Investment Partners, which holds a majority stake in the company, led the round. The company previously raised $41 million.
2 min read · 02 August 2011
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