Reputation.com, a developer of online reputation management and privacy technology, has sealed a whopping $41 million in new capital. August Capital led the Series D round, which also including backing from JAFCO Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Floodgate Fund. Reputation.com’s technology is designed to help individuals monitor and control what the Web says about them.
3 min read · 19 July 2011
SupersonicAds, a maker of a social in-game advertising platform, has closed on its first institutional funding, inking $4.2 million. Greylock Israel led the round. The money will help SupersonicAds expand its software for brand advertisers utilizing virtual currency monetization in social games, the company said in a written release. SupersonicAds is based in London.
3 min read · 19 July 2011
Nuventix, the creator of an LED cooling technology for energy-efficient lighting, has closed on $10 million in fresh capital from GE Energy Financial Services, the Bergquist Company, Braemar Energy Ventures, CenterPoint Ventures, InterWest Partners and Rho Ventures. The money will go toward expansion and technology development, the company said Tuesday. GE Lighting and Nuventix also announced a license agreement.
4 min read · 19 July 2011
Michigan-based angel investment groups Grand Angels and Blue Water Angels have put an undisclosed amount of money into Grand Rapids, Mich.-based AzulStar. The company provides very-high bandwidth wireless data, voice and video services, and will use the funds to expand its services across Michigan and into Santa Fe, New Mexico. Grand Angels has invested $7.3 million since its creation in 2004.
3 min read · 19 July 2011
2 min read · 19 July 2011
Software maker Quintiq has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from LLR Partners and NewSpring Capital. The minority investment will help Quintiq, formed in 1997, with growth plans. Quintiq is based in Philadelphia and says that it is profitable.
3 min read · 19 July 2011
Austin Ventures and StarVest Partners have poured $10 million into retail credit technology company NewComLink. StarVest led the Series B round for the Austin-based company; it will be used to support growth of the NewComLink platform.
5 min read · 18 July 2011
Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Intervention Insights has closed on $7.2 million in Series B financing. Michigan venture investor Beringea and Louisville, Ky.-based Chrysalis Ventures co-led the round, which also included funding from Hopen Life Sciences, Michigan Accelerator Fund I. The company, a healthcare information technology start-up, will use the money to expand commercialization of its platform, designed to help community oncologists develop individualized patient treatment plans.
4 min read · 18 July 2011
Brisbane, Calif.-based SARcode Bioscience has closed on $44 million in Series B financing, led by Sofinnova Ventures. Rho Ventures also participated, as did existing investors Alta Partners and Clarus Venture Partners. The money will go toward clinical development of the company’s treatment for dry eye syndrome.
4 min read · 18 July 2011
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