linkedFA, a social networking site designed for financial professionals, has raised $3 million in new financing. The company did not release the names of its investors, or the terms of the financing. linkedFA said that the funding would help it expand its technology and fund potential partnerships and acquisitions. The company is based in Miami and was formed in February 2010.
2 min read · 22 March 2011
Clickworker, a provider of business services including search engine optimization text creation and data authentication, has closed on $5.91 million in Series B financing. The round was led by European investors including Klaus Wecken, High-Tech Grunderfonds and Corporate Finance Partners. Clickworker is based in Germany, and has offices in San Francisco. The new money will help Clickworker expand its U.S. operations.
3 min read · 22 March 2011
MasterImage 3D, a maker of auto-stereoscopic 3D displays and 3D content creation tools for mobile devices, has raised $15 million in financing from Samsung Ventures. Founded in 2004, MasterImage 3D is based in Hollywood, with offices in the UK, Tokyo and Seoul.
2 min read · 22 March 2011
San Francisco-based CrowdFlower, a provider of on-demand crowd-sourced technology, has raised $7 million in a Series B financing round. Harmony Partners led the round, with participation from existing investors Trinity Ventures and Bessemer Venture Partners. CrowdFlower has now raised more than $13 million in venture financing.
4 min read · 22 March 2011
Mobile gaming start-up Z2Live has raised an undisclosed amount of Series B funding from venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson. The firm joins existing investor Madrona Venture Group in the round, the company said. The company also announced that Ed Fries, a video games industry veteran has joined the company’s board as its first outside director. William Bryant will represent DFJ on the board.
2 min read · 22 March 2011
Advantage Capital Partners has invested $5.7 million in Kansas City, Mo.-based Barton Nelson Inc., a manufacturer of specialty advertising products. The money will provide working capital and growth capital to the company, the firm said in a statement.
3 min read · 22 March 2011
Minneapolis-based 8thBridge Inc., the creator of a social commerce platform for merchants, has raised $10 million in Series B financing. Trident Capital led the round, which included participation from existing shareholder Split Rock Partners. The company, which recently changed its name from Alvenda Inc., closed a $5 million Series A round in early 2010.
4 min read · 21 March 2011
Fort Washington, Penn.-based Core Essence Orthopaedics Inc., which develops orthopedic devices, has raised $11.5 million in Series B financing. Baird Venture Partners led the round, joined by investors NewSpring Health Capital, Robin Hood Ventures and unnamed individual investors. The new round brings the total raised to $16.5 million and will help the company commercialize its soft tissue and skeletal repair devices. As a result of the round, Baird Partner Pete Shagory will join Core Essence’s board.
3 min read · 21 March 2011
Lexington, Mass.-based Synageva BioPharma Corp. has closed on $25 million in new financing. No details of the financing were disclosed. Synageva has raised more than $70 million in the last two years from investors including New Leaf Venture Partners, Hunt BioVentures, Yasuda Enterprise Development, Baker Brothers Investments, Tullis Dickerson and Four Partners.
2 min read · 21 March 2011
Venture capital-backed biotech company CardioFocus has secured $5 million in debt financing from Silicon Valley Bank. The company has raised venture funding from investors including Accuitive Medical Ventures, Aurora Funds, Kestrel Venture Management, Oxford Biosciences Partners, SV Life Sciences Advisors, HIG Ventures and KBL Healthcare Ventures. The debt financing will help it initiate its pivotal trial in the U.S. and to expand the commercialization of its products in Europe, the company said in a statement. CardioFocus is based in Massachusetts.
3 min read · 21 March 2011
