4 min read · 15 February 2011
Beijing-based Yoyi Media has raised $20 million in Series B financing led by Oak Investment Partners. Existing backers Steamboat Ventures and Shanghai-based Gobi Partners also contributed. Yoyi Media is a provider of targeted online advertising and marketing technology. The new money will help the company expand its video and rich-media advertising platform.
4 min read · 15 February 2011
Orabrush has raised $2.5 million from Palo Alto, Calif.-based True Ventures and Chicago-based 2x Consumer Products Growth Partners. The Provo, Utah-based company has developed a dedicated brush for cleaning the surface of the tongue, designed to help cure bad breath.
3 min read · 15 February 2011
2 min read · 15 February 2011
San Mateo, Calif.-based GetJar, a provider of an online application store, has raised $25 million in Series C financing. The round was led by Tiger Global Management and included Accel Partners, which funded GetJar’s previous two rounds. San Mateo, Calif.-based previously raised about $17 million in venture funding.
3 min read · 15 February 2011
Milpitas, Calif.-based Soladigm, which develops highly energy-efficient dynamic glass for buildings, has raised an additional $10 million in financing, closing its Series C round with a total of $40 million. New investors The Westly Group and Navitas Capital contributed to the round, as did the company’s existing shareholders: San Francisco-based DBL Investors and Cayman Islands-based firm Nano Dimension. GE Energy Financial Services, Khosla Ventures and Sigma Partners.
2 min read · 15 February 2011
Paris-based Mobile Tag, a provider of barcode marketing technology, has raised 6.6 million euros ($8.9 million) in new funding. S.E.B. Ventures led the round, alongside the company’s previous backers Xange Private Equity and Alven Capital. The new money will help Mobile Tag expand its market in the United States, and bolster its marketing and sales efforts.
3 min read · 15 February 2011
Montreal-based Utilicase, which provides asset care optimization and other technology for power utilities, has closed on $10 million in financing. Cycle Capital Fund I, a clean-tech investment fund, provided the latest $5 million tranche, the company said in a release. No other investors were disclosed. Cycle Capital Management is a Canadian venture firm.
2 min read · 14 February 2011
Digital media company Cooliris has raised $9.6 million in Series C financing from existing investors including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, DAG Ventures, The Westly Group, and Deutsche Telekom’s T-Venture. The company, which had previously raised more than $20 million, recently launched its LiveShare 1.2 software, which allows for social networking through live, shared group photo streams. Cooliris is based in Palo Alto, Calif.
3 min read · 14 February 2011
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