VCJ Staff

Nimbula Raises $15 Million

Nimbula, a Menlo Park, Calif.-based developer of cloud operating systems, has raised $15 million in Series B funding. Accel Partners led the round, and was joined by return backer Sequoia Capital.

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6fusion Raises $3 Million

6fusion, a Durham, N.C.-baseddeveloper of a single utility computing platform for IT professionals, has raised $3 million in VC funding led by Intersouth Partners.

BT Imaging Raises $3.8 Million

BT Imaging Pty Ltd., an Australian provider of inspection and quality control systems for the photovoltaic manufacturing industry, has raised US$3.8 million in Series A-2 funding. Applied Ventures was joined by return backers Allen & Buckeridge and Uniseed.

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Sequoia Leads VC Round for Inkling

Inkling, a San Francisco-based developer of interactive textbooks, has raised an undisclosed amount of Series A funding. Sequoia Capital led the round, and was joined by Kapor Capital, Sherpalo Ventures and Felicis Ventures.

FM Publishing Buys TextDigger

Federated Media Publishing, a Sausalito, Calif.-based operator of an advertising network for online publishers, has acquired semantic search company TextDigger. No financial terms were disclosed. Federated Media is backed by firms like Oak Investment Partners and Omidyar Network. TextDigger had raised VC funding from Intel Capital, True Ventures and CBS Interactive.

Visual IQ Raises $3 Million

Visual IQ, a Needham, Mass.-based provider of enterprise software for marketing investment decisions, has raised $3 million from Fog City Capital.

MindBody Confirms VC Round

MindBody Inc., a spa software provider, today confirmed that it has raised $11 million in new VC funding. The round also includes an additional $3 million option. Bessemer Venture Partners was joined by return backer Catalyst Investors. The round was originally disclosed in a regulatory filing.

PocketGeat Raises $15 Million

PocketGear Inc., a Durham, N.C.-based mobile app store and content marketplace, has raised $15 million in Series B funding. Trident Capital led the round, and was joined by BlackBerry Partners Fund. The company previously raised an undisclosed amount of VC funding from Noro-Moseley Partners and Wakefield Group, as part of its spinout from Motricity. It also acquired Handango, which had raised around $80 million.