1 min read · 10 May 2010
Woozworld, operator of a virtual world for tweens, has raised $3 million in Series A funding. iNovia Capital and ID Capital co-led the round, which spins Woozworld out of former parent company Tribal Nova.
3 min read · 10 May 2010
WordStream Inc., a Boston-based provider of productivity tools for paid and natural search engine marketing, has raised $6 million in Series B funding. Egan-Managed Capital led the round, and was joined by return backer Sigma Partners. The company previously raised $4 million.
3 min read · 10 May 2010
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1 min read · 10 May 2010
Tossed, a UK-based restaurant chain focused on healthy foods, has raised £1.5 million in VC funding from Detroit-based VC firm Beringea.
3 min read · 10 May 2010
1 min read · 09 May 2010
Doug Fambrough has stepped down as a general partner with Oxford Bioscience Partners, in order to become CEO of Oxford portfolio company Dicerna Pharmaceuticals Inc. He will remain as a venture partner with Oxford. Dicerna is a Cambridge, Mass.-based RNA interference company that has raised $21.4 million in VC funding from Oxford, Abingworth Management and Skyline Ventures. He tells peHUB that Dicerna will likely seek between $25 million and $30 million in new VC funding during the second half of this year.
4 min read · 07 May 2010
Todd MacLean has joined Accel Partners, with a focus on growth equity investments in the IT space. He previously was a director with Bain Capital Ventures and, before that, was a vice president with Summit Partners.
1 min read · 07 May 2010
The Corporate Executive Board (Nasdaq: EXBD) has agreed to acquire Iconoculture, a Minneapolis-based consumer research and advisory company. The deal includes an $18 million up-front cash payment plus possible earnouts. Iconoculture has raised over $16 million in VC funding from firms like Portage Venture Partners, Quatris Fund, StarTec Investments, General Mills, Winton Partners and VSP Capital.
3 min read · 07 May 2010
