Marketo, a San Mateo, Caif.-based provider of lead management software, has raised $10 million in Series C funding. Mayfield Fund led the round, and was joined by return backers InterWest Partners and Storm Ventures. The company previously raised $22 million.
2 min read · 27 April 2010
Healthline Networks, a San Francisco-based provider of online health information services, has raised $14 million in third-round funding. Investor Growth Capital led the round, and was joined by return backers Peacock Equity Fund and Reed Elsevier Ventures.
4 min read · 27 April 2010
ShoeDazzle.com, an online shoe shopping assistant, has raised $13 million in second-round funding. Lightspeed Venture Partners led the round, and was joined by return backer Polaris Venture Partners. The company previously raised $7 million, and was founded by LegalZoom co-founder Brian Lee and reality TV star Kim Kardashian.
3 min read · 27 April 2010
Joule Biotechnologies, a Cambridge, Mass.-based developer of technology to convert carbon dioxide into ethanol, has raised $30 million in Series B funding led by Flagship Ventures.
3 min read · 27 April 2010
SolarBridge Technologies, an Atlanta-based provider of microinverter and monitoring solutions for the solar energy market, has raised $15 million in Series B funding. Rho Ventures led the round, and was joined by return backer Battery Ventures. The company previously raised $12 million.
2 min read · 27 April 2010
ExonHit Therapeutics SA, a listed French therapeutics company, has agreed to acquire RedPath Integrated Pathology Inc., a Pittsburgh-based cancer diagnostics company. The deal is valued at upwards of $32 million, including up-front payments of $12.5 million in cash and $10 million in stock. RedPath had raised over $10 million in VC funding from Seneca Health Partners, Inflexion Partners, HMA Capital Partners New Spring Capital and CID Capital.
3 min read · 27 April 2010
Cellular Dynamics International, a Madison, Wis.-based manufacturer of human heart cells, has raised $40.6 million in Series B funding. Return backer Tactics II Stem Cell Ventures led the round, and was joined by Sam Zell's Equity Group Investments and Sixth Floor Investors. Cellular Dynamics previously raised $18 million.
4 min read · 27 April 2010
FreeWheel, a San Mateo, Calif.-based developer of online video monetization technology, has raised $16.8 million in fourth-round funding. Steamboat Ventures led the round, and was joined by return backers Turner Broadcasting System, Battery Ventures and Foundation Capital. The company previously raised more than $12 million.
3 min read · 27 April 2010
Playdom, a Mountain View, Calif.-based social gaming company, has acquired Merscom LLC, a Chapel Hill, N.C.-based developer of online and social games for third parties. No financial terms were disclosed. Playdom last fall raised a $43 million Series A round at around a $300 million post-money valuation, from New Enterprise Associates, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Norwest Venture Partners. It has since made several acquisitions.
3 min read · 27 April 2010
Cantaloupe Systems, a San Francisco-based provider of wireless technology solutions for the vending industry, has raised $12.4 million in third-round funding from Foundation Capital and Global Environment Fund. It previously raised $6 million.
3 min read · 27 April 2010
