Money Workout Ltd., a UK-based company that purchases and generates mortgage inquiries that it matches with available mortgage products, has raised £1.52 million in VC funding from Octopus Ventures.
3 min read · 01 April 2010
Reflexis Inc., a Dedham, Mass.-based provider of a retail management execution platform, has raised $3 million in venture debt funding from Velocity Financial Group.
2 min read · 01 April 2010
Toura, a New York-based provider of mobile tour applications, has raised $1.5 million in seed funding from individual angels.
3 min read · 01 April 2010
Vidyo Inc., a Hackensack, N.J.-based provider of videoconferencing solutions, has raised $25 million in Series C funding. Four Rivers Group led the round, and was joined by return backers Menlo Ventures, Rho Ventures, Seven-Rosen Funds and Star Ventures. The company has now raised $63 million in total VC funding.
3 min read · 01 April 2010
RiverVest Venture Partners has promoted Niall O'Donnell to principal. O'Donnell joined the life sciences-focused firm as a Kauffman Fellow in May 2006, and continued on as an associate.
2 min read · 01 April 2010
Telarix Inc., a Vienna, Va.-based provider of business information exchange and interconnect OSS/BSS solutions, has raised $20 million in growth equity funding from Brown Brothers Harriman.
5 min read · 01 April 2010
Henry McCance, founder and chairman emeritus of Greylock Partners, has bought around 6% of the The New York Times' stake in New England Sports Ventures (parent company of the Boston Red Sox). NYT will continue to hold a 16.6% position.
2 min read · 01 April 2010
Synchronica PLC has agreed to acquire the instant messaging business of Norway-based Colibria. No financial terms were disclosed. Colibria has raised VC funding form Northzone Ventures, Verdane Capital and Ferd Venture.
4 min read · 01 April 2010
Playdom, a Mountain View, Calif.-based social gaming company, has acquired Argentina-based social games developer Three Melons. No financial terms were disclosed. Playdom last year 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.
2 min read · 01 April 2010
Prosper.com, a San Francisco-based peer-to-peer lending marketplace, said that it has signed term sheets on a Series D round of funding for between $13.3 million and $15.8 million. Prosper previously raised over $40 million from Accel Partners, Benchmark Capital, Omidyar Network, DAG Ventures and Volition Capital (fka Fidelity Ventures).
3 min read · 01 April 2010
