Meez, a San Francisco-based social entertainment community, has raised an undisclosed amount of VC funding led by Anthem Venture Partners. The company also acquired Pulse Entertainment Inc., a San Francisco-based provider of avatar messaging services for mobile phones and websites. Meez had previously raised VC funding from Battery Ventures and Transcosmos, while Pulse had raised over $50 million from firms like Anthem, DFJ, El Dorado Ventures, Encore Venture Partners and Mobius Venture Capital.
3 min read · 15 January 2009
Smartsheet.com, a Bellevue, Wash.-based provider of an SaaS-based work management tool, has raised $1.25 million in Series B funding. Madrona Venture Group led the round, and was joined by Smartsheet.com CEO Brent Frei.
2 min read · 15 January 2009
MiLife, a provider of technology solutions for personalized weight management, has raised an undisclosed amount of VC funding from New Venture Partners and Unilever Ventures. The company recently spun out from Unilever Corporate Research.
5 min read · 15 January 2009
Novaled AG, a German developer of organic light-emitting diodes for lighting and display products, has raised €8.5 million in third-round funding. Participants include eCAPITAL, TechnoStart, KfW, TUDAG, Credit Agricole Private Equity, TechFund and CDC Innovation.
5 min read · 15 January 2009
Motionbox, a New York-based personal video sharing and storage site, has raised $6 million in Series C funding. Constellation Ventures led the round, and was joined by fellow return backers Canaan Partners and SAS Investors.
3 min read · 15 January 2009
Kathleen McGinty has joined Element Partners as an operating partner. She is the former head of Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection and the White House Council on Environmental Quality. She also had been considered as a candidate to run the EPA under Barack Obama.
2 min read · 14 January 2009
United Sample, an Encino, Calif.-based provider of online sample solutions for the market research industry, has raised $3 million in Series B funding. Greycroft Partners led the round, and was joined by return backer DFJ Frontier.
2 min read · 14 January 2009
Ubicom Inc., a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based provider of communications processor and software solutions, has raised $7 million in fifth-round funding. Return backers include August Capital, Mayfield Funds, Levensohn Venture Partners, Lehman Brothers Venture Partners and Investcorp Technology Partners. The company has now raised nearly $140 million in total VC funding since 1997.
2 min read · 14 January 2009
InterMed Discovery, a Dortmund, Germany-based natural product lead-discovery company, has raised €7.44 million from Biotropics Malaysia Berhad. The equity infusion is part of a larger strategic partnership between the two companies.
3 min read · 14 January 2009
Chiral Quest Corp., a Monmouth Junction, N.J.-based developer of chiral solutions for the pharmaceutical industry, has raised $13 million in Series B funding. Participants included Infinity I-China, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, the China Spring Fund and JAIC.
3 min read · 14 January 2009
