VCJ Staff

Sequoia raising China-focused venture, growth funds

Sequoia Capital is raising new venture and growth funds to invest in China, according to regulatory filings.

Lightspeed leads $3.7 mln Series A for Hungryroot

Hungryroot, a maker of vegetable-based convenience foods, raised $3.7 million in a Series A financing round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Crosslink Capital, KarpReilly Investments and Great Oaks Venture Partners also participated in the round. Hungryroot has received a total of $6 million in funding to date.

Mariana raises $2 mln in seed funding

Mariana, a Palo Alto, California-based marketing startup, raised $2 million in a seed funding round led by Bruce Taragin, managing director of Blumberg Capital, with participation from angel investors including Gokul Rajaram, Gerri Elliott and Semil Shah. Mariana also announced the launch of its targeted B2B demand generation platform.

IPO Profiles: Four venture-backed biotech companies went public on U.S. exchanges in February

Profiles of AveXis, BeiGene, Editas and Proteostasis

Venture-backed stocks hold steady in February

The venture-backed stock index falls again, but only by 2.89 points and could be rebounding back up

Stackla closes $4.35 mln Series A

Stackla, an Australian social media marketing startup now based in San Francisco, closed a 6.1 million Australian dollar ($4.35 million) Series A funding round, the company said in a blog post. The previously announced round was led by Bailador Technology Investments with participation from existing investors Rampersand and Tony Faure.

Bone Biologics nabs $5.75 mln

Bone Biologics, a Boston-based company developing regenerative medicine for bones, raised $5.75 million in funding from Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation, OrthoFix Holdings Inc and Hankey Capital LLC. Bone Biologics trades on the OTCQB venture stage marketplace for early stage and developing U.S. and international companies.

Deutsche Telekom leads $13.5 mln Series B for Replay Technologies

Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners led a $13.5 million Series B funding round in Replay Technologies, an augmented reality company with offices in Dallas, Newark, California and Tel Aviv, Israel. Replay's proprietary video format allows viewers to experience never-before-seen perspectives of live sporting events. The round brings the total amount raised by Replay to $27 million.

Centage raises $13.5 mln Series A from TVC, Northgate

Centage Corp raised $13.5 million in Series A financing from TVC Capital with participation from Northgate Capital. Based in Natick, Massachusetts, Centage is a provider of budgeting and forecasting software for small and medium-sized businesses.

Shari Redstone’s Advancit to raise $40 mln third venture fund

Advancit Capital has set out to raise a $40 million third venture fund, according to an SEC filing.