Ballast Point Ventures

Pensacola, Florida-based Intelligent Retinal Imaging Systems Inc, a provider of early detection systems for diabetic eye disease, has raised an undisclosed amount of Series B financing. Ballast Point Ventures led the round with participation from Providence Ventures and CoxHealth.

Ballast Point Ventures led a $10 million investment in St. Petersburg, Florida-based PowerChord Inc, a provider of digital brand management software and services. The Burton Partnership also participated in the investment round.

Iconixx said Tuesday it raised $10 million in funding co-led by Harbert Venture Partners and S3 Ventures with participation from existing investor Ballast Point Ventures. Austin-based Iconixx provides compensation management software.

Regenerative tissue engineering company TissueTech has closed $15 million in funding. The investors were River Cities Capital Funds and Ballast Point Ventures.

TissueTech said Thursday that it has raised $10 million in financing from Ballast Point Ventures and River Cities Capital Funds. Based in Miami, Florida, TissueTech is a provider of regenerative tissue engineering.

BPV has completed a successful exit from Matrix Medical Network in a secondary buyout of the company to private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe. Matrix Medical Network is a provider of prospective health assessments for Medicare Advantage health plans. The company's nurse practitioners provide in-home assessment services for more than 45 health plans and medical groups in 33 states.

Ballast Point Ventures, a Florida-based venture capital fund, has invested $6 million in Watermark Medical Inc., a privately-held medical products company. Ballast will hold a minority stake in Watermark and one seat on its board.

Horizon Data Center Solutions, a Plano, Texas-based data center and IT flexsourcing firm, has raised $7.5 million in VC funding led by Ballast Point Ventures.

Symphonic Distribution, a music distributor and tech platform, has raised $37 million in Series B funding.

PaceMate, a digital healthcare company in compliant cardiac data management, has raised $8 million in Series A funding.

Greenville, South Carolina-based Mailprotector, a cybersecurity company, has raised $5 million in funding.

Zebra, an insurance comparison site, has raised $38.5 million in Series C funding.

Salt Lake City-based Carterra, a provider of antibody screening and characterization solutions, has secured $6 million in financing.

Tampa, Florida-based Abacode Inc, a cybersecurity and compliance services firm, has raised $4.85 million in Series A funding.

Dallas-based Sportio, a provider of sales acceleration and performance management solutions for field sales personnel, has secured $4.5 million in Series A funding.

Austin, Texas-based Iconixx, a provider of compensation management software, has raised $4.2 million in funding. The investors included Ballast Point Ventures, Harbert Growth Partners and S3 Ventures.