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SevenRooms books $8 mln in Comcast Ventures-led roundNew York City-based SevenRooms, a reservation, seating and guest management software for restaurants, hotels and nightlife, has secured $8 million in funding. Comcast Ventures led the round.
- Home decor startup Modsy locks in $23 mln Series B
San Francisco-based home decor startup Modsy has raised $23 million in Series B funding, according to a blog post https://blog.modsy.com/2017/12/announcing-our-series-b-funding/ on its site. Advance Venture Partners led the round with participation from other investors that included NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment, Comcast Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Birchmere Ventures, Ame Cloud Ventures, BBG Ventures and GV.
- Assa Abloy buys VC-backed August Home
Assa Abloy has acquired San Francisco-based August Home Inc, a provider of smart locks and smart home access products and services. No financial terms were disclosed. August Home's backers included Qualcomm Ventures, Maveron, Comcast Ventures, SPDG and Bessemer Venture Partners, according to Crunchbase.
- Earny scores $9 mln Series A
Santa Monica, California-based Earny, a personal finance service, has raised $9 million in Series A funding. Mayfield led the round with participation from Comcast Ventures and Science Inc.
- VC-backed hair color brand Madison Reed adds new VP to team
Madison Reed, a hair color brand, has named David Stanko as vice president of technical design and education. Previously, Stanko worked at Redken 5th Avenue NYC, a L'Oreal division, where he was master colorist and brand ambassador. Madison Reed's backers include Comcast Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, True Ventures and Calibrate Ventures.
- VC-backed FanDuel names King as new CEO
Fantasy sports company FanDuel has appointed Matt King as its new CEO, effective immediately. King, a former chief financial officer at FanDuel and ex-director at KKR, is succeeding Nigel Eccles, who is leaving the company and quitting the board of directors to focus on his next venture. FanDuel's backers include KKR, Google Capital, Time Warner/Turner Sports, Shamrock Capital, NBC Sports Ventures, Comcast Ventures, Pentech Ventures, Piton Capital and Bullpen Capital.
- VC-backed TuneIn taps Lim as CFO
San Francisco-based TuneIn, a live streaming and on-demand audio service, has named Holly Lim as chief financial officer. Prior to joining TuneIn, Lim was CFO at Soundcloud. TuneIn is backed by Comcast Ventures, IVP, Sequoia Capital, Causeway, General Catalyst Partners, Icon Ventures and Marker LLC.
- Hair color brand Madison Reed takes in $25 mln
Madison Reed, a hair color brand, has raised $25 million in financing. Comcast Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Norwest Venture Partners, True Ventures and Calibrate Ventures.
- Comcast hires Beyda as MD and promotes Gulati to partner
Comcast Ventures has named Gil Beyda as a managing director and promoted Daniel Gulati to partner. Previously, Beyda was a managing partner at Genacast Ventures while Gulati joined the firm in 2014.
- AtScale picks up $25 mln Series C
AtScale, a universal semantic platform provider for business intelligence on big data, has raised $25 million in Series C financing. Atlantic Bridge led the round with participation from Wells Fargo Securities, Industry Ventures, Storm Ventures, UMC Capital, Comcast Ventures and XSeed Capital.