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On Deck Seals $4M in Series COn Deck, a technology platform that helps small businesses secure loans, has raised $4 million in follow-on Series C funding, bringing the round to $19 million. New York-based SF Capital Group provided the additional funding. The company will use the money to bolster sales and marketing. On Deck’s other backers include SAP Ventures, Contour Venture Partners, First Round Capital, Khosla Ventures, RRE Ventures and Village Ventures.
- Scratch Music Group Inks $3.3M From Contour Venture
Scratch Music Group, a music DJ service, has sealed $3.3 million in a round led by Contour Venture Partners. The New York City Investment Fund, as well as and angel investors Jason Finger and Todd Arky of SeamlessWeb, and YellowJacket Software Chief Executive Jacob Pechenik also contributed.
- Contour, New Venture Partners Invest in TimeSight
Mt. Laurel, New Jersey-based TimeSight Systems, a developer of video lifecycle management technology, have closed on an undisclosed amount of financing from New York-based Contour Venture Partners and New Venture Partners. The money will help TimeSight fund development of its next-generation video surveillance systems.
- Ticketfly Inks $12M Series B
Ticketfly, a San Francisco-based independent ticketing and social marketing company, has closed on $12 million in Series B financing, bringing its total raised to $15 million. Mohr Davidow Ventures led the round, which included participation from existing investors High Peaks Venture Partners, Contour Venture Partners and angel investors Roger Ehrenberg and Howard Lindzon. The company announced an initial $3 million round in May 2010.
VCs Dine on Food SitesIt’s too soon to tell whether investing in the social food category is a recipe for success, but the sector is filling up with more competitors
- Slideshow: Top 10 Largest First Rounds for Internet Companies this Year
Forty-one million dollars for an Internet company. That’s what Sequoia Capital, Bain Capital Ventures and Silicon Valley Bank invested in Color /99609/sequoia-puts-up-61-of-41m-round-for-photo-based-social-network-color/ which makes a social networking application that lets users share photos with their smartphones. It’s an astonishing number. Financial blogger Paul Kedrosky tweeted: “Sequoia, et al gives pre-launch photo-sharing startup $41m, or ‘more than money than they gave Google’. That sound? Jaw hitting floor.” I did some checking in Thomson Reuters’ VC deals database and as far as I can tell, the Color deal is the largest first round for an early stage Internet service, software or content company this year and the third largest
- SeedStart Media 2011 Taking Entrepreneur Applications
NYC’s entrepreneur and venture scene is getting another boost. Investors and companies including AOL Ventures, Comcast, Hearst, MTV Networks, News Corporation, Time Warner, Vivendi, NY Tech Meetup, Silicon Valley Bank and New York University are joining together to establish a summer program for tech companies. Ten startups will be invited to NYC for a 12-week program beginning in June. For more information about SeedStart Media 2011, visit http://www.nycseedstart.com http://www.nycseedstart.com