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Ignition Partners leads $7.5 mln Series A funding in UnitiveIgnition Partners led a $7.5 million Series A funding round in Unitive, a cloud-based hiring analytics program. Other investors in the funding round included Kapor Capital, Webb Investment Network, Floodgate and Correlation Ventures. Nick Sturiale, managing partner at Ignition, will join the Unitive board.
- Contactually snaps up $8 mln Series A
According to a blog post http://blog.contactually.com/2015/11/contactually-series-a/ on its site, Washington, DC-based software and service company Contactually has raised $8 million in Series A funding. The company's backers include Grotech Ventures, Rally Ventures, Correlation Ventures, Point Nine Capital, 500 Startups, Bull City Venture Partners and Middleland Capital.
- Zebit pulls in $10 mln in Crosslink Capital-led round
La Jolla, California-based Zebit Inc, an automated payment system provider, has secured $10 million in Series A funding. Crosslink Capital led the round with participation from other investors that included Wildcat Venture Partners, Leapfrog Ventures and Correlation Ventures. In addition to the funding, Jim Feuille, a general partner at Crosslink Capital, Bryan Stolle, a general partner at Wildcat Venture Partners and Mohr Davidow Ventures, and Pete Sinclair, a general partner at Leapfrog Ventures, have all been named to Zebit's board of directors.
- Galera Therapeutics pulls in $37 mln Series B
Malvern, Pennsylvania-based Galera Therapeutics, a biotech company focused on treating cancer patients, has closed $37 million in Series B funding. Novo Ventures led the round with participation from previous backers New Enterprise Associates, Novartis Venture Fund, Correlation Ventures and Galera Angels. In conjunction with the funding, Dr. Thomas Dyrberg, a managing partner of Novo Ventures, has been added to Galera's board of directors.
- VC-backed Mirna Therapeutics debuts IPO
Austin, Texas-based Mirna Therapeutics Inc, a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing cancer-treating drugs, has raised almost $44 million for its IPO after pricing its 6.25 million shares at $7 per share. The stock began trading Thursday on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "MIRN." Citigroup and Leerink Partners are the lead underwriters. Mirna's backers included Sofinnova Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Pfizer Ventures, Osage University Partners and Correlation Ventures.
- Employee referral platform Simppler picks up $1.2 mln
Simppler has secured $1.2 million in funding, according to a company announcement. https://medium.com/@vippisharma/with-1-2-million-simppler-is-on-a-mission-to-help-companies-create-a-referral-hiring-culture-3c41bfe37346 The investors included Greylock Partners, Correlation Ventures and zParks Capital. Based in San Mateo, California, Simppler is an employee referral platform.
- Sun Basket meal kit delivery service consumes $4.5 mln
San Francisco-based Sun Basket, a new entrant in the bustling meal kit delivery service sector that includes many well-funded competitors, announced it has raised $4.5 million in its first institutional round of funding. PivotNorth Capital and Baseline Ventures co-led the round, which also includes Vulcan Capital, Roth Capital, The Florence Group, Rembrandt Ventures, Correlation Ventures, Relevance Capital, Lucas Venture Group and others, including a number of individual investors.
- Crossbar picks up $35 mln Series D
Santa Clara, California-based Crossbar Inc, a provider of RRAM technology, has closed $35 million in Series D funding. Tyche Partners led the round with participation from other investors that included Artiman Ventures, CBC-Capital, Cheerful Link Ventures, Correlation Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Korea Investment Partners, Northern Light Venture Capital, Oriza Holdings, SAIF Partners, Tao Invest and the University of Michigan. In addition to the funding, Weijie Yun, a founder and managing partner of Tyche Partners, has been added to Crossbar's board of directors.
- Institutional Venture Partners leads $52 mln round for AlienVault
AlienVault said Wednesday that it raised $52 million in a Series E funding round led by Institutional Venture Partners. Existing investors, including Trident Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and GGV Capital, also participated. San Mateo, California-based AlienVault provides unified security management and actionable threat intelligence.
Cyber security company AlienVault raises $52 mln in late-stage fundingSan Mateo, Calif.-based AlienVault, a provider of threat management and other cyber security services, announced it has raised $52 million in Series E funding led by new investor Institutional Venture Partners. Existing investors Trident Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and GGV Capital also participated in the round. The company, founded in 2007, has now raised $116 million in total funding. As part of the latest round, Steve Harrick, general partner at IVP, has joined the board.