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Education Startup Civitas Learning Scores $8.75 Mln in FundingCivitas Learning said on Tuesday it has raised $8.75 million in funding. Emergence Capital Partners was the lead investor. New investors Felicis Ventures and New Markets Venture Partners joined returning investors Austin Ventures, First Round Capital and Floodgate in the round. Based in Austin, Texas, Civitas Learning is a provider of tools that helps students, teachers and education administrators.
- Compare Metrics Secures $4.2M in First Round Funding
Compare Metrics, an analytics software startup that helps brands harness disconnected information to drive sales, has raised $4.2 million led by Austin Ventures. The round also included individual investors Mike Maples, Bob Greene, Julie Allegro, and Ralph Mack.
- LiquidSpace Raises $1.3M From Steelcase, CBRE Group
LiquidSpace said it raised $1.3 million as a follow-on to a $6 million Series B round completed earlier this year. The funding comes from two new strategic investors, Steelcase and CBRE Group, Inc. In January the company raised $6 million in a deal led by The GPT Group and joined by Shasta Ventures, Floodgate Fund and Greylock Capital. Total funding is now $12.385 million.
Power in PairsJust as certain venture firms perform better than others, so do certain combinations of VCs. The tendency for particular syndicates to see repeated success, investors say, is no coincidence.
Venture Capital’s Powerful PairsWe mixed and matched, sliced and diced, and came up with what we hope is a comprehensive guide to some of the venture industry’s most successful co-investors. Criteria considered in making the list include number of joint portfolio companies, length of time working as co-investors, and successful exits together.
- Handshakez Closes Series A Round
Handshakez has closed $3.6 million in venture capital financing. The Series A round was led by Austin Ventures with additional investment by First Round Capital, FLOODGATE, CrunchFund, Valhalla Partners and Thinktiv.
- Ayasdi Nabs Big Backers for Big Data
Khosla Ventures and Floodgate are leading a $10.25 million round in big data company Ayasdi. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) also contributed earlier funding to the project, along with the National Science Foundation. Ayasdi was founded by Gurjeet Singh and Gunnar Carlsson.
- LiquidSpace Inks Series B Led by GPT
Online marketplace LiquidSpace has secured $6 million in Series B funding led by The GPT Group. Shasta Ventures, Floodgate Fund and Greylock Capital also participated.
- Refinery29 Nets More Backing
New York-based e-commerce site Refinery29 has reeled in $3.5 million en route to a $4 million round, according to a federal filing s http://sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1526708/000152670813000003/xslFormDX01/primary_doc.xml ubmitted by the company. Existing backers for the startup include First Round Capital and Floodgate.
- Video Platform Sightly Inks $5.6M
Sightly, an online video platform startup, has raised $5.6 million in venture capital. Moscow-based Bright Capital Digital led the round, which participation from Foresight Ventures, Floodgate, Tomorrow Ventures, Bullpen Capital, Mack Capital and 500 Startups.