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Unitive grabs $430KUnitive Inc, a developer of software designed to "counter unconscious bias in corporations," has raised $430,000 in Series A funding. The investor base was from Plum Alley Investments, a private member investment platform.
- Millennials wellness site Greatist scores $4.5 mln Series A
New York City-based Greatist, a wellness site for millennials, has raised $4.5 million in Series A funding. Floodgate led the round with participation from other investors that included Strauss Zelnick, RiverPark Ventures and Vayner/RSE.
- Small business network Townsquared pulls in $5.26 mln
Small business online community Townsquared has raised $5.26 million in funding. The backers were Floodgate and August Capital.
- Ignition Partners leads $7.5 mln Series A funding in Unitive
Ignition 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.
- Mayfield leads funding in Outreach
Seattle-based Outreach, which uses predictive intelligence and machine learning to optimize the B2B sales communication process, announced it has raised a $9.2 million Series A round of funding. Mayfield Fund led the round, which included participation from existing investors MHS Capital and Floodgate. As part of the latest round, Rajeev Batra, partner at Mayfield, has joined the board.
- NEA, Shasta co-lead funding in LearnUp
San Francisco-based LearnUp, which operates a job training and placement platform, said it has raised an $8 million Series A round of funding co-led by New Enterprise Associates and Shasta Ventures. Greylock Partners, Floodgate and High Line Venture Partners also participated in the round.
- Avalon Ventures invests $3.5 mln in Pronoun
Pronoun said Wednesday it received a $3.5 million investment from Avalon Ventures. New York-based Pronouon provides a digital book publishing platform for authors.
Moving to self-storage startups--VCJ sector analysisThe number of companies focused on storage-on-demand is small and growing. VCs say the potential is huge.
Moving to self-storage startupsThe number of companies focused on storage-on-demand is small, but VCs say the potential is huge
- Maker Media attracts $5 mln
San Francisco-based Maker Media, a platform that connects inventors of products and services with each other, has raised $5 million in funding. The backers included Obvious Ventures, Raine Ventures, Azure Capital, OATV, Floodgate and from Square 1. In addition to the funding, Maker Media has named Rafe Needleman as editor-in-chief to lead its editorial team and content strategy. Previously, Needleman served as editorial director of Yahoo Tech.