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LeadGenius nabs $10 mln Series BBerkeley, California-based LeadGenius, a marketing and sales platform for B2B companies, has raised $10 million in Series B financing. Lumia Capital led the round with participation from other investors that included Javelin Venture Partners, Sierra Ventures, Better Ventures, Bee Partners, Y Combinator, Kapor Capital, Initialized Capital, Fuel Capital, Scrum Ventures and FundersClub. In conjunction with the funding, Martin Gedalin of Lumia Capital has been added to the LeadGenius board of directors while Noah Doyle of Javelin Venture Partners has become a board observer.
- Auditing AI platform AppZen closes $2.9 mln seed round
Back office automation platform AppZen closed a $2.9 million seed funding round led by Resolute Ventures. Other participating investors included Bloomberg Beta, Silicon Valley Bank, MasterCard, and FundersClub.
- Video advertising provider Virool raises $12 mln
San Francisco-based Virool, a provider of a video marketing platform, has raised $12 million in Series A funding from Menlo Ventures, Yahoo Japan, Flint Capital and 500 Startups. The company, which is a graduate of the Y Combinator incubator program, previously raised $6.62 million in seed-stage funding from VC firms and individuals, including FundersClub, Troy Carter and Farzad "Zod" Nazem.
VC investment slowdown: an important test for equity crowdfundingThe ongoing success of equity crowdfunding sites must rely on syndicates as the 'killer app' to survive
- Brazil's iFood buys technology of now-defunct SpoonRocket
Brazil's iFood, an online food delivery platform in Latin America, acquired the technology of meal delivery service SpoonRocket, which shut down /2016/03/vc-backed-meal-delivery-service-spoonrocket-shuts-down/ on Tuesday.
- VC-backed meal delivery service SpoonRocket shuts down
Meal delivery service SpoonRocket shut down Tuesday, the company announced on its website http://blog.spoonrocket.com/ Based in Berkeley, California, SpoonRocket received $11 million in Series A funding from Foundation Capital and General Catalyst Partners in 2014. It previously raised $2.5 million from Y Combinator and FundersClub.
- Javelin leads $5 mln second round of funding for Appvance
San Jose, California-based Appvance, which offers an app performance testing platform, closed a $5 million funding round led by Javelin Venture Partners with participation from H. Barton Investments and Three Bridges Ventures. This is the second round of funding for Appvance, bringing the total amount raised to $7 million.
YC-backed Captain401 raises $3.5 mln in seed from SoftTech, angelsSan Francisco-based Captain401, which helps small businesses to setup retirement savings plans for employees, has raised $3.5 million in seed-stage funding. Investors include SoftTech VC, SV Angel, Y Combinator, CrunchFund, Dave Morin's Slow Ventures, Susa Ventures, FundersClub and numerous individuals, including 49ers Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana, Gmail developer Paul Buchheit, Twitch co-founders Justin Kan and Michael Siebel, Scribd co-founder Jared Friedman, Nerdwallet co-founder Jacob Gibson and former Stripe CTO Greg Brockman. Captain401 went through Y Combinator last summer.
Crowdfunding targets the massesThe equity crowdfunding landscape is changing dramatically this year and VCs need to pay attention
- Aircall nabs $2.75 mln seed
Paris-based Aircall, an online phone system for teams, has raised $2.75 million in seed funding. Balderton Capital led the round with participation from other investors that included FundersClub.