Gemini Israel Ventures

WalkMe has closed $11 million in funding. New backer Scale Venture Partners led the round with participation from Mangrove Capital Partners, Giza Venture Capital and Gemini Israel Ventures. In conjunction with the funding, Rory O'Driscoll, a partner at Scale Venture Partners, will join WalkMe's board of directors. Based in San Francisco, WalkMe is a provider of cloud-based online guidance solutions.

LoyalBlocks said on Thursday that it has received $9 million in Series A funding. The lead investor was General Catalyst Partners. Founder Collective and existing investor Gemini Israel Ventures also participated in the round. According to LoyalBlocks, the funding will be used to expand the company's loyalty marketing platform and for scaling the U.S. operations. General Catalyst Managing Director Adam Valkin will join the company’s board of directors along with Yossi Sela, managing partner at Gemini, and Allon Bloch, CEO at mySupermarket. LoyalBlocks, a provider of loyalty marketing solutions for small businesses, is headquartered in New York City with its research and development team based in Israel.

FTBpro, a London-based fan-generated media platform for online football, has raised $5.8 million in financing from Battery Ventures and Gemini Israel Ventures. The company is focused on football fans, and provides daily articles in English, Spanish, German and Italian.

Game development startup MoMinis has closed on $6 million in Series B financing. Gemini Israel Ventures led the round, which included participation from existing investor BRM Group. Formed in 2008, the company has also raised money from Mitsui Ventures.

Gemini Israel Ventures led a $5.5 million round in WalkMe, an online guidance system based in San Francisco. VCs Mangrove Capital Partners and Giza Venture Capital also participated in the round.

WalkMe said it raised $5.5 million in a round was led by Gemini Israel Ventures and joined by Mangrove Capital Partners and Giza Venture Capital. Mangrove Capital Partners provided a first round of funding to the company in April. WalkMe, which is developing an online guidance system, will use the money to expand sales, marketing and product development.

The firm, headquartered in London, raised $16 million more than the initial target for its first fund.

Sckipio, an Israeli provider of Gfast products, has raised $10 million in funding. MegaChips led the round with participation from Intel Capital, Pitango Venture Partners, Genesis Partners, Gemini Israel Ventures, Amiti Ventures, Aviv Ventures, CIRTech Fund and Axess Ventures.

Samanage, a provider of employee service success solutions, has raised $20 million in funding. The investors included Carmel Ventures, Gemini Israel Ventures, Marker LLC, Salesforce Ventures and Vintage Investment Partners.

Wix.com has agreed to acquire New York City-based Flok, a customer loyalty and engagement platform. No financial terms were disclosed. Flok's backers included General Catalyst Partners and Gemini Israel Ventures.

New York City-based Eyeview, a marketing tech company, has raised $21.5 million in funding. Qumra Capital led the round with participation from return backers Marker LLC, Innovation Endeavors, Nauta Capital, Gemini Israel Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners.

Intel Capital has made an undisclosed investment in Sckipio Technologies. Israel-based Sckipio is a provider of G.fast modems.

San Francisco-based WalkMe, a provider of online guidance solutions, has secured $25 million in Series D funding. Greenspring Associates led the round with participation from other investors that included Scale Venture Partners, Giza Venture Capital and Gemini Israel Ventures.

BlackBerry Ltd said it will buy U.S. software company WatchDox in a bid to boost its security offerings, Reuters reported. Since 2008, WatchDox has raised over US$35 million from a number of venture capital firms, including Blackstone Group, Gemini Israel Ventures, Millennium Technology Value Partners and Shasta Ventures.