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Namogoo attracts $8 mln Series ABoston-based Namogoo, a provider of technology that prevents outside ads from hijacking ecommerce sites, has secured $8 million in Series A funding. GreatPoint Ventures led the round with participation from Blumberg Capital and Inimiti Capital. In addition to the funding, Ashok Krishnamurthi, managing partner at GreatPoint Ventures, and David Blumberg, founder and managing partner at Blumberg Capital, will join Namogoo’s board of directors.
- Canvas, Meritech co-lead $50 mln funding in Kinetica
San Francisco-based Kinetica, provider of a GPU-accelerated relational database, announced it has raised $50 million in a Series A round of funding. The funding was co-led by Canvas Ventures and Meritech Capital Partners, with participation from new investor Citi Ventures and existing investor Ray Lane of GreatPoint Ventures. As part of the funding, Gary Little, a partner at Canvas, and Paul Madera, a partner at Meritech, have joined the company board.
- OncoResponse nabs $7 mln
Houston-based OncoResponse, an immuno-oncology antibody discovery company, has raised $7 million in Series A financing. The investors were GreatPoint Ventures and Helsinn Investment Fund.
- Kinetica picks up $6 mln
San Francisco-based Kinetica, an in-memory database provider, has raised $6 million in funding. The lead investor was Ray Lane, managing partner at GreatPoint Ventures.
- IPO Profile: Zafgen Inc
Alta, Atlas, Greatpoint Ventures, RA Capital Management and Third Rock Ventures invested nearly $160 million in the company, which is developing a treatment for obesity
Betting on the FarmOutside of the virtual FarmVille, more investors are beefing up their expertise in the real life agricultural sector, laying down money on fuel, biopesticides, feed startups and more. Their gamble is paying off, too, as some are reaping exits
- Week in deals, May 3, 2010
Summary of tech companies and other startups in North America that raised venture financing in the past week
- French Oil Company Backs Coskata
Coskata Inc., a Warrenville, Ill.-based developer of technologies for processing biorefuse into ethanol, has secured an undisclosed amount of new equity funding from French oil company Total. The company previously raised over $76 million from Blackstone Group, Advanced Technology Ventures, Globespan Capital Partners, General Motors, GreatPoint Ventures and Khosla Ventures.
- peHUB Wire: Wednesday, April 28, 2010
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