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  • Work-travel platform Remote Year lands $5 mln
    Iris Dorbian- 11 October 2019

    Remote Year, a work-travel platform, has secured $5 million in funding. Lightbank led the round with participation from Highland Capital Partners.

  • HP buys security startup Bromium
    Iris Dorbian- 20 September 2019

    HP Inc has acquired California-based Bromium, a security startup. No financial terms were disclosed. Bromium's backers included Silver Lake Waterman, Andreessen Horowitz, Ignition Partners, Highland Capital Partners, Intel Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Meritech Capital Partners.

  • JobTeaser inks funding
    Iris Dorbian- 11 September 2019

    Paris-based JobTeaser, an online graduate recruiter, has secured 45 million pounds in funding. Highland Europe led the round with participation from Alven, Idinvest Partners, Seventure Partners and Korelya Capital.

  • Clearbanc secures $300 mln to fuel e-commerce funding model
    Kirk Falconer- 2 August 2019

    Clearbanc, a Toronto-based provider of marketing capital for e-commerce brands, has raised about $300 million in additional financing. The equity portion, reportedly about $50 million, was led by U.S. venture capital firm Highland Capital Partners. General Partner Dan Nova will join the board. Highland was joined by Inovia Capital and Emergence Capital, both of which invested in last year’s combined $120 million financing. The balance of the new round, led by Arcadia Funds and Upper90, will capitalize a fund intended to back Clearbanc’s e-commerce clients.

  • Clearbanc secures $395 mln to fuel e-commerce funding model
    Kirk Falconer- 31 July 2019

    Clearbanc, a Toronto-based provider of marketing capital for e-commerce brands, has raised about $395 million (US$300 million) in additional financing. The equity portion, reportedly https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-dragons-den-stars-startup-gets-300-million-to-fuel-growth-of-e/ about $66 million (US$50 million), was led by U.S. venture capital firm Highland Capital Partners. It was joined by Inovia Capital and Emergence Capital, both of which invested in last year's combined $160 million (US$120 million) financing. The balance of the new round, led by Arcadia Funds and Upper90, will capitalize a fund intended to back Clearbanc's e-commerce clients. Led by co-founders and CEOs Andrew D’Souza and Michele Romanow, Clearbanc is the creator of the 20-Min Term Sheet, which offers a non-dilutive alternative to traditional funding sources.

  • Digital health firm EverlyWell picks up $50 mln
    Iris Dorbian- 16 April 2019

    Austin-based EverlyWell, a digital health company, has raised $50 million in financing. Goodwater Capital led the round with participation from Highland Capital Partners. Next Coast Ventures, NextGen Venture Partners and SoGal Ventures.

  • VC-backed Qumulo adds Miller to board
    Iris Dorbian- 27 March 2019

    Seattle-based Qumulo, a provider of enterprise file storage technology, has named Dan Miller to its board of directors, Miller is executive vice president of worldwide field sales, services and support for Tableau Software. Qumulo's backers include BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, Western Digital, Highland Capital Partners, Kleiner Perkins, Madrona Venture Group and Valhalla Partners.

  • Coin Metrics attracts $1.9 mln seed
    Iris Dorbian- 27 February 2019

    Coin Metrics Inc, a provider of cryptoasset market and network data, has raised $1.9 million in seed funding. Castle Island Ventures led the round with participation from Fidelity Investments, Highland Capital Partners and Dragonfly Capital.

  • Trend Forward Capital funds Turbonomic
    chris@arsenalvp.com- 7 February 2019

    Turbonomic, a provider of workload automation software, has secured an undisclosed amount of funding. The investor was Trend Forward Capital.