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Rock Health Business Incubator to Launch with Support from AccelHarvard MBA student Halle Tecco says the funding structure of the startups at Rock Health is still under discussion
- In Search of the Next Farmville
With most of the big bets on social gaming already made, venture investors are looking for the next new game to play
- Music to Their Ears
Investing in a music-related startup might sound cool. But most VCs have avoided the music industry and its checkered past—until recently—even though the biggest knock against music startups has been that they simply can’t generate venture-scale returns
- peHUB Funding Opps: Afraxis, Brazen Careerist, GutCheck, More
peHUB readers tell me they’d like to learn more about potential funding opportunities that might not yet be in their deal pipeline. With that in mind, we've put together a list of companies that are still in the market, based on SEC filings and our own reporting. Know about other companies that should be on this list? Let me know at jonathan.marino@thomsonreuters.com. And if you're on this list and have raised money since your last SEC filing, please shoot me an email so I can update readers. Below this list, you'll find another section about companies that have concluded their fundraising efforts...
- HP Buys Data Management Co. Vertica
HP will acquire venture-backed data management company Vertica for an undisclosed amount. Billerica, Mass.-based Vertica has raised more than $30 million since it was formed in 2005, and is backed by investors including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Bessemer Venture Partners, Highland Capital Partners and New Enterprise Associates. Terms of the acquisition were not released.
- RentJuice Seals $6.2M Financing
RentJuice, an online platform that connects renters, brokers and property managers, has closed a $6.2 million venture round. Highland Capital Partners led the round, which included participation from individual investor Tim Draper, who led the company’s seed financing. RentJuice is based in San Francisco.
CES: Technology's North StarVCs come to the annual Consumer Electronics Show with ideas. And they go home with fresh excitement about connected TV, portable fitness devices, tablets and more
- SmallRivers SA Gets Cash from Highland, Softbank, Endeavour
SmallRivers SA, the Swiss developer of Paper.li, a social news app, just reeled in $2.1 million in financing from Highland Capital Partners, Softbank Capital and Endeavour Vision. Dan Nova of Highland Capital Partners and Ronald Fisher of SoftBank Capital will join the company's board of directors as part of the transaction. Also, SmallRivers will move part of its team to the U.S.