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- Genalyte picks up $36 mln
San Diego-based biotech company Genalyte Inc has raised $36 million in financing. Khosla Ventures and Redmile Group led the round.
- VC-backed Swift Capital appoints Sveen as CFO
Swift Capital, a provider of financing for small businesses, has appointed Paul E. Sveen as chief financial officer. Previously, Sveen was the founder and managing partner of Pantelan Real Estate Services. Swift Capital is backed by Sutter Hill Ventures, Khosla Ventures, First Round Capital and SV Angel.

- Quantopian nabs $25 mln Series C
Quantopian, a provider of an algorithmic trading platform and educational community, has raised $25 million in Series C financing. Andreessen Horowitz led the round with participation from return backers Bessemer Venture Partners, Point72 Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Spark Capital.
- Real estate marketplace Roofstock scores $20 mln Series B
Roofstock, an online investing marketplace for the single-family rental sector, has raised $20 million in Series B financing. Lightspeed Venture Partners led the round with participation from other backers that included Khosla Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Nyca Partners, QED Investors and SV Angel.
- Cape Analytics rakes in $14 mln
Silicon Valley-based Cape Analytics, which "leverages geospatial imagery, computer vision, and machine learning to generate property data," has secured $14 million in funding. Formation 8 led the round with participation from other investors that included Data Collective, XL Innovate, Lux Capital, Khosla Ventures, Promus Ventures and Montage Ventures. In conjunction with the funding, Formation 8’s Shirish Sathaye has been added to Cape Analytics' board of directors.
- Agritech company BioConsortia rakes in $8 mln
Davis, California-based BioConsortia Inc, a provider of microbial solutions that increase crop yield, has raised $8 million in funding. The investors were Khosla Ventures and Otter Capital.
Carry debate triggers uneaseWith a change in carried interest taxation looking more certain, VCs begin to contemplate life under new rules
Wellington Financial leads $14.25 mln funding of MetamarketsMetamarkets, a U.S. provider of interactive analytics for programmatic marketing, has secured a credit facility of US$14.25 million. The deal was led by Canadian specialty finance firm Wellington Financial and joined by City National Bank. Metamarkets said the funds raised will help expand its engineering team and facilitate additional investment in its real-time data processing infrastructure. Founded in 2010, San Francisco-based Metamarkets is backed by several U.S. venture capital firms, including Khosla Ventures, Data Collective, IA Ventures, Village Ventures, True Ventures and Founder Collective.
- Iora Health racks up $75 mln Series D
Boston-based Iora Health, a healthcare company, has raised $75 million in Series D financing. Temasek led the round with participation from other investors that included.406 Ventures, Flare Capital Partners, F-Prime Capital, GE Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Polaris Partners and Rice Management Company.