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Digital health feverMoney is pouring into healthcare IT deals this year, but eager investors may be getting ahead of themselves
Teespring raises $35 mln from Khosla Ventures, AndreessenTeespring said it raised $35 million in Series B financing in a deal led by Khosla Ventures and joined by existing investor Andreessen Horowitz. Khosla Ventures partner Keith Rabois will join the Board of Directors, which includes Sam Altman, president of Y Combinator. The company has now raised $55 million.
Real Ventures co-leads $21 mln seed funding of BlockstreamBlockstream, a startup focused on Bitcoin technology and infrastructure, has raised $21 million in seed financing. The company said investors in the round totaled almost 40, led by U.S. entrepreneur Reid Hoffman, U.S. venture capital firm Khosla Ventures, and Canadian firm Real Ventures. Other investors included Crypto Currency Partners, FuturePerfect Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, Mosaic Ventures, Ribbit Capital, AME Cloud Ventures and several angel investors. Established this year by 11 co-founders, including CEO Austin Hill, the company is based in San Francisco, according to its LinkedIn profile. According to its profile http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/blockstream on Crunchbase, Blockstream also has a presence in Montréal.
- Sliced Investing pulls in $2 mln seed
Hedge fund start-up Sliced Investing has raised $2 million in seed funding. the firm announced in a blog post on its site. The investors included Khosla Ventures, Triple Point Capital, Data Collective and Y Combinator. According to the firm, the capital infusion will be used to launch new hedge fund products and to grow its user base. To read further details about the funding, visit here //www.slicedinvesting.com/blog/posts/20141117/
Blockstream raises $21 mln from Hoffman, Khosla, Real, Innovation, othersBlockstream said it raised a $21 million seed round from nearly 40 investors. The round was led by Reid Hoffman, Khosla Ventures and Real Ventures, and joined by Nicolas Berggruen, Crypto Currency Partners, Future Perfect Ventures, Danny Hillis, Eric Schmidt’s Innovation Endeavors, Max Levchin, Mosaic Ventures, Ray Ozzie, Ribbit Capital, Jerry Yang’s AME Cloud Ventures and others, according to a company blog post.
- Bill Gates backs India-focused Unitus Seed Fund
India-focused Unitus Seed Fund, has raised over $20 million in funding. The backers included Bill Gates and 16 high-net income Indian investors.
- VC-backed Boku names Mopay co-founders CBO and CFO
Boku has hired Ingo Lippert as chief business officer and Christian Hinrichs as chief financial officer. Both Lippert and Hinrichs are co-founders of Mopay. Based in San Francisco, Boku is a carrier billing-based mobile payment company. It is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Benchmark Capital, DAG Ventures, Index Ventures, Khosla Ventures and New Enterprise Associates.
- Child care marketplace CareLulu pulls in $1.7 mln
Online child care marketplace CareLulu has closed $1.7 million in seed funding. Khosla Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Crunchfund, The Startup Factory and 500 Startups. According to the company, the capital will be used for personnel hiring and market expansion.
- Louisiana Teachers’ commits $350m to private equity
Hamilton Lane will allocate to five funds on behalf of the pension
- IT infrastructure startup Nutanix plans IPO in 9-12 months-Reuters
Nutanix, which builds server and storage systems, expects to file for an initial public offering in the United States within nine to 12 months, provided the wider economy is in good health, the company's chief executive said.