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Medical records tech startup BloomAPI pulls in $2.4 mlnSeattle-based medical records tech startup BloomAPI has raised $2.4 million in funding. The investors included Y Combinator, Slow Ventures, Founders’ Co-Op, Section 32, Liquid 2 Ventures and Parker Conrad.
- VR vision company raises $2.2 mln led by Jeff Clavier
San Francisco-based Vivid Vision, a developer of virtual reality technologies to treat bincoular vision problems, has raised $2.2 million in seed funding. SoftTech VC’s Jeff Clavier led the funding round, which also included the Venture Reality Fund, CRCM Ventures, SOS Ventures, Anorak Ventures and Liquid 2 Ventures, a seed-stage venture firm co-founded by Hall of Fame NFL quarterback Joe Montana. The company was founded in 2014 by Chief Executive James Blaha, a programmer and lifelong sufferer of lazy eye.
- Sift pulls in $1.5 mln seed
Sift, a free application that maximizes credit card benefits and earns reimbursements for consumers, has raised $1.5 million in seed funding. Sift's investors include Joe Montana's fund Liquid 2 Ventures and Plug and Play.
- The Alexa Fund backs connected home device Nucleus
New York-based Nucleus, which provides a connected home intercom that incorporates the Alexa Voice Service, announced it has raised $5.6 million in Series A funding. The Alexa Fund, a $100 million fund established last year by Amazon https://developer.amazon.com/alexa-fund to invest in voice tech, led the round. It's the first investment Alexa has led. Also participating in the Series A are BoxGroup, Greylock Partners, FF Angel (Founders Fund), Foxconn, Liquid 2 Ventures and SV Angel. Nucleus has now raised $10 million in funding since it was launched in 2014.
- Mux raises $2.8 mln in seed funding
San Francisco-based Mux, a provider of performance analytics for video developers and media publishers, announced it has raised $2.8 million in seed-stage funding. Investors include SV Angel, Lowercase Capital, Susa Ventures, Liquid 2 Ventures, Advancit Capital, Y Combinator and individual investors, including Stripe co-founders John and Patrick Collison, Parse founder Ilya Sukhar, and Heroku founder James Lindenbaum.
- Crosslink Capital leads $6.5 mln round for Prenav
Prenav has raised $6.5 million in seed financing. Crosslink Capital led the round with participation from Haystack, Liquid 2 Ventures and WI Harper Group. Based in San Carlos, California, Prenav is an automated system developer focused on capturing data about the world’s infrastructure using small aerial robots.
- CareSkore raises $4.3 mln
CareSkore has raised $4.3 million in funding from investors including Cota Capital, Storm ventures, Rising Tide Fund and Liquid 2 Ventures. Mountain View, California-based CareSkore is a predictive population health management company.
Satellite startup Kepler nets $5 mln in IA Ventures-led roundKepler Communications Inc has raised $5 million in a seed-stage financing. U.S. venture capital firm IA Ventures led the round and was joined by Liquid 2 Ventures, Techstars, Globalive Capital, BDC Capital and a number of angel investors. Based in Toronto, Kepler is a satellite telecommunications service provider that is launching a real-time network for connecting terrestrial and in-space assets via low-cost small satellites. It plans to use the funds raised to launch satellites and deploy an initial service by the second half of 2017. Kepler is led by CEO Mina Mitry, who helped establish the company last year.
- Reflect ropes in $2.5 mln seed in DFJ-led round
Portland, Oregon-based Reflect, a data visualization platform for developers, has secured $2.5 million in seed funding, according to a blog post https://reflect.io/blog/we-raise-series-seed/ on its site. DFJ led the round with participation from other backers that included Founders’ Co-Op, Liquid 2 Ventures, Techstars and Stanford University.
- Peak Ventures leads $2 mln seed round for ZipBooks
Accounting software startup ZipBooks has raised $2 million in seed funding. Peak Ventures led the round with participation from other backers that included Pelion Venture Partners and Liquid 2 Ventures. In addition to the funding, ZipBooks has hired Jaren Nichols as chief revenue officer.