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AirMap nabs $26 mln Series BSanta Monica, California-based AirMap, an airspace management platform for drones, has raised $26 million in Series B funding round. Microsoft Ventures led the round with participation from Airbus Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, Rakuten, Sony, Yuneec, General Catalyst and Lux Capital.
- Osage promotes Lee to principal
Osage University Partners has promoted John Lee to principal. Lee first joined the Philadelphia-based venture firm in 2012. Prior to joining Osage, Lee worked at Lux Capital and Asia conglomerate Mahindra & Mahindra's investment arm.
- VR firm Survios gets investment from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: Reuters
Virtual reality game developer Survios said it raised $50 million in two financing rounds, including an investment from Hollywood film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
- Alluvium scores $2.5 mln seed
New York City-based Alluvium, a provider of mesh intelligence solutions, has secured $2.5 million in seed funding. IA Ventures, Lux Capital and Bloomberg Beta led the round.
- 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.
- Authorea buys VC-backed The Winnower
Authorea has acquired The Winnower, a research publisher that offers advanced publishing tools to individual authors. No financial terms were disclosed. Authorea is backed by Lux Capital, the Knight Foundation, ff Venture Capital and New York Angels.
- Clarifai rakes in $30 mln Series B
New York City-based Clarifai, a a provider of image recognition technology, has secured $30 million in Series B funding. Menlo Ventures led the round with participation from return backers that included Union Square Ventures, Lux Capital, Qualcomm Ventures and Osage University Partners.
- Nozomi Networks scores $7.5 mln Series A
Nozomi Networks, a provider of cybersecurity and operational visibility for industrial control systems, has closed $7.5 million in Series A financing. GGV Capital and Lux Capital led the round with participation from return backer Planven Investments SA. In addition to the funding, Glenn Solomon, a managing partner at GGV Capital and Bilal Zuberi, a partner at Lux Capital, have been added to Nozomi's board of directors.
- Hangar grabs $6.5 mln seed
Austin, Texas-based Hangar, a software company specializing in autonomous data capture using drone technology,has raised $6.5 million in seed funding. Lux Capital led the round.