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Healthcare on-demand service Pager inks $14 mlnHealthcare on-demand provider Pager has raised $14 million in Series A funding. The investors were New Enterprise Associates, Sound Ventures, Goodwater Capital, Lux Capital and Montage Ventures.
- 3D printing service Shapeways snaps up $30 mln
New York City-based Shapeways, a 3D printing service and marketplace, has raised $30 million in funding. INKEF Capital led the round with participation from Hewlett Packard Ventures, Presidio Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Union Square Ventures, Index Ventures and Lux Capital. In conjunction with the funding, Robert Jan Galema of INKEF Capital has been named to the Shapeways board.
- Matterport picks up $30 mln Series C
Mountain View, California-based Matterport, which develops technology that creates immersive spaces in VR, web and mobile apps, has secured $30 million in Series C funding. Qualcomm Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included GIC.
- Draper Nexus funds drone company CyPhy Works
Draper Nexus has made an undisclosed investment in CyPhy Works. Based in Danvers, Massachusetts, CyPhy Works is a maker of drones.
- VC-backed Kala taps Iwicki as executive chairman
Waltham, Massachusetts-based Kala Pharmaceuticals, a developer of treatments for ocular diseases, has named Mark Iwicki as executive chairman and a member of its board of directors. Previously, Iwicki was the president and CEO of Civitas Therapeutics Inc. Kala's backers include Crown Venture Fund, Lux Capital, Polaris Partners, Third Rock Ventures and Ysios Capital.
Fund briefs May 1, 2015A summary of VC fundraisings and filings; plus tables on recent closings worldwide
- Clarifai nets $10 mln Series A
New York City-based Clarifai, a provider of image recognition technology, has raised an overall total of $10 million in Series A funding, the company announced in a blog post http://blog.clarifai.com/announcing-clarifais-series-a-to-bring-visual-deep-learning-to-everyone/ on its site. Union Square Ventures, Lux Capital and Osage University Partners led the round with participation from Google Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, Nvidia Ventures, Corazon Capital, LDV Capital and New York University.
- Lux Capital raises oversubscribed $350 mln fourth fund
Lux Capital said it has closed an oversubscribed $350 million fourth fund for early stage investing. The fund had an initial target of $245 million and brings the total capital under management at the firm to $700 million, according to a press release.
- Sequoia leads $8.7 mln round for Orbital Insight
Orbital Insight said it raised $8.7 million of Series A financing in a round led by Sequoia Capital and joined by new investor Google Ventures and existing investors Bloomberg Beta, citizen.vc and Lux Capital. Sequoia Partner Bill Coughran has joined the board.
Fund briefs recapEmergence, which scored big with the Veeva IPO in October 2013, raises $335 million for its fourth fund; plus other venture-related news from the United States, Asia and Europe