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Year in Review: Sequoia ranks as most active VC investorSequoia Capital backed the most companies and invested the largest amount of capital in 2015, according to preliminary data
Carter-Waters buys CMA SupplyCarter-Waters LLC has acquired CMA Supply Co. Inc. Financial terms weren’t announced. Indianapolis-based CMA Supply distributes concrete and masonry products and accessories to professional contractors in the residential, commercial, and industrial end-markets. Carter-Waters is a portfolio company of Merit Capital Partners and Aiglon Capital Management LLC. Matrix Capital Markets Group advised CMA.
- India taxi-hailing cab app Ola drives away with $500 mln
India-based taxi-hailing cab app Ola has raised $500 million in Series F funding. The investors were Baillie Gifford, Falcon Edge Capital, Tiger Global, SoftBank Group, DST Global and Didi Kuaidi.
- Cyber security company Confer raises $17 mln
Boston-based Confer, a provider of endpoint detection and response technology, announced it has raised $17 million in Series B funding. Foundation Capital led the round, which included existing investors, Matrix Partners and North Bridge Venture Partners. The company previously raised an $8 million Series A round in January 2014.
- Kinnek scores $20 mln Series B
New York City-based Kinnek, a marketplace for small businesses to find suppliers and manage purchasing, has secured $20 million in Series B funding. Thrive Capital led the round with participation from other investors that included Matrix Partners, Sierra Ventures, Version One Ventures and Angelpad. In conjunction with the funding, Josh Kushner, a managing partner at Thrive Capital, has been named to Kinnek's board of directors.
- Quri inks $17 mln Series C
San Francisco-based Quri, a provider of retail intelligence, has raised $17 million in Series C funding. Kern Whelan Capital led the round with participation from return backers that included Matrix Partners, Catamount Ventures and Simon Equity Partners LLC.
- Aquto raises $8 mln
Aquto has raised $8 million in a Series B round led by Iris Capital. STC Ventures and existing investors Matrix Partners and Northbridge Venture Partners also invested. Boston-based Aquto provides sponsored data and data rewards with tier one operator deployments in the US, Europe and Asia.
- Felicis Ventures, Owen Wilson and Woody Harrelson and others back Canva
Canva, an Australian graphic design solutions provider, has secured $15 million in Series A funding. Felicis Ventures led the round with participation from Blackbird Ventures, Matrix Partners, Vayner Capital and actors Owen Wilson and Woody Harrelson.
- Plexxi pulls in $35 mln
Nashua, New Hampshire-based Plexxi, a provider of data center solutions, has secured $35 million in funding. The investors included Lightspeed Venture Partners, Matrix Partners and North Bridge Venture Partners.
- Asia healthcare platform Practo racks up $90 mln
Asia-based healthcare platform Practo has raised $90 million in Series C funding, the company announced in a blog post https://blog.practo.com/practo-announces-90m-series-c-funding/ on its site. The investors included return backers Sequoia India and Matrix Partners.