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Hello Alfred collects $10.5 mln Series ABoston and New York City-based subscription errand service Hello Alfred has raised $10.5 million in Series A funding. New Enterprise Associates and Spark Capital led the round with participation from Sherpa Ventures and CrunchFund.
- VC-backed Engine Yard acquires OpDemand
Engine Yard has bought OpDemand, a maker of Deis, an open source application platform for Docker. No financial terms were disclosed. Engine Yard is backed by Benchmark, New Enterprise Associates, Oracle and Amazon.
- Pocket picks up $7 mln in NEA-led round
San Francisco-based Pocket, a platform that helps users save online content, has closed $7 million in funding. New Enterprise Associates led the round with participation from other investors that included Axel Springer, Digital Garage and Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary's new fund Sound Ventures. In conjunction with the funding, Dayna Grayson, a general partner at NEA, has been added to Pocket's board of directors.
- VC-backed Blend Therapeutics appoints Fromkin as president and CEO
Watertown, Massachusetts-based Blend Therapeutics Inc, a biopharmaceutical company focused on treating patients with solid tumor cancers, has named Drew Fromkin as president, CEO and a member of the company’s board of directors. Previously, Fromkin worked at Clinical Data Inc where he served as President and CEO. Blend Therapeutics' backers include Eminent Venture Capital, Flagship Ventures, NanoDimension and New Enterprise Associates.
- Niara grabs $20 million in Venrock-led round
Sunnyvale, California-based Niara, a stealth security startup, has raised $20 million in Series B funding. Venrock led the round with participation from other investors that included New Enterprise Associates and Index Ventures. In conjunction with the funding, Doug Dooley of Venrock has been appointed to Niara's board of directors.
- Real estate marketing platform Placester racks up $15 mln
Boston-based real estate marketing platform Placester has secured $15 million in funding. New Enterprise Associates led the round with participation from Romulus Capital. In conjunction with the funding, Ravi Viswanathan, a general partner at NEA and Chetan Puttagunta, a partner at NEA, have been appointed to Placester’s board of directors.
- Folloze picks up $3.3 mln seed
Palo Alto, California-based Folloze, a B2B prospect engagement platform, has raised $3.3 million in seed funding. New Enterprise Associates, TriplePoint Capital and Cervin Ventures led the round.
- TriplePoint invests $20 mln in IIX
IIX announced it has raised $20 million in funding from TriplePoint Capital. Santa Clara, Calif.-based IIX, which provides interconnection solutions, raised $10.4 million in Series A funding from New Enterprise Associates last year.
- VytronUS names Pavlidis president & CEO
VytronUS Inc. said Monday that it named John Pavlidis its president and CEO, as well as a member of the board of directors. Most recently, Pavlidis was president and CEO of Endoscopic Technologies Inc. Sunnyvale, California-based VytronUS, a medical device company, raised $31.6 million in Series B financing in October.
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