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Dashboard: Deals, IPOs, M&A Dip In July, As Fundraising DoublesA quick look at how the volume of deals, fundraising, IPOs and M&A changed from June to July
Fund performance: CalSTRS revs up its venture portfolioThe California State Teachers’ Retirement System adds six new VC funds in 2011 and 2012; sees nice gains in Giza and Shasta funds
Belly Raises $12.1 Mln in Series B-1 FinancingBelly said Wednesday that it has received $12.1 million in Series B-1 financing. Investors included New Enterprise Associates, Andreessen Horowitz, DAG Ventures, Lightbank, Cisco and 7-Ventures. Headquartered in Chicago, Belly is a customer loyalty platform.
- Cleversafe Raises $55 Mln in Series D Funds
Cleversafe said Tuesday that it has closed $55 million in Series D funding. The lead investor was New Enterprise Associates. New investor New World Ventures as well as major existing investors also participated in the round. And, Peter Barris, managing general partner at NEA, has joined Cleversafe’s board of directors. Headquartered in Chicago, Cleversafe is a provider of data storage solutions.
- Ed-Tech Startup Crowdmark Earns Top Grades From First Adopters. Will VCs Follow Suit?
It perhaps takes a university professor with tech savvy to invent an online company that helps teachers to grade students better. That description fits James Colliander, a math professor at the University of Toronto, who after 22 years of academic life became co-founder and CEO of Crowdmark, a web app that cuts the time instructors spend grading exams and papers, and helps improve learning outcomes. The technology might be catching on – in June, Crowdmark received seed funding to advance product testing. And it may even be on the cusp of scoring a Series A round.
- Swiftype Raises $1.7 Mln
Swiftype has raised a seed round of $1.7 million from institutional investors Andreesen-Horowitz Seed, NEA, Kleiner Perkins and Ignition. Angel investors included Sam Altman, SV Angel, Alexis Ohanian, Paul Buchheit, Crunchfund, DST/Start Fund, Garry Tan, Harj Taggar, Jared Kopf, William Morris Endeavor, Data Collective, Scribd founders Jared Friedman and Trip Adler, and Tikhon Bernstam. Swiftype, a startup, is developing a search engine.
- Swiftype Raises $1.7M in Seed Funding
Swiftype, a Y Combinator startup that provides a search engine for websites and mobile apps, has raised a $1.7 million seed-stage round of funding from a number of individual investors and venture firms. Investors include Andreesen Horowitz, New Enterprise Associates, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Ignition Partners, as well as Sam Altman, SV Angel, Alexis Ohanian, Paul Buchheit, Crunchfund, DST/Start Fund, Garry Tan, Harj Taggar, Jared Kopf, William Morris Endeavor, Data Collective, Scribd founders Jared Friedman and Trip Adler, and Tikhon Bernstam.
- Woofound Raises More than $2 Mln
Woofound said Monday it has closed a funding round of more than $2 million. Investors include: The Propel Baltimore Fund, managed by Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO), in collaboration with The Abell Foundation and the France-Merrick Foundation; Heritage Capital; Frank Bonsal, Jr, Co-founder of New Enterprise Associates; Vince Talbert, Co-founder of Bill Me Later; and Charles "Chip" Morris, an Integral Capital Partners' MD. Baltimore-based Woofound, which has developed a personality platform that provides personalized recommendations, has raised more than $4.2 million.
- HootSuite – Founding Member of the Maple Syrup Mafia? We Ask OMERS’ John Ruffolo
Vancouver-based social relationship platform HootSuite last week announced it had raised an astonishing US$165 million in a Series B financing round. The deal, which was led by Insight Venture Partners, with participation from Accel Partners and existing investor OMERS Ventures, is in every sense a Canadian record breaker. The deal is also an important milestone for OMERS Ventures, the investment arm of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System.
- CIT GAP Funds Invests in WealthForge Holdings
The Center for Innovative Technology said Thursday that its CIT GAP Funds has invested in WealthForge Holdings. Financial terms weren't disclosed. Richmond, Va.-based Wealthforge a social networking site that helps early-stage companies raise capital.