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Nexus Venture Partners raises $353.5 mln toward venture-capital fundNexus Venture Partners has raised $353.5 million toward a fifth venture-capital fund, according to a filing with the SEC.
- Customer feedback platform AskNicely gathers $10 mln Series B
Portland, Oregon and New Zealand-based AskNicely, a customer feedback platform, has raised $10 million in Series A funding. Nexus Venture Partners led the round with participation from return backers Blackbird Ventures and K1W1. In addition to the funding, Abhishek Sharma of Nexus Venture Partners will join the AskNicely board.
- Blueshift rallies $15 mln Series B
San Francisco-based Blueshift, a customer data activation platform, has secured $15 million in Series B funding. SoftBank Ventures Asia led the round with participation from other investors that included Storm Ventures and Nexus Venture Partners. Also, Blueshift has named Josh Francia, the former vice president of marketing at LendingTree, as chief growth officer.
- VC-backed Infoworks appoints Pati as CEO
Palo Alto, California-based Infoworks, a software platform provider for agile data engineering, has named Buno Pati as CEO. Also, Infoworks has appointed Amar Arsikere, co-founder of Infoworks, as chief product officer and chief technology officer and David Dorman, ex-chairman and CEO of AT&T, as board chairman. Infoworks is backed by New Enterprise Associates, Nexus Venture Partners, Centerview Capital Technology and Knoll Ventures.
Nasdaq buys VC-backed alternative data platform QuandlNasdaq has acquired Quandl Inc, a Toronto-based provider of alternative and core financial data to investment professionals. No financial terms were disclosed. Founded in 2012 by CEO Tammer Kamel and CDO Abraham Thomas, Quandl provides a database of alternative, financial and public data that is currently tapped by more than 30,000 active monthly users. Nasdaq said the acquisition will maximize its opportunities as a technology and analytics provider to capital markets. Quandl raised more than $20 million from venture capital firms, most recently in a 2016 Series B financing /canada/2016/09/3359291/ Its backers included August Capital, iGan Partners and Nexus Venture Partners.
- Infoworks attracts $25 mln Series C
Palo Alto, California-based Infoworks, a software platform provider for agile data engineering, has raised $25 million in Series C funding. New Enterprise Associates led the round with participation from return backers Nexus Venture Partners and Centerview Capital Technology.
- Goals101 raises $3.5 mln
Goals101 said Sept. 27 that it raised $3.5 million in a pre-series A round from Nexus Venture Partners. Goals101 is a fin-tech and big data analytics company.
- Observe.AI pulls in $8 mln Series A
Santa Clara, California-based Observe.AI, which provides support solutions to call centers, has secured $8 million in Series A funding. Nexus Venture Partners led the round with participation from MGV, Liquid 2 Ventures, Hack VC, Emergent Ventures and Y Combinator.
- Unacademy picks up $21 mln Series A
Unacademy, an India-based free education initiative, has raised $21 million in Series C funding, according to a blog post https://blog.unacademy.com/unacademy-raises-21-million-in-series-c-funding-from-sequoia-india-saif-partners-and-nexus-c439b40cb2e8 on its site. The investors included Sequoia India, SAIF Partners, Nexus Venture Partners and Blume Ventures.
- VC-backed Infoworks hires marketing VP
Palo Alto, California-based Infoworks, a provider of software solutions for agile data engineering, has named Todd Goldman as vice president of marketing. Previously, Goldman was chief marketing officer at Waterline Data. Infoworks is backed by Centerview Capital Technology, Nexus Venture Partners and Knoll Ventures.