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AI-powered recruiter Fetcher raises $5.4 mln led by Slow Ventures, AccompliceNew York-base Fetcher, provider of a recruiting platform that uses AI and human expertise to find top talent, announced it has raised $5.4 million in an oversubscribed seed round led by Accomplice and Slow Ventures, with full participation by existing investors Picus and Revel Partners. The round also included individual investors Paul English (founder of Kayak), Amol Sarva (founder of Knotel) and James Joaquin (co-founder of Obvious Ventures).
- LendingFront nabs $4 mln Series A
LendingFront, a small business lending software provider, has raised $4 million in Series A funding. Information Venture Partners led the round with participation from Newark Venture Partners, Revel Partners, Contour Venture Partners, Struck Capital, ValueStream Ventures and Las Olas VC.
- Glasswing leads $5.5 mln funding of AI marketing company Zylotech
Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Zylotech, a provider of AI-driven customer analytics for marketers, announced it has raised $5.5 million in funding. Glasswing Ventures led the round, which included Geekdom, Revel Partners and Rubicon Ventures. The company also announced that Rudina Seseri, founder and managing partner of Glasswing, has joined the board. Zylotech was spun out of MIT and officially launched in 2017.
- Cloud video distributor Zype snags $4.9 mln Series A
New York City-based Zype, a cloud video distributor, has raised $4.9 million in Series A funding. Runa Capital led the round with participation from other backers that included Revel Partners, Point Nine Capital, Alpine Meridian Ventures and Entrepreneurs Investment Fund.
- Storm Ventures leads $6.4 mln funding of LiftIgniter
San Francisco-based LiftIgniter, provider of a machine intelligence-powered personalization tool, announced it has raised a $6.4 million Series A round of funding led by Storm Ventures. Other investors include Rincon Venture Partners, Revel Partners, NTT DOCOMO Ventures Inc as well as angel investors Tom Chavez, chief executive and co-founder of Krux, and Bruce Falck, general manager of Revenue Product at Twitter. The company has now raised $8.25 million in total funding. LiftIgniter develops personalization API technology that allows e-commerce sites, publishers and content aggregators to personalize the content its users see on their websites and mobile apps.
- Revel Partners raises $20.6 mln toward $50 mln second fund
Revel Partners has raised $20.64 million of a targeted $50 million second fund, according to a filing https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1680331/000168033117000001/xslFormDX01/primary_doc.xml with the SEC. The New York-based firm is led by Chris Young, Joseph Apprendi, and John Vincent, and makes early-stage investments in enterprise SaaS companies, according to its website http://www.revelpartners.com/ Thus far, 21 investors have committed to the fund.
- Conversion Logic nets $9 mln Series A
Los Angeles and New York City-based Conversion Logic, a marketing analytics platform for the media industry, has raised $9 million in Series A funding. Pelion Venture Partners led the round with participation from Rincon Venture Partners, Crosscut Ventures, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Founder Collective, Revel Partners and TenOneTen.
Funds in registration: For smaller funds seeking capital, LPs waiting to see what the fall might bringVCJ found 77 funds ranging from seed-stage to growth and opportunity vehicles that are aiming to raise more than $8.7 billion in total commitments
- MediaBrix takes in $6.5 mln
New York-based MediaBrix, a mobile-focused digital advertising company, has secured $6.5 million in funding. The investors were Edison Partners, Revel Partners and Horizon Technology Finance. In addition to the funding, MediaBrix has also appointed Richard Kosinski as its first president and global chief revenue officer.
Pear closes larger fund, adds to team as LP interest in seed growsSeed-focused Pear ups its fund size by 50 percent and adds two partners