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3D Robotics scores $53 mln Series DBerkeley, California-based 3D Robotics, a provider of construction drones, has secured $53 million in Series D funding, according to a company announcement https://news.3dr.com/3dr-raises-53-million-series-d-697ab7dbd24b Atlantic Bridge led the round with participation from other investors that included Autodesk Forge Fund, True Ventures, Foundry Group and Mayfield.
- Murj bags over $4.5 mln Series A
Santa Cruz, California-based Murj Inc, a digital health company focused on managing implantable cardiac devices, has raised over $4.5 million in Series A funding. True Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Social Capital. In addition to the funding, Jon Callaghan has joined Murj's board of directors.
- True Ventures leads Series A round for Teamable
San Francisco-based Teamable, a HR referral recruiting platform, has raised $5 million in Series A funding. True Ventures led the round with participation from the SaaStr Fund.
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- Kevin Rose to join True as venture partner
Kevin Rose will join True Ventures as a venture partner, according to a blog post.
- Hedvig snags $21.5 mln Series C
Santa Clara, California-based Hedvig, an software-defined storage company, has raised $21.5 million in Series C funding. The investors included EDBI, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Atlantic Bridge Ventures, True Ventures and Vertex Ventures.
- VR startup Bigscreen snaps up $3 mln
California-based virtual reality startup Bigscreen has secured $3 million in funding, according to a blog post https://blog.bigscreenvr.com/3-million-financing-round-led-by-andreessen-horowitz-1a535c8c36a8#.k4b6x2l8h on its site. Andreessen Horowitz led the round with participation from other investors that included True Ventures, Presence Capital, Ludlow Ventures, David Bettner and SV Angel.
- True leads funding of Mylestone
Boston-based Mylestone, which preserves memories via Amazon’s Alexa and other virtual assistants, announced it has raised $2.5 million in new funding led by True Ventures. Also participating in the round are Founder Collective, Boston Seed Capital, Converge Ventures and Mergelane. Mylestone, which was founded last year by Chief Executive Dave Balter, has now raised $4.5 million in total funding. Balter previously was with BzzAgent (which was acquired by Tesco in 2011) and Smarterer (acquired by Pluralsight in 2014). As part of the latest round, Tony Conrad at True Ventures has joined the board.