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Fund performance: Bets on late vintage IA, Foundry, Sofinnova funds comes up aces -- VCJUTIMCO benefits from traditional go-early investment strategy.
Data Collective leads $15 mln round for MetamarketsMetamarkets, a real-time analytics platform for the digital advertising space, has secured $15 million in funding. Data Collective led the round with participation from other investors that included Khosla Ventures, IA Ventures, True Ventures and Village Ventures.
- Urban Airship picks up $21 mln
Urban Airship, a provider of customer engagement solutions for brands, has closed $21 million in Series D funding. The investors included August Capital, Foundry Group, Franklin Park Associates, QuestMark Partners, True Ventures and Verizon Ventures. Also, the company has named Erin Hintz as chief marketing officer and Mike Musson as senior vice president of strategy and business development.
- NoRedInk pulls in $6 mln in True Ventures-led round
San Francisco-based education company NoRedInk has secured $6 million in Series A funding. True Ventures led the round with participation from The Social+Capital Partnership, Kapor Capital and ReThink Education. In addition to the financing, Jon Callaghan of True Ventures has been added to NoRedInk's board of directors.
Fund performance: Bets on late vintage IA, Foundry, Sofinnova funds comes up acesUTIMCO benefits from traditional go-early investment strategy
- Orabrush spins off video marketing company Molio, raises $3 mln for launch
Oral care products maker Orabrush has spun off its online video marketing business Molio and raised $3 million in Series A funding for its launch. Greycroft Partners led the round with participation from True Ventures, Subtraction Capital, Advancit Capital and Peak Ventures.
- Greycroft leads $3 mln Series A funding in ad tech company Molio
Molio, Inc, a video marketing and ad technology company, has spun out of Orabrush, Inc with $3 million in Series A funding led by Greycroft Partners. Additional investors in the funding round include True Ventures, Subtraction Capital, Advancit Capital and Peak Ventures.
Data spotlight: Big Fish ranks as largest VC-backed acquisition in DecemberYahoo also makes another purchase in the month, to end the year with 11 disclosed acquisitions of venture-backed startups
- Alchemist Accelerator rings in $2.1 mln
The Alchemist Accelerator, a San Francisco-based enterprise-focused accelerator, has raised $2.1 million in funding. Mayfield led the round with participation from Tyco and return backer Cisco.
- Ginger.io raises $20 mln from investors like Khosla and True Ventures
Ginger.io, a digital mental health monitoring system that makes use of smartphones and self-reporting to gather behavioral data, has raised $20 million in Series B funding. Khosla Ventures and True Ventures participated in the funding round, as well as new strategic investors. Ginger.io has raised a total of $28 million since its inception in 2010.