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LoopFuse and Nearstream Join ForcesLoopFuse, a cloud-based marketing automation software company, has completed a merger with Nearstream, a provider of social engagement software. The combined company is to be called Nearstream. LoopFuse os backed by True Ventures among others.
- VCs Move $30M into Leap Motion to Leapfrog Microsoft and Nintendo
Though motion sensing technology is often touted as the most promising underdeveloped frontier in human-computer interaction, just a handful of companies in the space have raised significant venture funding. Leap Motion, with a fresh $30 million in the bank, is the latest.
- Chase Bank Picks Up Bloomspot
Chase Bank is acquiring Silicon Valley startup Bloomspot Inc., a provider of targeted merchant offers. Terms of the deal, expected to close in early 2013, have not been disclosed. Bloomspot is based in San Francisco, and has raised VC from True Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Harrison Metal and individual investors. The company closed a $40 million round in August 2011, peHub reported previously /114927/bloomspot-seals-40m-in-fresh-vc/
VCs Rocking the Marketing AngleMany firms augmented their marketing efforts in 2012, as they stepped up their game in appealing to entrepreneurs and LPs
- Ginger.io Inks $6.5M
Ginger.io, a San Francisco and Cambridge, Mass.-based maker of behavioral health analytics software, has closed a $6.5 million Series A round led by Khosla Ventures. Existing seed investors True Ventures and Romulus Capital also participated. Ginger.io's mobile application uses an individual's smartphone to identify changes in behavior that correlate with his or her health, the company says.
- OATV Raises $84.5 Million for Third Fund
O'Reilly AlphTech Ventures, or OATV http://oatv.com/ has secured $84.5 million for a third fund, according to an SEC filing http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1561718/000156171812000001/xslFormDX01/primary_doc.xml that was processed this morning. The filing states that 51 investors have participated in the fund, and that it intends to raise another $450,000, which will bring its total funding to $85 million.
- Always Prepped Raises $650,000
Always Prepped has raised $650,000 in seed financing for its data-driven classroom technology, designed for K-12 teachers. Silicon Valley-based True Ventures led the round. Angel investors Hooman Radfar and former Blackboard EVP Todd Gibby also invested in the company.
- 3D Robotics Announces VC Funding, Expansion
3D Robotics has closed a $5 million funding round. The round was led by Jon Callaghan at True Ventures and Bryce Roberts of O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures. Both will be joining the 3DR board.
VCs on the Move, November 2012Personnel moves at Mayfield, Andreessen Horowitz and other VC firms
- Helpshift Raises $3.2M From True, Nexus
Helpshift said it raised a $3.2 million round of seed funding led by True Ventures and Nexus Venture Partners. The company is developing a customer support service for mobile apps.