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- BrightRoll Rolls up $30M
Brightroll, the provider of digital video advertising services, closed a $30 million investment from Trident Capital, which led the round, and True Ventures, Scale Venture Partners and Adams Street Partners. Existing investor Comerica Bank also contributed to the round. GCA Savvian served as exclusive financial advisor to BrightRoll in this transaction.
- Trippy Nabs Cash from Boldface Seed Backers
Sequoia Capital and True Ventures co-led a $1.75 million seed round in Trippy, the mobile app that facilitates trip planning. Also participating in the round is SV Angel and individuals including Rob Solomon, Tim Ferriss, Brian Lee, Gil Ebaz, Brandee Barker, Chase Jarvis, Randi Zuckerberg, Jason Mraz, and Rachel Zoe, as well as others.
- Schematic Labs Adds $4.75M
San Francisco-based Schematic Labs has raised $4.75 million for its social entertainment applications for mobile devices. Accel Partners led the round. True Ventures also participated, as did SoftBank Capital. The money will go toward development and adding staff.
- Tinkercad Inks $1M from True Ventures
True Ventures, along with angel investors Eghosa Omoigui, Taher Haveliwala, Jyri Engestrom and Joshua Schachter, have put $1 million into 3D printing company Tinkercad. The company is based in Helsinki.
- Pose Inks $3M Series A for Shopping App
Santa Monica, Calif.-based Pose has raised $3 million in Series A financing from GRP Partners, True Ventures and Mousse Partners. The company – which makes a mobile social platform for fashion and shopping – will use the infusion for development and engineering. The Pose app is available on the iPhone and Andoid operating systems.
- Adobe Buys Typekit
Typekit, the subscription service for font types, has been acquired by listed strategic tech conglomerate Adobe. Specifics of the deal were not publicized. Investors in Typekit include True Ventures, Evan Williams, Freestyle Capital and Chris Sacca.