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- Valencell Inks $5.5M Series B
Best Buy Capital, the venture capital arm of Best Buy Co., led a $5.5 million Series B round for mobile health and fitness company Valencell. Series A investors TDF and True Ventures also contributed to the round. Valencell has developed earbuds designed to give audio headsets the ability to monitor the health and fitness of the user. The company was formed in 2006 and is based in Raleigh, N.C.
- VMware Buys Socialcast
Publicly traded VMware Inc. has acquired social collaboration start-up Socialcast, the company announced Wednesday. Financial terms of the deal were not released. San Francisco, Calif.-based Socialcast, which has raised more than $9.4 million from Menlo Ventures and True Ventures, helps large companies establish internal social networking platforms to help co-workers follow and interact with each other.
- Predicting Success in VC
An algorithm developed by venture-backed Quid might be able to replace associates, or it could just be interesting water cooler chatter
Healthy Pursuits: Fitness StartupsFitness is not only a hobby for many VCs, but the sector is gaining momentum as some fitness and personal health startups raise funding
- More Angels Pile Into Deals
Entrepreneurs may not want investors meddling in their affairs, but that may be hard to avoid with so many angels getting into deals
- Norwest Doesn't Look 50
VC firms celebrates half a century; and notes from NVCA conference