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Orabrush Inks $2.5M from True Ventures, 2xOrabrush has raised $2.5 million from Palo Alto, Calif.-based True Ventures and Chicago-based 2x Consumer Products Growth Partners. The Provo, Utah-based company has developed a dedicated brush for cleaning the surface of the tongue, designed to help cure bad breath.
Entrepreneur Spotlight: All About AdKeeper Founder Scott KurnitScott Kurnit, the founder of About.com who has raised $35M for his latest startup AdKeeper, loves assumptions. More accurately, he loves overturning them
- Bullpen Capital to Provide Relief to Seed Stage Companies
Venture firm has raised $10M of its $50M inaugural fund
- Bullpen Capital Launches First Venture Fund
Bullpen Capital formed a new venture capital fund. The vehicle will focus on second round financings. The Menlo Park, Calif.-based firm makes follow-on investments in capital-efficient technology companies that were initially funded by super-angel funds.
- Assistly Inks $3M in Venture Financing
San Francisco-based Assistly, which has developed a Web-based social networking system for enterprise customer service, has raised $3 million in new venture financing. Investors include Bullpen Capital, Index Ventures and existing investors True Ventures and Social Leverage. The new funding will be used for product development and marketing.
- AdKeeper Inks $35M Series B
Online advertising start-up AdKeeper has raised $35 million in a second round of funding led by Oak Investment Partners. Existing shareholders including DCM, True Ventures, Spark Capital and First Round Capital also participated. Individual stakes were not disclosed, but the company said that DCM substantially increased its ownership in AdKeeper. Fred Harman, managing partner of Oak Investment Partners, will join AdKeeper's board. AdKeeper is based in New York. Oak Investment Partners has offices in Westport, Conn.; Minneapolis; and Palo Alto, Calif.
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