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Gourmet meal delivery company FRESHLY cooks up $7 mlnGourmet meal delivery service FRESHLY has raised $7 million in Series A funding. Highland Capital Partners led the round with participation from other investors that included White Star Capital. In addition to the funding, Bob Davis, general partner at Highland Capital, has been added to FRESHLY's board of directors.
McRock Capital’s Fund I nears final close after signing up second strategic LPMcRock Capital, an investor in the industrial Internet, is preparing to wrap up its debut fund after securing a commitment from one of the world’s largest electric utilities. The Toronto-based firm announced today that McRock iNFund LP received an undisclosed investment from France’s EDF, its second strategic backer. As a result, Fund I moved closer to reaching its goal of $65 million of committed capital.
White Star, McRock back $6 mln Series A financing of mnuboMontréal-based mnubo, an Internet-of-Things data analytics company, has secured $6 million in Series A financing. The round was led by U.K. venture capital firm White Star Capital and was joined by Canadian firm McRock Capital. Founded in 2012, mnubo said funds will be used to expand its commercial team, enhance user experience, and accelerate data science and machine learning initiatives. It said that over the past year the company has seen an increase of over 400 percent in the number of connected objects on its platform, and now counts customers in North America, Europe and Asia. In April, McRock Capital's latest fund, McRock iNFund LP, exceeded its target /canada/2015/04/08/mcrock-capitals-industrial-internet-fund-beats-target-with-new-commitments/ with new limited partner commitments.
- Mnubo rakes in $6 mln Series A
Montreal-based Mnubo, an internet of things data analytics company, has secured $6 million in Series A funding. White Star Capital and McRock Capital led the round.
Real Ventures, White Star Capital lead $2.5 mln seed funding of GymtrackGymtrack Inc has secured $2.5 million in a seed-stage financing round led by White Star Capital and Real Ventures. Other investors in the deal included 500 Startups and BDC Capital. Based in Ottawa, Gymtrack is a provider of exercise planning and virtual coaching software and devices that help individuals track their workouts. Co-founded in 2014 by Lee Silverstone and Pablo Srugo, the company is a recent graduate of 500 Startups' accelerator program. Gymtrack’s technology, which is currently available at a number of sites in Canada, will later this year be introduced to additional gyms and fitness facilities, the company said.
- Montreal-based Execution Labs snags C$6 mln Series A
Montreal-based Execution Labs, a game accelerator and investment platform, has received C$6 million in Series A funding. Corus Entertainment led the round with participation from return backers BDC Capital, Real Ventures and White Star Capital. In addition to the funding, Execution Labs has added Scott Dyer of Corus to its board.
Execution Labs secures $6 mln in Series A funding roundMontréal game accelerator and investment platform Execution Labs Inc has raised $6 million in a Series A financing. The round was led by Corus Entertainment Inc, a Canadian media company, and was joined by existing investors BDC Capital, Real Ventures and White Star Capital. Execution Labs said the capital infusion will allow it to expand its mentoring, funding and other support services to new game studios. Corus said it will help the company build its brand presence in the market. To this end, Scott Dyer, a senior executive and CTO at Corus, will join Execution Labs' board of directors. Founded in 2012, Execution Labs also has operations in San Francisco.
- Glow Digital Media raises $7 mln in Series A
Social ad platform Glow Digital Media has raised $7 million in Series A funding from Notion Capital and White Star Capital. Existing investors Project A Ventures and Avonmore Developments also participated.
- KeyMe app grabs $7.8 mln
KeyMe said Tuesday that it secured $7.8 million in Series A funding. The investors included White Star Capital, Battery Ventures and 7-Ventures, the investing arm of 7-Eleven. KeyMe is an app that copies keys and solves lockouts.
- Northzone leads Series A round for Bloglovin
Bloglovin said Thursday that it has closed $7 million in Series A funding. Northzone led the round with participation from other investors that included Betaworks, Lerer Ventures, White Star Capital and Bassett Investment Group. Bloglovin is a platform that helps users follow and track their favorite blogs.