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TGV appoints Rodale to advisory board

Treehouse Global Ventures has named Maria Rodale to its advisory board. Rodale is a former chair and CEO of Rodale Inc, the health and wellness lifestyle media company.

Juniper Networks to buy VC-backed Mist for $405 mln

Juniper Networks has agreed to acquire Mist Systems for $405 million. Based in Cupertino, California, Mist is a maker of a self-learning wireless network powered by artificial intelligence. Mist's backers included Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Norwest Venture Partners, GV, NTT Docomo Ventures and Dimension Data.

Pacira to acquire VC-backed MyoScience

Pacira Pharmaceuticals Inc has agreed to acquire MyoScience, a medical tech company. Pacira will make an initial payment of $120 million with an additional $100 million contingent upon the fulfillment of certain milestones. MyoScience's backers include Accuitive Medical Ventures, American Equities Overseas, DeNovo Ventures, Nexus Medical Partners, Valiance and Sobera Capital.

Blood collection startup Tasso nets $6.1 mln

Seattle-based Tasso Inc, a blood collection startup, has raised $6.1 million in financing. Vertical Venture Partners led the round with participation from Techstars and Cedars-Sinai.

Sageview Capital leads Series D round for Pantheon

Pantheon, a website operations platform for agile marketers, has secured $40 million in Series D financing. Sageview Capital led the round with participation from return backers Foundry Group, Scale Venture Partners and Industry Ventures. In addition to the funding, Ned Gilhuly, co-founder and managing partner of Sageview Capital, will join the Pantheon's board of directors.

Arthur Ventures collects almost $7 mln for fund

Arthur Ventures has raised almost $7 million for its 2017 opportunity fund, according to an SEC filing. The target is $20 million. Arthur Ventures invests in early-stage B2B software companies located outside Silicon Valley.

Alto scores $2.8 mln seed

Nashville-based Alto, a technology platform that lets investors add alternative assets to their IRAs, has raised $2.8 million in seed funding. The investors included Foundation Capital, Sequoia’s scout fund and Amplify.LA.

South Summit and Red Capital launch venture fund

South Summit and Red Capital Partners have launched a venture fund. The South Summit Fund will invest 6 million euros per year among the finalist startups in South Summit's startup competition.

GoJava lands C$1 mln in second seed deal led by Crux Capital

GoJava, a Toronto-based sustainable office services provider, has raised more than C$1 million in a second seed-stage financing. The round was led by Crux Capital Corp, which also led last year’s C$500,000 financing, and joined by Active Impact Investments and other investors. GoJava delivers coffee, other beverages and snacks to workplaces while removing and recycling materials like coffee pods, paper cups and organic waste. It reports doubling business in the past eight months to over 500 customers. Led by Founder and CEO Eugene Ace, GoJava will use the funds raised to further scale the business in Toronto and Ottawa and prepare for new Canadian markets in 2020.

FutureFuel.io snags $11.2 mln Series A

FutureFuel.io, a provider of student debt employer benefits solutions, has secured $11.2 million in Series A financing. Rethink Impact led the round with participation from other investors that included Breton Capital, First Data, G9 Ventures, The Impact Engine, Reach Capital, Salesforce Ventures, SixThirty and Vulcan Capital. As part of the round, Jenny Abramson, founder and managing partner of Rethink Impact will join the company’s board of directors.