Gyft, a US-based mobile gift card management application, has raised $1.25m from a consortium including Google Ventures, which led the round, and was joined by venture firms Founder Collective and 500 Startups.
Month: January 2013
Nonabox publishes BDMI backing
Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments (BDMI), the corporate venturing unit of the eponymous publisher, has led a funding round for Nonabox, a Spain-based online retailer of pregnancy and infancy products. BDMI has also invested in Content Fleet’s seven-digit series B round from a consortium also including Neuhaus Partners and phone operator Deutsche Telekom’s T-Venture unit. Content… Continue reading Nonabox publishes BDMI backing
Karus Therapeutics inflames $7.6m
Venture capital firms SV Life Sciences, New Leaf Ventures and International Biotechnology Trust also invested.
Body Media ascends to $12m
Body Media previously raised $6m.
Familiar blows with $1.3m
The other investors include venture capital firms Greylock Partners, Redpoint Ventures, Index Ventures, and Acequia Capital.
Sofatutor raises money
Alongside Acton, which spun off from the eponymous publisher, were JCMB Beteiligungs and VC Fonds Kreativwirtschaft Berlin.
Utilight lights up with Bosch
Alongside Robert Bosch Venture Capital (RBVC) in the A round, were venture firms I2BF Global Ventures and Waarde Capital.
Cerbomed heals with $2.6m
Cerbomed, a Germany-based medical device company that focuses on neuromodulation to treat mental illness, has raised $2.6m from peer Cyberonics.
Wanderful Media hits dozen
These investors are: Advance Publications, AH Belo, Community Newspaper, Cox Media Group, EW Scripps Company, Gannett, GateHouse Media, Hearst, Lee Enterprises, MediaNews Group, McClatchy Company, and Washington Post Company.
Groupon clips Savored
Savored had raised about $4m from Hearst Ventures, the corporate venturing unit of the eponymous publisher, and venture capital firms GrandBanks Capital and High Peaks Venture Partners.
One97 exits TheMobileGamer
One97 Mobility Fund, the corporate venturing unit of the eponymous India-based mobile group, has made its second exit by selling its stake in Singapore-based mobile social gaming platform TheMobileGamer (TMG). The deal involves stake sale by existing shareholders of TMG and a fresh issue of shares to local telecom firm SingTel and Japan’s Softbank, after… Continue reading One97 exits TheMobileGamer
Thuuz frees itself with $4.5m
Thuuz, a US-based sporting events application, has nearly raised its $4.5m series A round, led by cable company Liberty Global and Japan-based trading company Itochu’s Technology Ventures unit.
Lauder’s OnLive purchase
OnLive had previously raised more than $40m from AT&T, HTC and other strategic investors.
Mesa+ starts fund
Mesa has hree partners: Jacob Brody, Andrew Montgomery, and Mark Patricof, son of Greycroft and Apax Partners venture capital firms founder Alan.